Captain Gerry Wright talks about the salvage operation of the Rainbow Warrior. Thursday 10 September 2009 11.00am – 12.00pm Onehunga Library FREE On Thursday 10 July 1985, the British-registered Greenpeace vessel, Rainbow Warrior, was sunk in Auckland harbour by French saboteurs of the Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure (DGSE). The salvage was a difficult [...]

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4:00AM Sunday Aug 23, 2009 By Anna Rushworth Fisherman used scissors to free a dolphin caught in a fishing long-line. Photo / Supplied Dolphins are famed for helping humans in trouble at sea and now fishermen off Northland have returned the favour by freeing a dolphin caught in a fishing long-line. The dolphin, feeble and [...]

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If you missed The Cove at the International Film Festival, now is your chance. It’s showing at Academy Cinemas. Winner of the Audience Award at both the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and 2009 Hot Docs festival, The Cove follows a team of activists and filmmakers as they infiltrate a heavily-guarded cove in Taiji, Japan. In [...]

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By MARTY SHARPE – The Dominion Post Last updated 05:00 20/08/2009 CAUGHT OUT: Pierre Van Der Zwet and a marlin caught in February. A man caught fishing in a marine reserve during one of the country’s biggest game-fishing tournaments has been fined $500 after a judge said the fish he was after were “just passing [...]

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4:00AM Monday Aug 24, 2009 By Eloise Gibson New marine reserves have been delayed and possum, deer and weed control pared back so that the Department of Conservation can meet budget cuts. The department has to shave $54 million – $13.5 million a year – from spending over the next four years, after its funding [...]

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