In a rare step few countries have tried, New Zealand is now rushing to vaccinate 300 breeding pairs of its most endangered ...

July 17 (Reuters) - New Zealand detected on Friday the first infection of a native bird by the deadly H5N1 bird flu, days ...

Minister urges public to report cases of three or more sick or dead birds in a group after brown skua seabird tests positive for H5N1 on Wellington beach ...

Photo: jidanchaomian, via Flickr.) New Zealand has confirmed its first case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu, found in a migratory ...

Since June, the torea, or South Island pied oyster catcher, has been making its way south to nesting sites across the eastern South Island. The ngutu pare, or wrybill, is also on the move. In about ...

The newly arrived strain of H5N1 bird flu could be "catastrophic" for our native wildlife, a leading scientist says.

New Zealand has reported its first Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) called H5N1 case in a local wild bird species ...

The Ashburton District Council is ready to support MPI’s response if bird flu spreads to Mid Canterbury, group manager ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The world’s only flightless parrot species was once thought to be doomed by design. The ...

Days after a migratory bird tested positive for bird flu in Wellington, authorities have detected a second case of the deadly ...