This is really gross and I wonder how keen you’ll be on your bacon after reading about it. It’s very important though, so you have to read on.

A new survey by Purina New Zealand has revealed that 'cat people' and 'dog people' may not be as different as we have previously believed!

The way New Zealand currently manages its oceans is not going to work in the face of competing conservation, economic and environmental demands, says visiting American marine policy expert Dr Mike McGinnis.

One in three women surveyed in a recent groundbreaking New Zealand study reported delaying leaving violent relationships because they feared their pets and other animals would be killed or tortured. Of these, one quarter said their children had witnessed violence against animals.

I have a friend who is the loving owner of a Pit Bull and Brazilian Fila. However when they began to fight aggressively with each other, she sought to prevent them from doing harm and figure out the root of the problem.

Recently a free-range layer hen farm in Martinborough was abandoned by the farmers. Many hens were left neglected, to fend for themselves.

The SPCA wants to alert New Zealand consumers that term "free-range" is no guarantee of good animal welfare but simply a marketing term.

If disaster were to strike today, would you have a plan to save yourself and your animals?

Of the 39 long-finned pilot whales who faced a second night onshore at Farewell Spit in Golden Bay last night, 35 remain alive this morning . Four are dead.

Of the 77 live long-finned pilot whales stranded on Farewell Spit in Golden Bay last night, 39 are still alive at first light this morning .

A pod of 99 whales stranded around midday yesterday, with 22 dying during the afternoon.

Three years ago I signed up with Voxy to write travel stories. Ha, two and a half years and two kids later - there ain' t much travel been going on. So breaking with convention I have decided to write about whats going on in my life - that is being an 'un-yummy mummy'.