Relief and celebration after two-year battle
With the odds overcome, Manapouri's Ruth Shaw was overjoyed at yesterday's Government decision to refuse the Fiordland monorail.
DOC
Doc may buy Contact land
The Department of Conservation plans to buy several parcels of Contact Energy land in the Upper Clutha if a funding application is successful.
Three new southern Doc managers
Need for new tools to control pests in NZ
One man's predator is another man's companion
Predators and plagues
Predator-free New Zealand is a wild dream gaining a popular voice. But what animals would we get rid of. And how?
Sea lion threat plan needed 'promptly'
Island complex to be Blake Station
The new research station to be built on the environmentally protected Auckland Islands, 465km south of Bluff, will be named after the late Sir Peter Blake.
Call for more study of ocean change
The plight of Otago's yellow-eyed penguins highlights the need for a greater understanding of the changes in ocean conditions, Department of Conservation director-general Lou Sanson says.
Sea lion and pup move on
Smaills Beach is again open to dogs and vehicles, following the departure of a mother sea lion and her pup.