Think again. Pryncess, Kingi, Kingz, Kyng, Prinz and Prynce didn’t pass the test. According to an Official Information Act inquiry, almost 60,000 babies were born in New Zealand last year.

It turns out humpback whales' epic migrations to tropical waters aren't as essential as previously thought for giving birth: ...

They are all baby names rejected by New Zealand's federal government last ... "We continue to urge parents to think carefully about names. Names are a gift. Generally, the name registered will ...

There’s no maternity leave for whale mothers who give birth early – they just have to keep swimming with their calves until ...

A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science challenges long-held beliefs about humpback migration.

A sharp click is the first sound ever heard from a shark A shark opens its mouth wide underwater in Jaws (1975). Sound ...

Former National MP Dame Marilyn Waring has gathered a group of female former MPs to hold their own 'people's select committee ...

A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science challenges long-held beliefs about humpback migration.

Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) belong to the penguin family Spheniscidae. They also go by the name brush-tailed ...

Miller getting another offload away to the New Zealand skipper, who exploded with emotion upon scoring, knowing the title was hers. "I don't show too much emotion but I think it showed how much it ...

The recovery of the humpback whale population suggests we may have been mistaken about their birthing grounds — tropical waters aren't the only places where they give birth. Humpback whales may not ...

Humpback whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae) are master migrators. Some populations of this baleen whale species travel upwards of 5,000 miles per year from colder waters to feed, towards warmer tropical ...