A Florida zoo has apologized for offering an “encounter” where visitors could pet a kiwi, New Zealand’s national bird, following outrage in the animal’s home country. It said it has ...

Mitre 10, a New Zealand hardware store, has pulled a kiwi bird dog toy from its shelves for being offensive to the country’s national bird. The squeaky toy, depicting a kiwi bird wearing a ...

A zoo in Miami has apologized for offering an "encounter" in which zoo guests could physically touch a kiwi, the flightless bird that is a national symbol of New Zealand, after social media videos ...

New Zealand’s treasured kiwi birds are shuffling around Wellington’s verdant hills ... Local dog owners were invited to sessions to teach their pets to steer clear of kiwi while out for walks. The ...

while dog owners have been offered special courses to teach pets not to attack the flightless bird. With numbers climbing, Kiwi Coast co-ordinator Ngaire Sullivan said a specialist hospital was ...

The national bird, the kiwi, has hatched eggs in the wild in the Wellington area for the first time in living memory, thanks to a multiyear conservation effort. By Pete McKenzie Reporting from ...