A dolphin known as 'Potato' has been spotted swimming in Whangarei harbour with a dead calf on her fins.

Four whales stranded at Port Waikato yesterday are to be buried in sand dunes just metres from where they lay.

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A Rotorua woman had to put down her 2-month-old kitten after finding it injured in an apparent hanging outside her home.

Columnist Jim Hopkins searches for an explanation about why birds are falling out of the sky.

Police and DOC investigations are continuing into the massacre of fur seals at Ohau Point, a popular seal viewing point 22km north of Kaikoura.