Month: February 2018
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Hey Stuart Nash Maui’s dolphins are approaching extinction
Christine Rose posted in November 2017 her concerns about Minister of Fisheries Stuart Nash wanting to delay the roll out of cameras on fishing boats to monitor what they were catching. She described the background in the following terms: Maui and Hector’s dolphins, found only here in New Zealand, have the dubious status of being…
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What does Auckland Council do now about Kauri dieback?
There is news that Te Kawerau A Maki’s rahui on the Waitakere Ranges is having some effect but not as much as hoped. From Jamie Morton at the Herald: While the rahui appeared to have discouraged many visitors in the days after it was declared in early December, the findings of surveys undertaken since suggested that…