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A peace flotilla against the invasion of Ukraine has arrived outside the lodge of Russian oligarch Alexander Abramov in Helena Bay, Northland.  It is calli

More than 200 people attended the Protecting the Sea on Our Doorstep event on Whitianga. “Hauraki Gulf’s story is not a great one,” Hauraki Gulf Forum CEO Alex Rogers said. Speaking to a packed crowd in Whitianga, he said the gulf was under significant pressure. The 2020 State of our Gulf report, produced every three years, depicted a collapsed ecosystem due to overfishing, invasive fishing practices, marine dumping and sediment and nutrient runoff, he said. Since 2000, snapper, tarak...

Visible sea life in Coromandel waters had declined markedly in the last 25 years, Everth said. Sea life around the Coromandel coast has visibly declined over the past 25 years, says Everth. Photo: Ferntech/ Unsplash "When you look at the number of fish boil-ups or the size of those... or the number of birds working them, that has all been declining significantly in the 25 years that Ive been sailing here," he said. "Its really, really worrying. "If this trend continues we might find that we ar...

Sharnae Hope16:16, Jun 01 2021 Stuff Snapper is the main fish species caught by recreational fishermen. But cuts in bag limits, increased size limits and fewer recreational fishermen have contributed to a fall in the number of fish being caught. Crayfish are “functionally extinct” in some areas of the Hauraki Gulf, snapper and tarakihi populations are struggling and scallop beds have been stripped bare in the eastern Coromandel. Over the past three years various reports have recorded an ov...

Press Release – Sharyn Morcom Organisers of a community event designed to discuss the health of marine life around the Coromandel Peninsula are calling for interested parties to attend and take part in a discussion on how to manage human impact on marine eco-systems. In June, scientists, … Organisers of a community event designed to discuss the health of marine life around the Coromandel Peninsula are calling for interested parties to attend and take part in a discussion on how to manage ...

Thursday, 27 May 2021, 2:56 pm Organisers of a community event designed to discuss the health of marine life around the Coromandel Peninsula are calling for interested parties to attend and take part in a discussion on how to manage human impact on marine eco-systems. In June, scientists, conservationists, iwi leaders, local officials, recreational and commercial fishers, among others, will come together in Whitianga to learn about the state of our coastal marine ecosystems and the need for gr...

But members of the peace Moruroa flotilla are bristling that Lion, the owner of the Steinlager brand, has appropriated the efforts of the peace fleet movement to sell more beer. Thomas Everth, who skippered a boat that took part in the 1995 protest, and Anna Horne, the first person to smuggle out photos of the event and share them with the world, are among those angered by the campaign. Everth told Newshub the tale of the protest belongs to the Pacific people, and is not Lions to tell. "Steinla...

Its not their story: Members of 1995 Moruroa anti-nuclear flotilla incensed that Steinlager appropriated protest to sell beer Newshub 17/12/2020 Matt Burrows © Supplied / Lion NZ Watch: Steinlagers Peace Flotilla ad, about the 97 Kiwis who travelled to Moruroa to sign a nuclear testing ban, has drawn criticism. A new Steinlager ad campaign based on the iconic 1995 Moruroa anti-nuclear Peace Flotilla has been accused of cultural appropriation and incensed protesters that cam...