by F&O NEWS DESK | Jul 6, 2023 | Editor's pick, News
Entries are now open for this year’s New Zealand Biosecurity Awards and eligible Kiwis are being encouraged to enter one (or more) of the nine categories. “There are many incredible people across New Zealand in communities, schools, iwi and hapū, businesses,...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Jul 4, 2023 | Editor's pick, News
NZ Police launched the new digital Firearms Registry on 24 June, nearly four years after it was first announced in the wake of the Christchurch Mosque terror attack. The Registry requires licensed firearm holders to record details such as the make, model, and serial...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Jul 4, 2023 | News
Dozens of trees and shrubs in the Pureora Forest and Tongariro Forest Conservation Area have been illegally removed or hacked down. Among those are two rimu trees – one estimated to be up to 600 years old – in the Pureora Forest that were “brutally felled and left at...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Jun 20, 2023 | Editor's pick, News
The Department of Conservation has confirmed Taupō Fishing District licence fees for the 2023–24 season, marking an increase in the price for the first time in six years. The new price will affect the fishing licenses sold for the new season. From 1 July, overseas...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Jun 20, 2023 | News
A local fishing company, along with its skipper and first mate, faced heft fines totalling $69,750 for their failure to assess and report coral caught in their net during bottom trawling operations in the South Pacific’s high seas. The sentencing took place at the...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Jun 2, 2023 | News
Boaties and anglers are being urged to clean their anchors and fishing gears to reduce the risk of introducing or spreading exotic seaweeds. This comes after a small clump of suspected Caulerpa brachypus was spotted on a beach in the Bay of Islands. John Walsh,...
