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Reel in the Prizes at Tight Lines Kids Fishing Comp This Saturday

Great Barrier Island – Get ready for an action-packed day on the water this Saturday, June 22nd! The “Tight Line’s Kids Fishing Comp” is back, and it’s shaping up to be a fantastic event. If you haven’t got your tickets…

Environment & Ecology

Lost at Sea The Kermadec Sanctuary’s Missed Economic Opportunity

Sir John Key's ambitious vision for a sweeping ocean sanctuary enveloping the Kermadec Islands has been definitively quashed, as the coalition government ceases all efforts toward its legislation. Unveiled in 2015 by the then-Prime Minister amidst widespread global applause, the…

Environment & Ecology

8 ways that stopping overfishing will promote biodiversity and help address climate change

By Rashid Sumaila, University of British Columbia Amid the escalating threats of a warming world, and with the latest annual United Nations global climate conference (COP28) behind us, there is one critical message that’s often left out of the climate…