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High levels of pollutants, sediment and farm run-off have turned a once-popular swimming spot toxic orange.

The battle for a water conservation order has divided both a braided river, and a community in two.

Black petrels are seabirds that call a New Zealand mountain home, but a threat on the oceans is preventing their return.

New Zealand has already forced one penguin species into extinction — will the rockhopper, hoiho or little blue follow?

Once hunted for a bounty, kea are now threatened with extinction by tourists using food to lure them in for a perfect Instagram picture.