Taken from NZHerald.co.nz by Eloise Gibson 22 Sept 09 “Traces of the rat poison, Brodifacoum, have been found in two little blue penguins that died in the Hauraki Gulf, a month after the Department of Conservation dropped the poison on Rangitoto and Motutapu islands… Poison-drop project manager Richard Griffiths said the finding of Brodifacoum was…
Tourism New Zealand Chairman Greg Muir has today announced the appointment of Kevin Bowler as its new CEO, effective as from “early January.” He’ll be based in their Auckland office and will divide his time between there and Wellington. Mr Bowler is an old boy of Hillcrest High School and gained his degree at the…
When Tourism NZ chief executive George Hickton was asked recently if he would be sitting in the studio audience to watch John Key appear on the Letterman show (Key is both the Prime Minister and Tourism Minister for New Zealand) the answer was no, he wasn’t even sure who was going to get tickets but…
From NZHerald, 21 Sept 09 “Northland children as young as 6 years old are being caught with cannabis at school. Police say many Northlanders smoke cannabis – this week it was revealed that of the 141,000 plants seized nationally in the 2008-09 season, almost half were in Northland – and many parents are exposing their…
“Power lines should be put underground or power poles moved back from the road to prevent more tragedies like this week’s triple fatality in Christchurch, a relative says. Three members of an English family died when their car struck a pole after the driver fell asleep in South New Brighton. (see our blog post 3…
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