by F&O NEWS DESK | May 29, 2024 | Editor's pick, Features
One of the challenges that the people trying to help stop marine pests from devastating our coastline environments face is that they are out of sight, out of mind, writes marine biosecurity expert Aless Smith Unlike something like gorse in our paddocks or rats in the...
by F&O NEWS DESK | May 29, 2024 | News
A group of boaties were caught in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf after a member of the public tipped off NZ Police about divers possessing undersized crayfish. Sergeant Peter Comer, of the Auckland Maritime Unit, reported that an informant alerted Great Barrier Police about...
by F&O NEWS DESK | May 17, 2024 | Editor's pick, News
A local man has been issued a $600 infringement notice for catching, killing, and decapitating a great white shark at Mahia Peninsula. The Department of Conservation (DOC) was alerted to the incident on Friday, 15 March, by a local kuia who discovered the...
by F&O NEWS DESK | May 15, 2024 | Book reviews
Pick of the month Foraging New ZealandPeter LanglandsPenguin Random House$50Reviewed by Tony Orman Foraging New Zealand by Canterbury’s Peter Langlands is a meticulously researched guide. There are more than 7500 edible species to consider but for practical reasons,...
by F&O NEWS DESK | May 7, 2024 | News
Hunters around New Zealand kicked off the game bird hunting season on the first weekend of May, with 60,000 game bird hunters heading out during the opening weekend. “Opening weekend is a high point in the rural calendar, and people from cities travel to wetlands and...