Exciting new season of Music and Movies in Parks and affordable activities announced
Source: Auckland Council
Get ready for a summer of fun as Auckland Council announces its lineup of blockbuster events, and profiles some of the best...
COP28 and Politics – More international embarrassment expected for New Zealand over oil and...
Source: Greenpeace
New Zealand’s new Government created international headlines this week for its decision to reverse the world’s first smoking ‘generation ban’. Now another major u-turn...
Mana whenua-led project aims to rid Aotea / Great Barrier Island of rats and...
Source: Auckland Council
Free from predators like stoats, Norway rats and possums, Aotea / Great Barrier is home to many native species – kākā, pāteke,...
Updated controls at Aotea Great Barrier Island to help keep caulerpa in check
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
Biosecurity New Zealand is updating controls on anchoring and fishing at Aotea Great Barrier Island to help prevent the spread...
Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara gift name to gecko
Source: Auckland Council
The most recent species of gecko to be ‘described’ in New Zealand has been officially named.
Local iwi, Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara has...
First Responders – Bravo strike team arrives home from Queensland fires
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand
Fire and Emergency New Zealand’s Bravo strike team has arrived home after assisting with the response to wildfires burning across...
1 January 2024 cutoff date to be pest free warranted
Source: Auckland Council
Transport operators working close to the islands in the Hauraki Gulf are urged to apply for a Pest Free Warrant before they...
University News – Research to ensure Coffin Bay water quality for SA’s oyster farming...
Source: Flinders University
Coffin Bay – the popular tourist destination on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula – is known for its scenery, natural features and high-quality...
Renowned physicist and data science expert, Professor Frank Krauss, to deliver talk on innovative...
Source: ESR
Renowned physicist and data science expert, Professor Frank Krauss, to deliver talk on innovative use of data to tackle world’s most urgent challenges...
It’s a wrap for rats on Cook Islands atoll
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 28 November 2023
“This rat eradication has been a long time coming,” Palmerston’s Executive Officer Arthur Neale says.
“Rats have been a problem...
Kākāpō relocated to reduce monitoring load
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 28 November 2023
Following a review of bird activity, DOC, Ngāi Tahu and Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari made the call to temporarily decrease...
Plea for four-wheel-drivers to keep off riverbeds during bird nesting season
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 28 November 2023
From early September to the end of January, threatened native birds like ngutu pare/wrybill, tūturiwhatu/banded dotterel, and tarāpuka/black-billed gull...
