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![NZ Govt welcomes end to whaling season](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
NZ Govt welcomes end to whaling season
Foreign Minister Murray McCully says he welcomes today's announcement by the Japanese Government that its whaling fleet will stop whaling in the Southern Ocean and return home.
![Whaling suspension a bluff - Sea Shepherd](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Whaling suspension a bluff - Sea Shepherd
Anti-whaling activists say reports of Japan's annual Southern Ocean whale hunt being suspended are a bluff.
![Emotional service in Antarctica](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Emotional service in Antarctica
Relatives of the 257 people killed in the Mt Erebus air disaster returned last night from an emotional memorial service in Antarctica.
![Soldier sent home from Antarctic for 'graphic images'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Soldier sent home from Antarctic for 'graphic images'
A New Zealand army soldier has lost a prestigious secondment to the Antarctic.
![Japanese whalers, activists clash off Antarctica](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Japanese whalers, activists clash off Antarctica
Anti-whaling activists in the Southern Ocean say they have located the Japanese whaling fleet and have already clashed with the whalers.
![Antarctic ozone hole smallest in five years](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Antarctic ozone hole smallest in five years
Surprising new data from Niwa about the ozone layer above the southernmost continent.
![Antarctic team shows NZ's edge](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Antarctic team shows NZ's edge
NZ's Antarctic research is a microcosm of how the country's scientific future should unfold, says Sir Peter Gluckman.
![Report shares blame for whaling collision](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Report shares blame for whaling collision
An inquiry has laid blame on both anti-whaling vessel Ady Gil and a Japanese whaling ship for their Southern Ocean crash earlier this year.
![Sir Ed's Rolex collection up for grabs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Sir Ed's Rolex collection up for grabs
Sir Edmund Hillary's widow is selling the watch her late husband was given after climbing Mt Everest in 1953.
![80 selected for Erebus flight](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
80 selected for Erebus flight
Eighty people who lost family members in the 1979 Erebus tragedy will travel to Antarctica on a remembrance flight this summer after their names were drawn in a ballot.
![Plane on emergency dash to Antarctica](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Plane on emergency dash to Antarctica
A New Zealand Air Force Orion is winging its way to Antarctica to evacuate a critically ill American man.
![Ballot opens for Erebus flight](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ballot opens for Erebus flight
Families who lost loved ones in NZ's worst air crash nearly 31 years ago have been asked to register for a ballot for 80 seats on a RNZAF commemorative flight to Antarctica.
![Theatre Review: Heat <i>at the Herald Theatre</i>](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Theatre Review: Heat <i>at the Herald Theatre</i>
For once, a play's tagline is accurate: this drama-on-ice is pitched as "a woman, a man and a penguin" - and they're not kidding.
![Antarctica: White magic](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Antarctica: White magic
Antarctica is more than spectacular - it's spellbinding, finds Scott Pinnegar.
![<i>Anzac Heirs:</i> Wisdom in the Solomons](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Anzac Heirs:</i> Wisdom in the Solomons
Gaining the trust of locals is a big part of the job for part-time soldiers deployed in the Pacific.