Central Otago bunny hunt called off for another year due to fire risks
Following the last three cancellations of the annual event, its future is up in the air.
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Bucket of toheroa proves expensive takeaway for man
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Whitebaiter's lament: Call to ban river mouth fishing in Hawke's Bay
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Whitebaiting season drops from 15 weeks to nine, concerns spots could be crowded
The whitebaiting season has been cut down from 15 weeks to just short of nine.
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Seafood industry giant in rebuilding phase
Dad sparks controversy over teaching toddler son to hunt
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'High degree of carelessness': Farmer fined over invasive seaweed
Farmer fined after pest seaweed undaria found on his boat in Fiordland's Doubtful Sound.
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Salmon farm closes: Rising sea temps too warm for fish in Marlborough Sounds
New Zealand King Salmon will fallow three farms in the Pelorus Sound by next summer.
Butchered great white shark upsets Northland iwi and DoC
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Loaded firearms left unattended in duck-shooting mai mai
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