Birds

Hoiho surged into first place in the second week of the competition, finishing with 6,328 votes, after initially trailing the karure Chatham Island black robin, organisers said.

Impacts of Cycle Gabrielle ha vecaused the largest ever recorded decline in the region’s native river and coastal bird population.

Bird Flu, the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus was top of the agenda at the International Poultry Council's annual meeting in Argentina last week.

“Last time I looked this morning 60,000 votes have come in for the Pūteketeke," Says Chief Executive of Forest and Bird