Noxious Japanese kelp found in Fiordland
Boaties are being asked to check their vessels for hitchhiking seaweed, after a noxious Japanese kelp turned up in Fiordland.
Boaties are being asked to check their vessels for hitchhiking seaweed, after a noxious Japanese kelp turned up in Fiordland.
Chinese-backed interests are reported to also be looking at up to 100 dairy farms in Otago and Southland, plus a factory.
Bad weather has put a damper on the start of the Bluff oyster season but it has not stopped Auckland's restaurants and retailers getting them on to plates in the thousands.