Tickets for Island Rock have just been released, and they will be selling fast! Cruise to Urupukapuka Island for an evening of live music with ‘Northland Battle of the Bands’ winner Sam Bartells & Cover Band ‘Dirty Dozen’ featuring Lisa Crawley.
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On a Sunday morning late in August, I’m driving along the Kaikoura Coast, transfixed by the sight of a soft mist hanging over an ocean that’s as flat and shiny as a fifty cent coin. It’s an otherworldly atmosphere that makes it easy to imagine behemoth whales surfacing offshore and seals and dolphins cavorting in [...]
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The first confirmed baby tuatara to have hatched in the wild on mainland New Zealand in over 200 years was discovered last week at Zealandia: The Karori Sanctuary Experience in Wellington.
The discovery came during routine maintenance work at the sanctuary last week, where an 11cm-long hatchling was identified. The tuatara is believed to be just one month [...]
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Ever wanted to watch the dissection of a Great White Shark? If so, now you can … and apparently you’re not the only one! Today the Auckland Museum held a public dissection of a 3-metre long Great White Shark, drawing a crowd of almost 4,000 fascinated onlookers. Great White Sharks are a protected species in [...]
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Okay, so you’ve heard about the various conservation projects to protect New Zealand’s native wildlife. Now and again you catch an item on the TV news showing native birds raised in captivity being released into the wild. It’s heart-warming stuff, but how do they really do it? How do you successfully raise rare wild birds [...]
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Next week is Conservation Week in New Zealand and that makes this the perfect time to explore a slice of natural New Zealand at one of Rotorua’s most popular visitor attractions. Rainbow Springs in Rotorua has an enduring legacy as a high quality New Zealand native wildlife park that has adapted to the changing interests [...]
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