Carter: “Close the Gap with Australia on Whaling”

Sunday, 21 February 2010, 1:54 pm Press Release: New Zealand Labour Party Labour’s Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Chris Carter is urging the National-Act Government to consider backing Australia’s ultimatum to Japan to end whaling or face international legal action. “Australia’s Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has given Japan a clear choice; stop killing whales in the Southern [...]

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Steve Bogaerts demonstrates sidemount skills

Steve Bogaerts demonstrates some basic skills scuba diving in sidemount configuration while using his Razor Harness and BAT Wing.

Activists stand trial for stealing whale meat

ABC News Report, Mon 15th Feb: TONY EASTLEY: While much of the focus on whaling has been centred on skirmishes in the Southern Ocean, an important legal case will begin today in a regional courtroom in northern Japan. Two Japanese Greenpeace activists will stand trial for trespass and the theft of whale meat. If found [...]

King Kong vessel sinks to watery grave

6:14 PM Tuesday Feb 9, 2010 The boat that featured in Peter Jackson’s blockbuster film King Kong has been sent to Davy Jones’ Locker after being left to rot at a Wellington wharf for the last five years. The Venture II was scuttled in the ammunition dumping ground in Cook Strait today under the supervision [...]