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Clean Streams snapshot out of focus
March 11, 2009
Levels of serious non-compliance over discharge of dairy farm effluent have been miscalculated by the Dairying and Cleans Streams Accord Snapshot ...
Darwin's Finches: Genetic research shows that white-eyes evolve faster than any other bird
March 10, 2009
The discovery of a new bird to science in a distant archipelago is providing evidence of how, in the absence of competitors, unique species can ...
Sea lions gather at parliament to plead for their lives
March 2, 2009
Ninety-five sea lions will gather at Parliament tomorrow to ask the Minister of Fisheries to save them from being killed in squid fishing nets.
Synchronised spectacular celebrates seaweek
February 26, 2009
The Frank Kitts Lagoon will be alive with sea creatures celebrating the start of Seaweek on Sunday.
Toll of mutilated Hector's dolphins rises
February 9, 2009
Another mutilated Hector’s dolphin found washed up on a beach has been reported to conservation group Forest & Bird.
Forest & Bird sees RMA changes swing against ordinary Kiwis
February 3, 2009
Conservation group Forest & Bird believes changes to the Resource Management Act announced today will make it harder for ordinary Kiwis to have a ...
Hector arrives in Wellington to thank parliament for the set net ban
January 30, 2009
Forest & Bird is encouraged by Wednesday’s sighting of a Hector’s dolphin in Wellington harbour as a sign that the dolphins have come ...
Record fall in sea lion pups means minister must cut kill quota
January 27, 2009
Cut in sea lion kill quota welcomed but must go further
January 27, 2009
Forest & Bird has welcomed a reduction in the number of sea lions the southern squid fishery will kill this season – but says the number of ...
Forest & Bird condemns 40% rise in sea lion quota
December 19, 2008
Forest & Bird is shocked that squid fishers will be allowed to kill 40 per cent more threatened New Zealand sea lions in the coming season.