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The Auckland University Underwater Club is a non-profit, recreational dive club. Student and non-student members are welcome. Our goal is to provide [...]

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Fri, 26 Feb 2010 6:34p.m.
By Samantha Hayes

A documentary that premieres in Wellington next week claims fish will not be commercially available in less than 50 years.
Watch segment from TV3 News on Friday night.

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By Eloise Gibson
4:00 AM Friday Feb 26, 2010
New Zealand is in danger of losing its status as a world leader in managing fisheries, says the researcher behind a new documentary on overfishing.

New Zealand’s reputation is under threat from its orange roughy catch. Photo / Dean Purcell
Charles Clover, a former environment editor at Britain’s Daily Telegraph [...]

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2:20 PM Thursday Feb 25, 2010
A SeaWorld killer whale seized a trainer in its jaws and thrashed the woman around underwater today, killing her in front of a horrified audience. It marked the third time the animal had been involved in a human death.

Dawn Brancheau had wanted to work at SeaWorld since she was nine [...]

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4:00 AM Wednesday Feb 24, 2010
Fishing industry efforts to trim protection for endangered Hector’s and Maui’s dolphins had mixed results in the High Court at Wellington.
Lawyers for the Federation of Commercial Fishermen tried to block six proposed bans on set netting. and inshore trawling.
The court ruled yesterday to refer two back to Fisheries Minister Phil [...]

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