by F&O NEWS DESK | Jan 12, 2021 | News
The Yamaha New Zealand Festival of Freeride is back again this summer with the annual two-day event kicking off at Karioitahi Beach, Waiuku on 12 February. Yamaha NZ Festival of Freeride is where personal watercraft riding meets freestyle motocross with riders...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Jan 12, 2021 | Editor's pick, News
The Bay of Islands Swordfish Club saw a good start to the year at the Harcourt’s Juniors Fishing Tournament held on 2 and 3 January. The two-day event, which was open to all kids under the age of 16, saw 30 teams and 80 anglers participate, with two tagged marlin from...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Dec 15, 2020 | News
Contact Energy Limited has been convicted and fined $162,500 over a major incident at their Wairakei geothermal field, impacting on the Huka Falls and Waikato River in February 2019. On 2 December, judge David Kirkpatrick released his sentence for the company’s...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Dec 15, 2020 | News
The New Zealand Fish and Game Council has appointed Ray Grubb as chairperson. Grubb brings governance experience as a company director: senior management experience in large and small businesses, planning skills and experience in both public and private sectors,...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Dec 14, 2020 | News
A new multi-million-dollar native planting project will see half a million native plants and trees to be installed over the next three to five years, across 85 hectares of connected open space, recreation areas, and wetland. The project is one of the largest...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Dec 11, 2020 | Editor's pick, News
A new OECD report warns that urgent action is needed to reduce over-fishing, improve fisheries management, and reform support to the sector, or the world will fail to meet a key United Nations goal on the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans and marine...
