Why these sea lions, which are estimated at about 10,000 animals, are returning to New Zealand from their subantarctic island habitat is something of a mystery.

A New Zealand man who speared an endangered sea lion says he did it to protect his partner, adding: “It needed a stab. It will live.” Matt Kraemer posted on Facebook that he and his partner ...

A rare sea lion species threatened with extinction — some 10,000 remain, facing risks from fisheries and disease — they had moved deep into the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands to the south to ...

The New Zealand sea lion (also called rāpoka) is one of the rarest sea lions in the world, with a total population of around 12,000. Once endemic across the country, the species was hunted off ...

Back in November, earthquakes with a magnitude of up to 7.8 hit Kaikōura in the north-east of New Zealand's South Island. ... wiping out all life living in its sea bed.

A deep-sea expedition off southern New Zealand captures rare footage of unknown coral species and ecosystems thanks to advanced ROV technology.