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Popular Hawke s Bay tramping hut reopens after renovations
6 May, 2021 01:25 AM
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Sunrise Hut, a popular Hawke s Bay tramping spot, has reopened after renovations and improvements. Photo / Supplied
Sunrise Hut, a popular Hawke s Bay tramping spot, has reopened after renovations and improvements. Photo / Supplied
Hawkes Bay Today
Popular Hawke s Bay tramping destination Sunrise Hut has reopened after three months of repairs.
Located in the mid-eastern Ruahine Forest Park, Sunrise Hut was built in 1983 by the New Zealand Forestry Service and is a popular alpine bolthole for day trippers and weekend visitors.
Both the hut and Sunrise Track reopened on Thursday following renovations and improvements carried out by the Department of Conservation (DoC) and volunteers.
Robyn Ogle stands down after 26-plus years as secretary of Whanganui botanical group
3 May, 2021 04:00 PM
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Robyn Ogle was the secretary of the Whanganui Museum Botanical Group for more than 26 years. Photo / Bevan Conley
Robyn Ogle was the secretary of the Whanganui Museum Botanical Group for more than 26 years. Photo / Bevan Conley
By Laurel Stowell
Brought up in suburban Auckland, Robyn Ogle extended her interest in the natural world through 54 years of marriage to Whanganui ecologist Colin Ogle.
She was the secretary for the Whanganui Museum Botanical Group for more than 26 years, and it involved a lot of paperwork. She was also secretary for St George s Preparatory School for 20 years.
Saturday, 1 May 2021, 1:03 pm
The government through the Department of Conservation
seems to make a major play for state ownership of the
public’s fish and game resources and sport via the
department’s review of the Fish and Game organisation says
the Council of Outdoor Recreational Associations of New
Zealand (CORANZ).
“The call by the review is to
strip the fishing and hunting public of its right to manage
its affairs, in return for an increased fishing and hunting
licence fees to fund the paid positions of government
appointees,” said Andi Cockroft, CORANZ
chairman.
Cockroft said it is very clear the policies