Tom Hunt, writing for the Dominion Post, has revealed that the Department of Conservation may release a toxin into the upper Karori reservoir and the streams flowing into it this summer. The toxin, Rotenone (A ‘1080 for fish’) will be used in an effort to kill unwanted brown trout. According to the article Rotenone presents…
The press is buzzing with the news that the NZ government has bailed out investors in South Canterbury Finance to the sum of $1.7 billion to cover their losses, about $150 million more than was needed. The company collapsed after a bid to re-capitalise failed. “South Canterbury Finance is majority owned by 82-year old millionaire…
The armed offenders squad has been involved in what is thought to be the second call-0ut in Glenfield this month. News reports about the incident vary, the NZ Herald’s account says two truckloads of officers descended on James Street and Glenfield Road after a report of gunshots. The report adds that two women were seen…
Media outlets are reporting on the long awaited release of New Zealand’s Adventure Tourism safety review. The review was instigated after the father of drowned river boarding tourist, Emily Jordan, wrote to John Key calling safety regulation in New Zealand “third world.” The two main outcomes are that there are recommendations that adventure tourism Operators…
The Dom Post has today reported on the robbery of another small business in New Zealand, this time a dairy (NZ vernacular for a small convenience store) in the small town of Havelock North. The report in itself is surprising given that there are restrictions on crime reports that are released to the press. It…
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