March 18 (UPI) --Emergency responders launched a swift search following a report of swimmers in distress off the Matua coast, but police said the supposed swimmers "turned out to be geese." ...

Tauranga Coastguard, based at Sulphur Point Marina, operates year-round with dedicated volunteers on call 24/7 to respond to ...

The Wild Geese name, incidentally, comes from the Irish emigres who fled religious and political persecution in the 18th century to settle elsewhere. -JAMES HALLIDAY ...

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