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Merger 'will cost more than it saves'
About 60 jobs are expected to be cut in a merger between the Ministry of Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry announced today, but the Public Service Association says restructuring will cost more than it saves.
The Wellington to stand guard for Auckland regatta
Every year a Navy ship is selected to lead the Auckland Anniversary Regatta. Loaded with VIPs and Navy crew, the vessel becomes the guard ship for the regatta and is the platform from which races are started.
Hundreds of snapper dead on beaches
Fisheries officials are investigating the death of hundreds of snapper washed up on Coromandel beaches.
Kiwis in hunt for 'deadliest catch'
NZ fishermen are pressing ahead in the hunt for 'the world's deadliest catch' - giant crabs below some of the world's roughest ocean.
Fish stocks on rise - but there's a catch
New Zealand is braving an international backlash by going after fish species environmentalists say are unsustainably caught. Geoff Cumming reports.