Barry Bethune News Today

Recreational fishers in Fiordland are being encouraged to fish for a feed, not the freezer under proposed rule changes.

Meanwhile, Barry’s been on holiday up Nelson way, and trying not to think too hard about his brother’s groin. “Yes, I was quite worried’’ he says. “Yesterday I was out diving and found it quite hard to concentrate . . .’’ Turns out it’s not all that easy to push to the back of your mind a message that the poison from your brother’s alarmingly swollen leg has been spreading in unwelcome directions. Mercifully, a more recent update was more reassuring, the poison had stop...

The Kiwi eco-warrior, bitten by a venomous snake in South America, was stepping over a pile of leaf litter when he felt a “bang in his calf”.

His work in Costa Rica was extremely important. “The jungle here is under siege, and we’ve got a role to play in helping out, and helping stop the wildlife poaching and illegal gold mining.” Larisa Kellett​, spokeswoman for Bethune’s non-profit Earthrace​, said on Monday morning (NZ time) she was still waiting to talk directly to his doctor, but he had made it through the night. It was just past noon in Costa Rica when Kellett spoke to Stuff. “They’re really doing their bes...