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New Zealand Creates 5 Marine Reserves for Dolphins and Kelp

308 square miles of protected ocean near Otago will safeguard Hector's dolphins, yellow-eyed penguins, and ancient kelp forests — New Zealand's biggest marine protection step in a decade.

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New Zealand Creates 5 Marine Reserves Across 191 Square Miles

The country's first new marine protected areas in a decade will safeguard yellow-eyed penguins, albatrosses, sea lions and kelp forests off the South Island.

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New Zealand Parakeet Pair Produces 55 Chicks, 10% of Wild Population

Nacho and Trixie, a breeding pair of critically endangered orange-fronted parakeets at the Isaac Conservation and Wildlife Trust, have hatched 55 chicks in two years — a tenth of the entire species.

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Kiwi Birds Visit New Zealand Parliament for First Time After 250-Bird Wellington Comeback

A citizen-led campaign has now released 250 kiwi into hills around Wellington — and to mark the milestone, wild kiwi were welcomed inside Parliament for the first time in history.