Rangitoto Still Smouldering After 600 Years
By Felix Walton, RNZ
Hunter Edwards Claims Victory in Auckland Bout
Hunter Edwards all smiles as his hand is raised after a unanimous decision win at Unbroken 4. Photo / CSN Watch
Barrier Considers Rules to Shut Out Crayfishers
Great Barrier is weighing new local protections that would stop boats from Auckland and the Hauraki Gulf shifting to Aotea to target crayfish, after the Government closed mainland waters in April. A ban running from Cape Rodney to Kawakawa Bay…
Barrier boy Hunter Edwards set for the big stage at Unbroken 4
Hunter Edwards hasn’t forgotten where he comes from. The young kickboxer grew up on Great Barrier and is now carving out a name for himself in the K-1 scene with Balmoral Lee Gar in Auckland. On Saturday, August 23, he’ll…
Council offers webinar to explain ‘brutal’ rates hikes
Auckland Council is offering residents the chance to hear directly from its finance team about how rates are set, following frustration over sharp increases in areas like Great Barrier Island, Rodney, and Franklin. It comes after many Barrier homeowners were…
Mānuka Honey: What Is It Good For? Absolutely Something.
Photo / CC / Avenue
Thirty Years on Hirakimata: What We’ve Learned About the Black Petrel
A new report released this month marks 30 years of black petrel monitoring on Great Barrier Island, the only place in the world — along with Little Barrier — where the seabird breeds, revealing a population holding steady but still…
Island Gin up for People’s Choice at Business Awards
Island Gin, the boutique distillery run entirely off-grid on Aotea (Great Barrier Island), has been named a finalist in the People’s Choice category of the Auckland Business Awards. Voting is now open to the public. Founded by Andi Ross, Island…
Sleepy birds, quiet dawns: how noisy, bright city nights disrupt and change birdsong
Photo / Juli Gaviraghi Mussoi, CC BY-NC-ND
Why has trust in news fallen? The answer is more complicated than we thought
By Greg Treadwell, Auckland University of Technology and Merja Myllylahti, Auckland University of Technology We live in an age of declining trust in public institutions: parliament, the health and education systems, courts and police have all suffered over the past…