Jono Ridler to swim 1000 miles for ocean health
Swimming legend Jono Ridler will begin an unprecedented 1,000-mile (1609km) swim from North Cape to Wellington in January – a world-record breaking endurance attempt...
Tyres most common source of microplastics in the Gulf
A University of Auckland study has unravelled a years’ long mystery of what the most common microplastics in our waters are – and suggests...
Flight mapping charts changes to coastlines in face of climate change
A plane that has been crisscrossing island skies in recent weeks has been busy documenting the island’s coastlines as part of a coastal mapping...
Social cohesion taking a beating
Since our governing parliamentary circles seem to have abandoned any semblance of civility, respect for dissenting MPs views (however strong their mandates from the...
Recovery shop hits 400-tonne milestone
Waiheke’s Recovery Shop is celebrating diverting 400 tonnes of materials that would have otherwise gone to landfill.
The retail shop is a waste minimisation project...
Enviro experts slam proposals to sell marlin ‘bycatch’ and reef species
The future impacts for Waiheke and the surrounding Gulf of the government’s latest proposals to allow commercial fishers to sell marlin ‘bycatch’ along with...
Recreational fishers to protest new Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection Act
Recreational fishers are rallying for a peaceful protest against the new Marine Protection Act, which prohibits them from fishing in protected areas of the...
‘Magical’ and ‘spectacular’: Nature puts on a luminescent lightshow
Hundreds flocked to Palm Beach over the weekend to catch a glimpse of the “magical” display of bioluminescence as water glowed a blue hue.
The...
