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A win in the fight against caulerpa as ultraviolet light proves successful

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Using ultraviolet light to eradicate invasive caulerpa around Waiheke shores has proven successful according to the latest trial findings. Advanced Aquarium Technologies led the trials...

Contractors shift tonnes of debris in pouring rain to clear slip in under 24...

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Waiheke contractors pulled an all-nighter in dreadful conditions to quickly clear the main road after heavy rain brought a massive slip down over Ocean...

Margaret Mills on the Rainbow Warrior bombing which nearly killed her

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Forty years ago today, on 10 July 1985, the Rainbow Warrior was in Auckland preparing for an operation to protest nuclear testing in the...

Navy blows up World War II mines

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A team of Royal New Zealand Navy divers were on a mission last week – to detonate World War II era mines recently rediscovered...

Community housing, parks and healthcare key focus of iwi’s Te Huruhi plans

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Ngāti Pāoa Iwi Trust has laid out key moves to implement the trust and Piritahi Marae’s long-term vision for Te Huruhi Reserve in a...

High-tech trackers monitor island’s kiwi

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Smart trackers are being used to closely and remotely monitor Waiheke’s 10 newly relocated kiwi who are quickly settling in after their move from...

Illiberal democracy

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We are embarrassing ourselves – rabbits in the headlights of dehumanising global forces and seemingly powerless to formulate a response to an existential threat...

In the deep south of the Japanese archipelago

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Dr Valia Papoutsaki has spent her life studying islands, from Europe to Waiheke. Valia is currently in Japan as part of a Japan Foundation...