The kiwi bird is so iconic because it has been an essential part of the culture and economy of New Zealand for a long time.

Two flightless takahe were released at a New Zealand sanctuary in the latest effort to stop some of the world's rarest birds becoming extinct. The pair, Waitaa and Bendigo, sprinted out of their ...

or Maori hen – a flightless and plump brown bird about the size of a chicken. The white water river guides from the US were racing other teams around checkpoints on New Zealand’s South Island ...

A bat has been named as New Zealand's ... similar challenges as birds. The long-tailed bat, also known as the pekapeka-tou-roa and is only the size of a thumb, beat a flightless parrot to win ...