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![Coromandel Peninsula: Peak fitness](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Coromandel Peninsula: Peak fitness
Helen van Berkel tackles the Pinnacles walk and discovers astounding scenery - when she works up the courage to open her eyes.
![Shark sightings force beach closures](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Shark sightings force beach closures
Shark sightings around the country have forced beach closures more than 12 times this summer.
![Sea slug study can't find cash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Sea slug study can't find cash
Toxic sea slugs could be living in the waters around New Zealand but money to study them is proving harder to find than the slugs themselves.
![DoC: Keep off Poor Knights or else](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
DoC: Keep off Poor Knights or else
A couple who clambered on to the Poor Knights Islands could now face prosecution by the Department of Conservation.
![<i>Al Morrison:</i> Conservation makes good business sense](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Al Morrison:</i> Conservation makes good business sense
DoC Director-General Al Morrison weighs in the debate surrounding the controversial Cathedral Cove refreshments stall.
![Outdoors safety code aims to cut tragedies](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Outdoors safety code aims to cut tragedies
Incidents of tourists hiking in rugged terrain in Jandals and running out of food while out camping have led to the development of a NZ outdoors code.
![Moko a summer crowd pleaser](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Moko a summer crowd pleaser
No one knows why Moko the dolphin prefers humans to his own kind, but everyone in Gisborne - both locals and visitors alike - are delighted he does.
![Didymo Dave aims to beat the rock snot](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Didymo Dave aims to beat the rock snot
Dave Cade is pushing hard to keep didymo - or rock snot - out of Taupo waterways.
!['Nothing but positive feedback' for Cathedral Cove stall](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Nothing but positive feedback' for Cathedral Cove stall
The owner of a seaside stall that locals accuse of spoiling pristine Cathedral Cove says tourists are relieved to see him at the end of a long, hot walk.
![Anger as icecream stall opens in 'paradise'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Anger as icecream stall opens in 'paradise'
Residents and holidaymakers are appalled by a DoC-approved icecream stall operating at Coromandel's Cathedral Cove.
![Over 100 whales die in strandings - DOC](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Over 100 whales die in strandings - DOC
More than 120 whales died over 48 hours in two separate beachings, the Department of Conservation says.