Volunteers who spent decades restoring Motutapu are devastated and angry that hunters mistakenly shot four of their takahe "friends" on the island.

The people involved in the shooting of four critically endangered takahe are "very, very upset", the president of the Deerstalkers' Association says.

"The baby seal arrived sometime earlier this morning, and has been sunning itself on our pontoon ever since."- Museum worker

The cost of bringing Anjalee to New Zealand in June included $600,000 to build a quarantine facility in Niue.

Failed attempt off Monomoy, Cape Cod - filmed by Dr. Greg Skomal of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries working with Atlantic White Shark Conservancy. www.atlanticwhiteshark.org. Source: Atlantic White Shark Conservancy/YouTube

Here are the ten best photos from the annual cat fashion show held at New York's Algonquin Hotel. This year's theme? Uniforms.

US dentist Walter Palmer went into hiding six weeks ago amid international furore over the slaying of famous lion.

Breaking News cameraman Geoff Mackley, had an exclusive ride along on the Eastbound Tranz Alpine train from Greymouth to Christchurch, filming from the locomotive cab. While filming he captured something pretty amazing, a Hawk was on the tracks and narrowly misses the camera/train by metres.

This is the comical moment when a bear stuck its head through a cat flap and cased the joint.

Say hello to Corduroy. He lives in Oregon with Ashley Reed Okura, and, at 26 years old, he's the oldest documented living cat in the world.

Close encounter with "the most beautiful of sharks" earns place among New Zealand Geographic's Photographer of the Year finalists.

Emergency services were called to downtown Auckland this morning after a seagull became trapped inside a lamp post.

Photos from an illegal bear hunt carried out by Walter Palmer, the American dentist who shot dead Cecil the lion, have been obtained by an American television show.

Everyone loves the animals of the internet - especially on the weekend. We've handpicked our top nine social media savvy animals to shine a spotlight on.

The Pound Pups TV star is labelled an animal behaviourist but says that changing human behaviour is the hard part of his work.

Fishermen capture incredible selfie with a whale that wanted them to help remove plastic bags caught in its mouth.

Uggie, the canine star of the Oscar-winning silent movie The Artist, has lost his battle with prostate cancer.

Stray dog picked up in Sydney actually from Hastings - but his story has a happy ending, thanks to hilarious Facebook post.

A video posted by explore.org, a multimedia wing of the philanthropic Annenberg Foundation dedicated to documenting wildlife, shows belugas approaching a boat while a cellist on board plays The Beatles. The scene was captured by explore.org's Beluga Boat Cam, a project that broadcasts beluga sightings underwater and on deck. Source: explore.org /Facebook

A seal has been spotted near Frank Kitts Park in Wellington this morning.

For more than a century, it has been known as the "holy grail" of birdwatching - a mysterious tiny species seen by only a handful of people since it was discovered fluttering across the Australian bush 170 years ago.

A truck driver spotted a whale that is basking close to shore at Auckland's waterfront.

This baby rhino was spotted cuddling up to a car after poachers killed his mother in Kruger National Park, South Africa.

A woman who was forced to give up all her animals and banned from owning any more for 10 years is challenging the penalties.

One of Cecil the lion's cubs has reportedly been killed by a rival male who was trying to mate with his mother.

Four adorable labrador pups, who arrived from Australia on July 28, are doing a three-month intensive training course in the art of sniffing out illegal drugs and cash.

A UK-based Kiwi vet has been hailed a hero after saving the life of a woman who had just seen her mother's beloved dog put down.

Ridley the endangered sea turtle has settled in to her new home at Kelly Tarlton's aquarium after washing up on a Wellington beach last month.

Doodlebug the adorable orphaned wallaby has taken the internet by storm after a picture of him cuddling his teddy bear went viral.

Safe from harm and cuddling up together, these are the pictures that show Cecil the lion's cubs - orphaned when a US dentist killed their father.