Craig Shepherd is on the phone. A wounded pigeon has been found in Hataitai. “Bring it here,” he says. “We’ll look after it.”
The pigeon is just one of the 1200 birds the Wellington Bird Rehabilitation Trust in Ohariu Valley will...

A swan shot in the neck will have to be euthanised as its quality of life has been "destroyed".
​The Wellington Bird Rehabilitation Trust (WBRT) has been taking care of the swan after it was discovered...

Duck shooting season is well and truly underway with the opening day of game bird hunting last Saturday.

50,000 game bird hunters will be partaking in what is to many the highlight of the year - a month of shooting.

Tūī are thriving in Wellington and conservationists say Wellingtonians deserve plenty of credit for their success.
After nearly disappearing from Wellington in the 1990s, tūī numbers have now risen...

Over the past year, the Wellington Bird Rehabilitation Trust has cared for 1260 rescued birds.
Trust founder Craig Shepherd said it was great to see more birds being brought into their care, but the charity now needs...

A woman in East Porirua was not expecting such an elegant guest on a Saturday.
​A large peacock turned up at Nola Cornor’s Cheshire St house...

The bathroom habits of a pair of paradise ducks are believed to be behind the month-long chlorination of the water supply at Richmond, near Nelson.
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Chlorine has been added to the water...

A blind, bisexual goose has been remembered with a gravestone plaque, next to where his swan partner lies.
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Thomas the goose died earlier this year aged 40...

Frisco, the one-legged duck, may not have to hop around for much longer.
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The male duck, who lost his leg as a duckling when it was probably bitten off by an eel or a hedgehog...