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Local Board Sends Crayfish Crackdown Plan to Parliament
Great Barrier’s push for tougher crayfish rules has taken its next step, with the Aotea Local Board and Ngāti Rehua Ngātiwai ki Aotea Trust formally submitting a legislative proposal to Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones. The proposal, sent earlier…
Protesters to Challenge Loopholes in Government’s New Marine Protection Act This Weekend
This Saturday the first One Ocean Protest will take place against the new Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection Act, which…
Mulberry Grove School Opens New Innovation and Creativity Space
Mulberry Grove School has officially opened its new technology, art and science space, Rangiarua – Te Whare Auaha (The House of Innovation…
Icehouse Ventures Returns to Aotea
Icehouse Ventures is back on Great Barrier Island this weekend for its annual “No Barriers” retreat, bringing a small group of founders…
Roading, Rubbish? Residents Invited to Shape Island Priorities for Next Three Years
Great Barrier Island’s newly sworn-in local board has begun early work on its three-year plan, and residents are being asked to give…
Convicted Barrier kidnapper admits killing Christchurch woman
A man once jailed for kidnapping a woman on Great Barrier Island has now pleaded guilty to murdering a Christchurch woman. Nathan…
Convoy of fishers protests new Hauraki Gulf restrictions
A convoy of boats will travel across Auckland on November 22 in protest of the new Hauraki Gulf Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection…
Aotea Iwi Open Major Exhibition on Outer Hauraki Gulf
Members of Ngāti Rehua Ngātiwai ki Aotea travelled to Tāmaki Makaurau this week to proudly mark the opening of the immersive exhibition, ‘Ngā Huhua: Abundance’, at the New Zealand Maritime Museum. The special opening event took place on Thursday evening,…
Kawau Island Sale Going Ahead, Says RNZYS
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron has rejected a push by dissenting members to overturn its decision to sell prime waterfront property…
‘We Feel Like Murderers’: Council Raid Terrifies 90-Year-Old Barrier Farmers
For 170 years, the Blackwell family has not just farmed the land on Great Barrier Island/Aotea; they have embodied the island’s enduring…
What’s On Around Aotea: Notices, Events & Jobs
NOTICES Tomato Seedlings for Sale – Harvest HubSpring’s in full swing, and Kaitoke School’s Harvest Hub is overflowing with healthy tomato seedlings…
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