Stories from Palmerston North · New Zealand

Four injured and weak albatrosses were brought to Wild Base Hospital in Palmerston North following recent storms in the lower North Island.

An investigation is underway following the drying of Puke Puke Lake in the Manawatū region. Regional council staff discovered the situation two weeks ago. The Manawatū Regional Council has commissioned an independent investigation into the environmental cause. While volunteers rescued approximately 3,000 eels from the mud, hundreds of others died.