by F&O NEWS DESK | May 29, 2024 | News
Taranaki-based contracting company, Peter Sole Transport Limited, has been convicted and fined $80,500 by the Huntly District Court for the unlawful construction of a rock seawall at Mōkau in December 2021. The sentencing, delivered on 27 May 2024 by District Court...
by Shannon Williams | May 29, 2024 | Editor's pick, News
Forest & Bird and the Fiordland Wapiti Foundation have agreed to pause legal proceedings over the management agreement between the Department of Conservation (DOC) and the Foundation over how the wapiti herd is managed. Previously, Forest & Bird requested a...
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 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...
by Shannon Williams | May 2, 2024 | News
Nelson Police have taken action against five people involved in an incident where a mob of around eight deer were targeted with a vehicle. A stag was struck by the vehicle and subsequently killed by those involved. The deer were hit about 3am on 30 March, while two...
