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Concerns about endowment land benefits moving further around Central Otago
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (11+ words) ODT...
KiwiSaver legislation changes progress to open the farm gate to first-time buyers
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (408+ words) Legislation is progressing to allow rural workers to use their KiwiSaver funds to buy their first home. In a joint statement, Finance Minister Nicola Willis said the KiwiSaver (First Home or Farm) Amendment Bill was introduced last week. “Many farm…...
‘Inspiring’ South D adaptation plans may have application across NZ
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Big nest egg for little spotted kiwi
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (370+ words) More than $240,000 was raised in Queenstown on Saturday night, to support the translocation of kiwi pukupuku (little spotted kiwi) to Fiordland. The RealNZ Conservation Ball — dubbed ‘A Night for Nature’ — this year raised a total of $240,675 on the night, the…...
Review: Quirks, tragedies and oddities of New Zealand’s past
1+ week, 1+ day ago (404+ words) Great Tales of Aotearoa Reviewed by Jim Sullivan More than 40 years ago, Tom Clarke was compiling a Today in History New Zealand resource for broadcasters and ended up with 4500 two- or three-sentence bites of our past. At the same time,…...
Quakes in Southern Alps not linked to Alpine Fault: expert
1+ week, 2+ day ago (545+ words) A string of earthquakes rumbling the Southern Alps north of Milford Sound are not due to the Alpine Fault, a seismologist says. Dozens of aftershocks have been recorded in the lower South Island after a string of earthquakes that struck…...
Early detection key in fight against nassella tussock
1+ week, 3+ day ago (261+ words) Rural communities are being urged by Environment Canterbury to stay vigilant for nassella tussock plants as spring approaches in a bid to halt any new infestations before they become established. While the invasive pest grass remains concentrated in parts of…...
‘Bubble’ over Dunedin keeps the snow away
1+ week, 5+ day ago (392+ words) Dunedin dodged a bullet this morning, when forecasted heavy snow failed to show. MetService meteorologist Alwyn Bakker said snow warnings were in place on Monday night and into Tuesday morning, which were expected to bring up to 5cm of snow down…...
Delight as kākāpō population soars to 325
1+ week, 5+ day ago (745+ words) The 2026 kākāpō breeding season, the biggest on record, has come to an end with a bumper number of kākāpō chicks produced. The youngest chick has just passed 150 days old, a milestone that marks its independence. "We had 90 chicks reach that…...
Fighting for Fiordland’s birds
3+ week, 12+ hour ago (961+ words) For many years, Mike Fisk was struck by the lack of birdlife in Fiordland’s eastern valleys during fishing and deerstalking trips into the national park. He tells Guy Williams how a close encounter with a pair of whio — New Zealand’s…...