Haven’t heard of them? It’s okay; you’re not the only one. The remote Pacific Ocean archipelago near the international date line is technically part of New Zealand. And as New Zealand’s borders remain ...

A comprehensive account of the human and natural history of the Chatham Islands will be published by Canterbury University Press this month. Chatham Islands: Heritage and conservation, edited by Dr ...

Hundreds of pilot whales washed up on the remote shores of New Zealand’s Chatham Islands in two separate “mass stranding” events that occurred just days apart and deeply “affected” the people who live ...

80 to 90 whales were stranded on the southern end of Hanson Bay near Owenga Township on the Chatham Islands, New Zealand, Nov. 30. Government Of New Zealand/ Department Of Conservation Shortly after a ...

NEW ZEALAND, 1968 — A pair of ingenious aeronautical innovations is threatening to jolt these isolated, wind-lashed islands off the coast of New Zealand from their 19th century slumber. One is an ...

Biosecurity officer for Chatham Islands. Environment Canterbury has appointed Alison Turner as biosecurity officer for the Chatham Islands. Alison has lived and worked on the islands for more than 15 ...

Two groups totalling almost 500 pilot whales were stranded, officials said. Hundreds of pilot whales that beached on the Chatham Islands in the last week died of natural causes or were euthanized, ...

With only six sailings between now and the end of the year, Chatham Island farmers are prioritising sheep over cattle. Photo / NZH file Impending dry conditions coupled with shipping issues mean ...

About 100 pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins have died in a mass stranding on the remote Chatham Islands, about 800 kilometres off New Zealand's east coast. Most of the whales stranded during the ...

A new city government could operate much more efficiently as long as a “wackadoodle” is not elected, Adam Avant told a crowd of more than 200 people at St. Andrew’s School Thursday night. Avant, a ...