Catchment covers 125 square
A photo of the Waikanae River from the Alexander Turnbull Library, taken in the 1890s. Much of the riverbank falls into protected zones identified by the regional council as “Key Native Ecosystem” (KNE) sites along the river. They are some of the best examples of lowland riparian forest in the region with hugely diverse ecosystems. Regional council biodiversity management team leader Richard Romijn said these were home to nine plant and five freshwater fish species listed as nationally threatened, and two plant and one bird species listed as regionally threatened. Chair of Friends of Waikanae River Russell Bell pointed out it wouldn’t take much to see the whole length of the river’s course protected in this way.
Going on imaginary trip by tasting signature cocktails
Posted : 2021-06-10 16:15
Updated : 2021-06-10 16:24
Pina Colada is Puerto Rico s signature cocktail made with rum, coconut milk and pineapple. Courtesy of Booking.com
By Jun Ji-hye
While it is still difficult to travel overseas physically, travel lovers may be able to go on an imaginary trip by tasting iconic signature cocktails from around the world ― from the famous kick of rum and coconut in the Pina Colada of Puerto Rico to the pink-hued Singapore Sling.
Here are six cocktails picked by Booking.com, among some of the world s most famous signature cocktails, and their origins, for people who are longing for overseas travel once it becomes safe to travel again.
Meet the man working at the world s largest maternity hospital for polar bears
04 February 2021
Up to 500 mother bears a year give birth on remote Wrangel island, also the last place to see woolly mammoths.
Leonid, 31, came to work at Russia’s northernmost nature reserve at the remote Wrangel Island after spending years protecting endangered big cats like Amur tigers and Amur leopards in the Far East. Picture: Leonid Zaika
Up to 500 mother bears a year give birth on remote Wrangel island, also the last place to see woolly mammoths.
Researcher Leonid Zaika spoke to
The Siberian Times to share his experience of surviving a face to face meeting with a furious mother bear whose den he went to explore after wrongly calculating that it was empty, of seeing bears gathering under kitchen window because they like smell of milky porridge, of some predators that attack but others that ‘wag their tails’, and studying their maternity dens.