Russell s Go Green Awards are back after Covid cancellation
21 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Richard Robbins, of Project Island Song, accepts the supreme award in the inaugural Far North Go Green Awards in 2019. Photo / Supplied
Richard Robbins, of Project Island Song, accepts the supreme award in the inaugural Far North Go Green Awards in 2019. Photo / Supplied
Northern Advocate
An awards ceremony honouring the Far North s environmental champions, which had to cancelled last year due to Covid, is now set to go ahead in March.
The Far North Go Green Awards brainchild of the Resilient Russell Trust were founded in 2019 with Project Island Song, a community-driven project to restore the flora and fauna of the eastern Bay of Islands, taking out the inaugural supreme prize.
Northland news in brief: Six60 show to cause traffic disruption; and learn to talk like a Kiwi
15 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Access across the iconic Waitangi Bridge will be limited today as a crowd of more than 10,000 is expected to attend the Six60 Saturday concert at the Waitangi Sports Ground.
Access across the iconic Waitangi Bridge will be limited today as a crowd of more than 10,000 is expected to attend the Six60 Saturday concert at the Waitangi Sports Ground.
Northern Advocate
Six60 concert traffic warning
Six60 fans and Waitangi residents are being warned of major traffic disruption before tonight s concert at the Waitangi sports grounds. Te Karuwha Drive, along the Waitangi waterfront, will be closed from 3pm, while a manned stop/go will be place on the one-way bridge at Waitangi. Vehicle movements in and out of the area will be fully locked down from 11pm because of large numbers of pedestrians leaving the event site. Roads will reopen once the crowds dis
Pet owners are increasingly bringing pet cats and dogs to pest-free islands, where they can wreak destruction on fragile native animals, the Department of Conservation says.
Urupukapuka Island, near Russell, has been pest-free for more than 10 years, and is home to flourishing native bird populations.
Photo: 123F
In the Bay of Islands, ranger Helen Ough Dealy said dogs were often brought onto the protected islands, particularly during summer. But owners had also been caught walking their cats on leashes, and with cats on a paddle board.
Rangers were also finding more and more boats moored at pest free islands with cats living on board, despite the risk of them reaching the shore.
Dogs and cats being taken to pest-free islands says DOC
13 Jan, 2021 06:42 PM
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Urupukapuka Island, near Russell, has been pest-free for more than 10 years, and is home to flourishing native bird populations. Photo / 123F
Urupukapuka Island, near Russell, has been pest-free for more than 10 years, and is home to flourishing native bird populations. Photo / 123F
RNZ
By Karoline Tuckey of RNZ
Pet owners are increasingly bringing pet cats and dogs to pest-free islands, where they can wreak destruction on fragile native animals, the Department of Conservation says.
In the Bay of Islands, ranger Helen Ough Dealy said dogs were often brought onto the protected islands, particularly during summer. But owners had also been caught walking their cats on leashes, and with cats on a paddle board.
Brook Sabin
Stuff has launched a new travel section, one that we hope will inspire Kiwis to see more of our beautiful backyard, and give them an easy way to plan and book their trip.
If you’re among the many Kiwis whose overseas travel plans have been undone by the pandemic, you’ve no doubt experienced a cocktail of negative emotions – made worse by the uncertainty over when we’ll be able to travel freely internationally again. To my knowledge, the hair of the dog is the best – perhaps only – cure. You need to book another break, fast. Fortunately for us, our geographically diverse isles offer up similar experiences to many we used to suffer hours in cramped plane cabins for: world-class road trips, wildlife encounters, beach breaks, wine regions, and stunning hikes.