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GO NZ: Best spots to see native birds in New Zealand Northland to Rakiura,
26 Apr, 2021 05:47 PM
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Cape Kidnappers Australasian Gannet colony boasts more than 20,000 of these beautiful birds. Photo / Supplied
Cape Kidnappers Australasian Gannet colony boasts more than 20,000 of these beautiful birds. Photo / Supplied
NZ Herald
By: Sarah Pollok
Even if you are not yet an avid bird-watcher, branch out and explore some of New Zealand s best avian opportunities, writes
Sarah Pollok
We New Zealanders are so enamoured with our native bird species that every October the most contentious news story across the country is which of our feathered friends is going to take top spot in Forest and Bird s annual Bird of the Year competition. The winner s worthiness is usually a divisive subject, mostly on the aptly named social media platform, Twitter.
Only men and women in the culturally work-obsessed Japan and South Korea, and the Latin American countries of Mexico and Chile, have a later “average effective” retirement age, OECD data shows. The average effective age of retirement in New Zealand is 69.8 years for men, and 66.4 years for women, the OECD says. WORK TIL YOU DROP “Never,” is septuagenarian farmer John Dickson’s blunt response to when would be his optimal age to stop working. “Working keeps me alive. I get up in the morning, and I have a purpose,” he says. “I have seen so many farmers retire, buy a nice house in town, and get bored because they have nothing to do, and they die.”
Liz Carlson
Rafting on the Landsborough River is a perfect choice for getting away from technology and people.
Richie says: “I’ve flown through this area a few times and have seen how spectacular it is. You have to fly in or hike over the Brodrick Pass to start the trip, then you can spend a few days rafting and camping your way out. I’d love to do this.”
Stuff Travel says: If there is one must-do for New Zealanders, especially for those who love wilderness and nature, it would have to be rafting the Landsborough River on the West Coast in summer. A guided adventure, it begins with a helicopter ride into the first comfortable camp before you begin a three-day adventure through untouched bush, rugged valleys and fun rapids.
It is now on the beach at Sydney Cove, Ulva Island. The roughly 27 guests onboard had been excited and inquisitive about the find, Norris said. Department of Conservation heritage and visitors senior ranger Dale Chittenden said they were “not sure exactly where the anchor could have come from, but there are three potential options”, which were The brig Amherst, Pacific or Cosmopolite. Amherst lost an anchor and chain in Paterson s Inlet overnight between October 31 and November 1 in 1867.
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The Milford Wanderer snagged a historic anchor near Stewart Island last week. [File photo]. The historic whaling ship Pacific was built in 1825 and sailed around Australia and New Zealand before it eventually got wrecked on pipi rocks.