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Minister urges public to report cases of three or more sick or dead birds in a group after brown skua seabird tests positive for H5N1 on Wellington beach The deadly H5N1 bird flu has been confirmed in New Zealand for… A single ocean-going seabird, a brown skua, returned a confirmed positive test on Wednesday, after it was found on Petone beach in Wellington on 10 July, said Andrew Hoggard, the biosecurity minister.
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- Topic: TOP — the feed headline centres on FEARS, ZEALAND, NATIVE, SPECIES, FIRST.
- Original feed: World news | The Guardian.
- Published: 16 Jul 2026, 03:23 UK.
- Coverage checked: 1 distinct source and 0 closely matched related stories.
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- World news | The Guardian: Minister urges public to report cases of three or more sick or dead birds in a group after brown skua seabird tests positive for H5N1 on Wellington beach The deadly H5N1 bird flu has been confirmed in New Zealand for…
- World news | The Guardian: A single ocean-going seabird, a brown skua, returned a confirmed positive test on Wednesday, after it was found on Petone beach in Wellington on 10 July, said Andrew Hoggard, the biosecurity minister.
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- 16/07/2026, 03:23 PRIMARY FEED FEARS FOR NEW ZEALAND’S NATIVE SPECIES AS FIRST BIRD FLU CASE EMERGES (World news | The Guardian • 1 hr ago) [Story Intel]
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