The Chathams sit roughly 785 kilometers (488 miles) east of mainland New Zealand and have long been a crucible of endemic ...

Haven’t heard of them? It’s okay; you’re not the only one. The remote Pacific Ocean archipelago near the international date line is technically part of New Zealand. And as New Zealand’s borders remain ...

On Friday, we made a decision to introduce a “placeholder” bill to allow for the possibility of a referendum on the incorporation of the Chatham Islands. We emphasize strongly that this is in no way a ...

Perhaps the most significant find in Polynesian archaeological history has been discovered in the Chatham Islands, and the excavation of it is wrapping up now. While walking along a beach near their ...

Two groups totalling almost 500 pilot whales were stranded, officials said. Hundreds of pilot whales that beached on the Chatham Islands in the last week died of natural causes or were euthanized, ...

The completion of a $10 million wind turbine project in the Chatham Islands will reduce both local power prices and carbon emissions, Associate Minister for Regional Development Mark Patterson says.

Hundreds of pilot whales washed up on the remote shores of New Zealand’s Chatham Islands in two separate “mass stranding” events that occurred just days apart and deeply “affected” the people who live ...

The whales will be given a ceremonial burial with help from local native tribes Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously appeared ...

A remote collection of islands off the coast of New Zealand recorded its first-ever cases of COVID-19 more than two years into the pandemic. Monique Croon, mayor of the archipelago named Chatham ...

A new city government could operate much more efficiently as long as a “wackadoodle” is not elected, Adam Avant told a crowd of more than 200 people at St. Andrew’s School Thursday night. Avant, a ...

With only six sailings between now and the end of the year, Chatham Island farmers are prioritising sheep over cattle. Photo / NZH file Impending dry conditions coupled with shipping issues mean ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Some 477 pilot whales have died after stranding themselves on two remote New Zealand beaches over recent days, officials say. None of the stranded whales could be refloated ...