A little blue penguin is back where it belongs after causing trouble on a Wellington motorway this morning.

By day Angus the moggy is sweet and relaxed but by night he becomes a mischievous cat - lurking and stalking, prowling the streets, seeking out clothing and nice things to eat.

The Auckland SPCA is being inundated with cats and kittens and is worried it soon may be unable to care for the animals.

More than 20 sheep were killed after a car ploughed into a stray flock northeast of Wairoa.

After 90 years at Western Springs, Auckland Zoo is opening a "show home" for endangered New Zealand species on Rotoroa Island in the Hauraki Gulf.

The Big New Yorker Book Of Dogs is big all right: 21cm x 28cm and 395 pages, with a generous smattering of those gloriously sly and sardonic New Yorker cartoons. The content is generally serious in tone.

Auckland Zoo is turning 90 this year, and so is its biggest fan.

A University of Canterbury study offers new hope to endangered animals suffering the effects of inbreeding.

They may be fluffy and cute but Western Bay residents are being warned wallabies are not pets.

While adoption offers have been pouring in for last night's two canine stars of Campbell Live, the third driving dog is still homeless.

In an effort to quieten his family parrot, a US student has taught the bird how to drive.

A few weeks ago, an injured kaka was rescued from a Queen St gutter and is now in a new home at the Auckland Zoo.

A "swat team" of whale rescue experts has undertaken an intensive three-day course in freeing whales that have become tangled in ropes and nets.

The third white kiwi chick to hatch at Pukaha Mt Bruce may not be making international headlines, but was gathering its own fans at a public feeding this week.

For the past century, since heading the first Australian-led Antarctic expedition, Sir Douglas Mawson has been considered a national hero.

"Why doesn't NZ take a bold step and complement its clean, green image by becoming the first country in the world to ban testing on animals?" asks Catriona MacLennan.

Three SPCA dogs are learning how to drive in a bid to change public perception on the intelligence of rescue dogs.

Auckland SPCA dogs Monty, Porter and Ginny are learning to drive. Video courtesy of SPCA/Driving Dogs

Editorial: The use of animals in such a context should not win the approval of the National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee.

Manufacturers of party pills could be prevented from testing their drugs on animals if they cannot prove it is worth the pain they could potentially cause.

Party pills will be tested on animals before they are allowed to be sold because "human safety is ... paramount", Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne says.

Pro-surfer Dave Rastovich was here to help save the threatened Maui's dolphin, but in the end it was them who helped him.