by F&O NEWS DESK | Aug 31, 2021 | Editor's pick, News
Department of Conservation’s (DOC) Conservation Week is back this year from 4 to 12 September 2021. But in light of COVID-19 and alert level changes, no events will be held at COVID-19 Alert Levels 4 or 3. Instead, DOC is encouraging people to take a moment for...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Aug 31, 2021 | Editor's pick, News
More than $740,000 in funding will be distributed to 21 on-water and land-based national and regional safer boating initiatives as part of the 2021 Safer Boating Campaign. The recipients of the annual Fuel Excise Duty (FED) funding was announced by Maritime NZ. The...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Aug 20, 2021 | Editor's pick, News
The inaugural Feral Goat Hunting Competition planned by the Department of Conservation (DOC) and New Zealand Deerstalkers Association (NZDA) has been cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions. The New Zealand Government announced the re-emergence of COVID-19 in the...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Aug 20, 2021 | Editor's pick, News
The number of breeding pairs of New Zealand’s threatened whio (Blue Duck) has almost tripled over the last 10 years, according to a survey released by the Department of Conservation (DOC). There are now 863 whio breeding pairs living in eight protected sites...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Aug 6, 2021 | Editor's pick, News
New Zealand is set to host a world-first superyacht sport fishing competition in the Bay of Islands next year. The fishing competition, held prior to the NZ Millennium Cup superyacht regatta, will be open to yachts over 24 metres, with entry for up to five anglers per...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Jul 29, 2021 | Editor's pick, News
Planning a day out on the water just got easier with shared-use boating service Skipperi that was officially launched in Auckland on 22 July with the blessing from local Māori iwi. The boat sharing service, which was established in Finland in 2017 and now has 300...
