The Department of Conservation is calling for more to be done to prevent the mass death of thousands of migrating eels at Te ...

Thousands of dead eels have appeared on a Canterbury beach, shocking locals. Environment Canterbury says the deaths were natural, caused by poorly timed migration during the tuna heke. They said ...

Video / NZ Herald Thousands of dead eels have turned ... Flat were natural and caused by poorly timed migration by the tuna (eels). Environment Canterbury general manager Leigh Griffiths said ...

Melissa Nightingale spent a night at Ngā Manu Nature Reserve in Waikanae where guests can interact with native wildlife.

Other fish appearing in New Zealand's top 10 included the longfin eel, tuna, whale shark, big-bellied seahorse, great white shark, lamprey and piharau.

Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand, traditionally welcome the new ... his son Tokoiterangi how to catch and revere river eel, known in Maori as tuna. Kites are also flown at Puanga ...

Canterbury Regional Council's general manager of hazards Leigh Griffiths said the tuna (eel) deaths were "a natural event which could occur at this time of year during the tuna migration or heke ...