Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 10:26 am
With favourable weather conditions and credible sightings
reported, the focus of today is on the search for the
juvenile orca’s pod in and around Wellington. Sightings
were reported this morning at Seatoun and
Makara.
There will be air and sea searches today.
Please report any orca sightings to marinemammals@doc.govt.nz
or 0800 DOC HOT. Essential information includes location of
the pod, direction of travel of the animals, and photographs
or videos which clearly show the saddle/back markings of the
animals and their dorsal fins.
“Today’s weather
offers us the best a good chance to look for the orca pod,
Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 11:16 am
Today marks 10 years since the official declaration of
the Somalia famine, which resulted in more than 260,000
deaths.
At the time the international community said,
‘never again’. But right now, the world faces a hunger
crisis that threatens the lives of more than 41
million people in more than 40 nations. Without an
immediate and urgent international response, tens of
thousands of children could die, warns World
Vision.
Among the hungry, more than half a million
people are already living under famine-like conditions,
while tens of millions are on the edge of
starvation.
Andrew Morley, World Vision International
President & CEO, said: “This is a children’s crisis.
Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 10:26 am
The appointment by Grant Robertson of a long-standing
union official to the board of Air New Zealand is another
example of poor judgement by the Minister, National’s
Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly says.
“Mr Robertson
does not appear to be acting in the best interests of Air
New Zealand in appointing a person who has so little proven
governance experience.
“While there has always been
an element of political patronage in appointing people to
Government-owned entities, the difference with Air New
Zealand is that it is a company listed on the New Zealand
Stock Exchange and this requires a greater ‘duty of
“It s great to see the return of these forest
giants,” commented Daran Ponter, Chair of Greater
Wellington, as he planted the first of 300 kahikatea on the
Mataihuka block at Queen Elizabeth Park. “It has long been
known that these wonderful trees, such an abundant mahinga
kai for Maori, once dominated this landscape.”
In
the early 1950s, the government botanist, Neville Moar,
closely examined the farmland between Paekākāriki and
Paraparaumu, in advance of it becoming a recreation reserve
to honour the young Queen s coronation, and concluded that
much of the area had earlier been covered by podocarp swamp
forest, dominated by kahikatea.
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