After working on such films as the “Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” trilogies, Weta Workshop‘s Pukeko Pictures is pairing up with Heavy Metal to adapt Image Comics‘ “Rat Queens” into an animated ...

FremantleMedia Enterprises has signed a first-look deal with Pukeko Pictures, the TV affiliate of “Lord of the Rings” production shingle Weta Workshop, to develop scripted television series. The ...

When pukeko are observed heading for higher ground, Northland iwi Ngati Wai will expect a storm and possible flooding. Photo / Amos Chapple. Buy this print on NewsPixNZ NZH-1024055 What do pukeko, ...

‘Pukeko may be hard to spell but fun to say and nice to hear. It’s much more interesting than ‘purple swamp hen’.’ - Dr Rick Starr. Photo / Thinkstock The pukeko has gone from pest to New Zealand icon ...

The pukeko is a New Zealand native that lives in wetlands. On a grassy slope in New Zealand, Cody Dey and his research assistant wrangle a knee-high bird. Dey grips it carefully in his lap while the ...

Kiddets - the sister series to The WotWots - has been a hit in China and will feature in a new Chinese theme park in Beijing and will have its own brand of yogurt in China. COLLETTE DEVLIN / STUFF Sir ...

She said every year pukeko were culled on the Coast because of the damage they did to grain and vegetable crops. After the cull the brightly coloured purple and black feathers were offered to local ...

New Zealand-based Pukeko Pictures and Chinese entertainment firm Hengxin Shambala Kids are moving ahead with a second season of animated series Kiddets. The show, commissioned in 2015 as a spin-off to ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Abstract Lethal control of wildlife is commonly used by conservation practitioners for population control. In some areas of New Zealand, ...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand's Pukeko Pictures has inked a development deal with China's Guangdong Huawen Century Animation Company to produce Kiddets, a sister series to the animated preschool hit The ...

Size matters a lot — or at least it does to a type of winged critter living in the South Pacific, a scientist at McMaster University says. Cody Dey spoke on CBC Radio One’s Quirks & Quarks last week ...