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A billboard showing the RealNZ kākāriki karaka Bird of the Century campaign.
Caption:RealNZ’s kākāriki karaka Bird of the Century billboard.Photo credit:Supplied / RealNZ
A shot from US comedian John Oliver’s segment on New Zealand’s Bird of the Year.
A ruru (morepork) at Queenstown Kiwi Birdlife Park.
Kaikōura District Council will draft a new animal control bylaw with a section for cats. File photo
Hikoi in central Auckland for Dome Valley, which is north of Auckland.
Glowing sun on the sky to illustrate heatwave or global warming.
The cleanup of the debris from the FV Mako at the remote Cascade Bay, south of Jackson Bay. About 32 tonnes of debris plus thousands of litres of fuel spilled into the area after the fishing boat ran aground in March.
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Jeremy Clarkson is at the Formula 1 Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Great Britain at the Silverstone Circuit in Towcester, England, on July 6, 2024. (Photo by Jon Hobley | MI News/NurPhoto) (Photo by MI News / NurPhoto via AFP)
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 27: Tolutau Koula of the Blues is tackled by Kalyn Ponga of the Maroons during game one of the 2026 Men’s State of Origin series between New South Wales Blues and Queensland Maroons at Accor Stadium on May 27, 2026 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)
The photo of Dame Jools Topp is used with permission from the 2013 Pink Ribbon Calendar Girls’ project. Body artist was Sofia Bue.