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Wednesday, 29 October 2014
Conservation 4:16PM
Take a tent and go exploring this Conservation Week

BAY OF PLENTY — Pitching tents and exploring just over the fence are the key themes for this years’ Conservation Week from November 1-9.

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Tuesday, 28 October 2014
News 1:41PM
Eastern Bay of Plenty gets Virtually On Track

BAY OF PLENTY — The Eastern Bay of Plenty’s stunning backyard playground is about to get thrust into a new spotlight with a project called Virtually On Track.

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Thursday, 22 August 2013
Cycling 3:52PM
Cyclists Hanlen and Walker spearhead kiwi effort

WHAKATANE — Kiwi Olympian cyclists Karen Hanlen (MTB) and Sarah Walker (BMX) have been getting behind a bunch of young kiwis in an attempt to make a real difference for the future.

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Monday, 19 August 2013
Travel 9:50AM
Rainforest Route limited time bonus attraction

HAWKE'S BAY — One of New Zealand’s most spectacular drives, Te Urewera Rainforest Route, has become even more spectacular with a temporary diversion.

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Friday, 21 October 2011
Marine 2:19PM
Beached As but Free Willy now

BAY OF PLENTY — A massive community effort ended in group hugs and cheers on Ohope Beach east of Whakatane early this afternoon as a stranded pygmy sperm whale headed safely out to sea.

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Monday, 7 March 2011
Earthquakes 2:56PM
Back country teams bring skills to urban disaster

CHRISTCHURCH — As emergency response personnel go building by building to establish the safety of Christchurch infrastructure, a small team whose focus is usually anything but urban is collating the mass of hand-written USAR records into a database for Civil Defence.

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Friday, 4 March 2011
News 6:06PM
'Lollipop man' keeping Hagley Park helicopter traffic safe.

CHRISTCHURCH — Handing out lollipops is not what you'd usually think of as "priority emergency response", but for the Department of Conservation's Shane Cross, it's all part of making helicopter movements safe and efficient in the wake of the Christchurch earthquake.

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Wednesday, 4 August 2010
News 2:25PM
Rainforest Route looking for sealing fast-track

Sealing of a substantial part of the Te Urewera Rainforest Route may be heading for the fast-track, according to Ngai Tuhoe tourism operator Joe Doherty.

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Tuesday, 15 June 2010
Conservation 10:45AM
Weed shuts boaties from bay

HAWKE'S BAY — What should have been an inspection to confirm the continued eradication of an invasive aquatic weed, has instead put Lake Waikaremoana's Rosie Bay off limits to the public.

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Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Conservation 4:11PM
Whirinaki kokako are one in 100

BAY OF PLENTY — The first kokako chicks to hatch in the Whirinaki Forest in 100 years have just left the nest and are finding their feet in their new home.

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Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Sport 8:22AM
The Return of the King - Saturday, maybe...

BAY OF PLENTY — "The King is back", could be the catch phrase for six-times champion Chris Morrissey when the Norske Skog Tasman Kawerau King of the Mountain race takes places this Saturday, October 31.

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Thursday, 15 October 2009
Sport 8:48AM
Mountain proving simply good fun

BAY OF PLENTY — The economic recession may mean people making simple fun and, if recent training runs are any indication, there’ll be more fun than ever on Mt Putauaki during this month’s King of the Mountain Race.

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Thursday, 8 October 2009
Sport 12:43PM
King Corporaal favoured to retain title

BAY OF PLENTY — With less than four weeks until the annual Norske Skog Tasman Kawerau King of the Mountain Race, predictions are starting to firm up in favour of Galatea farmer Sjors Corporaal retaining the title he won for the first time last year.

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Wednesday, 19 August 2009
News 4:39PM
Revised saddle makes Moerangi a winner with riders

BAY OF PLENTY — It's not part of the great New Zealand cycleway, but a new opportunity in Whirinaki Forest Park opening on Saturday September 5 has certainly been greatly anticipated by the New Zealand cycling fraternity.

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News 4:29PM
Revised saddle makes Moerangi a winner with riders

BAY OF PLENTY — It's not part of the great New Zealand cycleway, but a new opportunity in Whirinaki Forest Park opening on Saturday September 5 has certainly been greatly anticipated by the New Zealand cycling fraternity.

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Wednesday, 12 August 2009
News 4:31PM
Jolly Green Giant making the Rainbow connection

BAY OF PLENTY — Once he was everywhere, featuring in some 400 television shows screened right around Planet Earth; these days Dr David Bellamy is a far less-spotted rarity.

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Wednesday, 5 August 2009
News 4:00PM
Accommodating folk geared up for Whirinaki celebrations

BAY OF PLENTY — With excitement building about celebrations to mark 25 years since milling ceased at Whirinaki Forest Park, organizers of the September 4-6 event are urging would-be visitors to get their accommodation arrangements nailed in place.

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Wednesday, 8 July 2009
Conservation 3:16PM
Kokako treat in store for Whirinaki visitors

BAY OF PLENTY — The reintroduction of endangered native birds to the forest and the backing of a fair-trade, organically-based business will give Septembers Whirinaki25 event a distinctly kokako flavour.

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Wednesday, 24 June 2009
News 4:15PM
Visionary or dreamer? - David Bellamy fronts up

BAY OF PLENTY — It’s easy to be smart in hindsight, but fronting up in public 25 years after the fact to justify your bold predictions is a tad harder.

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Monday, 15 June 2009
News 3:55PM
Bellamy into Treetops for Conservation Cause

BAY OF PLENTY — Veteran conservation campaigner David Bellamy has a treetops stay lined up for his return to Whirinaki in September.

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Friday, 1 May 2009
News 1:57PM
Burying axes in Whirinaki Forest

BAY OF PLENTY — You could spend an awful long time looking for an axe buried in Whirinaki Forest Park.

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Wednesday, 22 April 2009
Environment 1:22PM
Tomorrow's dinner: Chips and Fish - hold the silt!

BAY OF PLENTY — There are more species of fish than there are plants, birds and animals combined.

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Tuesday, 3 February 2009
News 11:02AM
David Bellamy returning to Dinosaur Forest

Twenty-five years after he coined the phrase, Professor David Bellamy is returning to New Zealand's "Dinosaur Forest".

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Thursday, 22 January 2009
Fishing 4:03PM
Marine conservation threatened by skippers at tournament

BAY OF PLENTY — Flagrant disregard for the boundaries of the Eastern Bay of Plentys only marine reserve, Te Paepae o Aotea (Volkner Rocks), has tarred the Whakatane Tuna Tournament.

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Wednesday, 19 November 2008
Environment 10:55AM
Give a gift your country will thank you for

BAY OF PLENTY — When the pohutukawa flower early we are in for a hot summer.

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Wednesday, 25 June 2008
Traffic 10:56AM
Crash diversion gives motorists opportunity to explore.

BAY OF PLENTY — Motorists diverted along the western side of the Kaimai ranges south of Paeroa due to a crash in the Waikino Gorge have the opportunity to inspect some of the more spectacular heritage restoration work being undertaken by the Department of Conservation.

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Thursday, 19 June 2008
News 3:38PM
Tarawera Trail treks to the tourist future

The Tarawera Trail – a proposed multi-day walking track around Lake Tarawera – can be a vital component in the Rotorua tourism industry and an important key to unlocking the aspirations of the hapu groups whose land the track will traverse say project partners Anaru Rangiheuea of Tuhourangi and Department of Conservation conservator Henry Weston.

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Monday, 28 April 2008
Conservation 11:56AM
Revolution afoot in Bay of Plenty

BAY OF PLENTY — There's a quiet revolution sweeping through the Bay of Plenty, winning the hearts and minds of its residents and changing the landscape as it passes.

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Friday, 7 March 2008
Conservation 11:13AM
Great conservation deal on table for Bay of Plenty

BAY OF PLENTY — A great deal is on the table for the Bay of Plenty community.

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