A New Zealand minister has defended fishers involved in the deaths of two orcas in commercial fishing incidents and said "these things happen", while conservationists condemned the "devastating" loss.

Wildlife rescuers in New Zealand were scrambling to keep a stranded baby orca alive Wednesday, as volunteers scoured waters off Wellington to find the calf’s mother. The killer whale, a male aged four ...

A live surf camera at New Zealand’s Mount Maunganui this week captured a serene encounter between orcas and surfers who had arrived to check out the waves. "This isn't your average surf check," a ...

Two orca were found dead as bycatch in two incidents in May, the first recorded deaths of orca in set nets in New Zealand.

Jet skiers had an amazingly close encounter with a group of killer whales off of Kaikoura Peninsula in New Zealand. Surf instructor David Lyons posted a video on Facebook of the Orcas beautifully ...