Matai Bay Trip Report by Hannah Thompson It is always difficult being the younger sibling of a high achieving individual. The constant comparisons to those that have gone before you makes you yearn to yell out “I AM NOT MY BROTHER!!!” I have a feeling the second annual Matai Bay trip felt this way. Last [...]
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By Isaac Davison 5:30 AM Wednesday Nov 9, 2011 Sea Shepherd captain Paul Watson believes whaling in the Antarctic is at a tipping point, but no thanks to the “useless” New Zealand Government. The outspoken, uncompromising eco-warrior will soon hoist his ship’s Jolly Roger for conservation group Sea Shepherd’s eighth voyage to the Southern Ocean to [...]
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By Jamie Morton 8:37 AM Thursday Nov 10, 2011 The container ship that brought an environmental tragedy to the Bay of Plenty could become a tourist-pulling underwater wonder, says a national marine group. which is sponsoring a national divers’ conference in Tauranga this weekend, wants part of the crippled MV Rena to remain as a shipwreck [...]
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Congratulations to our very own Mazdak Radjainia – Winner of the Wildlife category! Photographer of the Year 2011 Congratulations to all the winners of the New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year 2011. Twenty-two finalists were selected from nearly 3000 entries, but there could be only one Photographer of the Year. There were nearly 3,000 entries [...]
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Thu, 06 Oct 2011 6:10p.m. The grounding of the Rena and the oil leak has huge environmental implications. There is the reef it now sits on, marine life, and birds. Tony Reid reports on the damage so far. Watch the full video.
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