Read more New Zealand stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4009/new-zealand.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:28:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73947/giant-iceberg-floats-toward-nz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA gigantic iceberg drifting unusually far north has been spotted by Australian researchers off an island south of Tasmania. The chunk of ice, 2,300 feet long and 1,000 feet deep, is floating toward New Zealand and could pose a danger to shipping when it splits into smaller chunks....http://www.newser.com/story/73947/giant-iceberg-floats-toward-nz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 2:56:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73762/shark-babies-born-in-bite.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNever mind nurse sharks: A New Zealand aquarium appears to be home to a midwife shark. A shark there bit another in the midsection, effectively giving it a Caesarean section and causing four babies to swim out of the wound as shocked visitors looked on. Staffers found four more babies...http://www.newser.com/story/73762/shark-babies-born-in-bite.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 3:30:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71193/south-pacific-avoids-tsunami-after-big-earthquakes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTsunami warnings for a swath of the South Pacific—including American Samoa, Australia and New Zealand—issued after a pair of strong underwater earthquakes have been canceled after only a small wave materialized. Many residents had already moved to higher ground after the 7.8 and 7.1 temblors; American...http://www.newser.com/story/71193/south-pacific-avoids-tsunami-after-big-earthquakes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Oct 2009 19:54:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70575/post-quake-tsunami-kills-34-in-samoa.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck the area around American Samoa today, generating a tsunami that killed as many as 34 in the US territory and adjacent Samoa, an independent state. The waves at Pago Pago were 5.1 feet above normal—smaller than originally feared— but tsunami warnings went up...http://www.newser.com/story/70575/post-quake-tsunami-kills-34-in-samoa.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 18:34:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69334/new-zealand-bird-gobbled-up-humans.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 40-pound bird with a 10-foot-wide wingspan swooped from the sky at 134 mph to feed on large flightless birds and small humans, according to a Maori legend that scientists have now confirmed is likely true. Researchers re-examining bones of the Haast's eagle found that the bird was a hunter,...http://www.newser.com/story/69334/new-zealand-bird-gobbled-up-humans.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 14 Sep 2009 2:22:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69007/overfishing-plagues-filet-o-fishs-main-ingredient.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhat exactly is the fish in a Filet-O-Fish sandwich? It’s a bug-eyed creature from New Zealand called the hoki, and it is apparently under pressure from overfishing, the New York Times reports. New Zealand—while not specifically citing that cause—has been cutting the allowable catch as conservation groups express...http://www.newser.com/story/69007/overfishing-plagues-filet-o-fishs-main-ingredient.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 10:01:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66034/pig-hunting-dog-pack-mauls-nz-jogger.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA woman needed nine hours of surgery after being attacked by a pack of eight dogs as she jogged on New Zealand's North Island, the BBC reports. She curled into a fetal position during the 15-minute attack, a move doctors say saved her life. The dogs were eventually beaten off...http://www.newser.com/story/66034/pig-hunting-dog-pack-mauls-nz-jogger.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 04 Aug 2009 4:14:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65400/nz-woman-rescued-from-too-friendly-dolphin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMoko, the famously friendly dolphin who hangs around the beach in Mahia, New Zealand, nearly accidentally killed a woman yesterday, the Gisborne Herald reports. The woman had been playing with the dolphin, and it refused to let her return to shore. "When I wanted to go back in, he just...http://www.newser.com/story/65400/nz-woman-rescued-from-too-friendly-dolphin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Jul 2009 14:30:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65027/quake-knocks-new-zealand-a-foot-closer-to-australia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThere’s nothing like a 7.8 magnitude earthquake to bring two countries together—literally. The temblor that hit New Zealand last week has shoved its southern island about 12 inches closer to Australia, TVNZ reports. That might not sound like much, but considering that New Zealand typically moves about a...http://www.newser.com/story/65027/quake-knocks-new-zealand-a-foot-closer-to-australia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Jul 2009 12:40:02 CDT