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The Government's latest announcement about worker safety is about business, not people.

Tribal leaders from New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Tonga, and French Polynesia have signed an international law giving whales and dolphins the same rights as people. The compact, called He Whakaputanga Moana, is an attempt to strengthen protections for these cetaceans. The proclamation also establishes a dedicated conservation fund and protected marine areas for them. […]

Kiingi Tuheitia and a Cook Islands leader are inviting other Polynesian countries to get behind the proposal.

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“WHAT THE THIEF STOLE will always be expensive,” says Tāmati Kruger. He faces a large window in his tribe’s local marae, a community meeting house, as he

Fire authorities have praised a tourist attraction’s evacuation of hundreds of tourists following a large scrub fire this week. Crews were called to the fire...

Those looking to get out of their stifling rooms and enjoy a lengthy outdoor experience in the Hawke’s Bay heat will soon be able to walk Lake Waikaremoana...

One of New Zealand’s Great Walks is to be reopened after being closed for nearly a year by flood damage. Te Urewera Board says that the Lake Waikaremoana G

Te Urewera Board is pleased to announce the Waikaremoana Great Walk will re-open in the new year on 10 January, following an intensive work programme to repair severe damage sustained during Cyclone Gabrielle and previous severe weather events. Bookings ...

Stuff reports: A judicial review has found demolition of a network of huts in Te Urewera was unlawful. Twenty-nine huts were burned down in 2022 at the direction of Tūhoe's post settlement entity Te Uru Taumatua following a decision by Te Urewera Board to decommission Department of Conservation (DOC) infrastructure within Te Urewera. The move