NZ’s first marine reserve is turning 50 – the lessons from its recovery are invaluable

In 1964, a decade before the marine reserve was established, the Leigh marine laboratory opened on the cliffs above it. Its ...
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Tourists help pull dumped fishing net from harbour

International tourists visiting the Eastern Bay this week didn’t discover the 100% Pure New Zealand image from the glossy marketing. Instead, they helped drag an abandoned fishing net from Ōhiwa ...

EDS’s Advocacy Lands Marine Protection As Decision Made To Ban Bottom Contact Fishing Methods

The Environmental Defence Society (EDS) hails a Waikato Regional Council decision to prohibit destructive bottom-contact fishing methods from most of the eastern Waikato coastal marine area. “This is ...
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Caught on Video: Shark jumps on fishing boat in New Zealand

WHITIANGA, New Zealand -- A shark gave a fishing group a big surprise by leaping onto their boat. It happened off the coast of Whitianga in New Zealand on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. The group was ...