by F&O NEWS DESK | Mar 26, 2024 | News
The Department of Conservation’s (DOC) annual Pureora Hunting Competition kicked off on 16 March and will continue until the prizegiving at the DOC Pureora Field Base on 28 April. The competition, which first started in 1988, remains a favourite among the upper and...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Feb 27, 2024 | News
A major research project is underway by the Game Animal Council New Zealand (GAC) to gather information about deer, pig, chamois, and tahr hunting in New Zealand and the organisation is asking Kiwi hunters to participate. The last time this kind of research was...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Feb 26, 2024 | News
On 23 February, hundreds of dead snapper were found floating in the sea around Auckland, washing up on the city’s beaches, and now, a major fishing company has acknowledged that they could be to blame. Moana New Zealand said one of its contract vessels could be...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Feb 26, 2024 | Editor's pick, News
The Pike29 Memorial Track officially opened on 16 February 2024. Pike River families, Ngāti Waewae, minister of regional development Shane Jones, West Coast Tasman MP Maureen Pugh, and those who worked on the track were among those present at the opening ceremony. The...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Feb 26, 2024 | News
Police are asking local fishing enthusiasts to stay safe while dropping a line after a person was rescued during the early hours of Friday, 16 February. He was stuck on the rocks at Bethells Beach. The Police Eagle helicopter was deployed and observed the fisherman,...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Feb 26, 2024 | News
DOC is urging beachgoers to keep a safe distance from korora/little blue penguins when they come ashore to moult. Korora come ashore between November and March to shed their feathers and grow a new waterproof coat, says DOC, and are vulnerable to predation from dogs...
