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Bay of Island s library on island keeping visitors reading well
11 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Tauranga s Millie Price chooses holiday reading at Urupukupuka Island s tiny pop-up library in Northland s Bay of Islands.
Tauranga s Millie Price chooses holiday reading at Urupukupuka Island s tiny pop-up library in Northland s Bay of Islands.
Susan Botting is the Local Democracy Reporter for Northlandsusan.botting@northernadvocate.co.nz
A tiny summer pop-up library on Urupukapuka in the Bay of Islands is proving popular with holidaymakers from around New Zealand.
The 150-book library in Otehei Bay on Urupukapuka Island is attracting booklovers from the island s summer campers and boaties.
Northland s America s Cup fanzones for those who can t get to Auckland for races
15 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Northlanders who can t get to see the America s Cup in Auckland, above, can do so at one of nine fanzones in the Far North.
Northlanders who can t get to see the America s Cup in Auckland, above, can do so at one of nine fanzones in the Far North.
Northern Advocate
Nine America s Cup fanzones have been approved around Northland, and the projector at one of them, Kerikeri s Turner Centre, has been tested to make sure there wouldn t be any glitches.
Turner Centre marketing and sales co-ordinator Iris Klapwijk said there would be no better place to catch all the action.
Pet owners are increasingly bringing pet cats and dogs to pest-free islands, where they can wreak destruction on fragile native animals, the Department of Conservation says.
Urupukapuka Island, near Russell, has been pest-free for more than 10 years, and is home to flourishing native bird populations.
Photo: 123F
In the Bay of Islands, ranger Helen Ough Dealy said dogs were often brought onto the protected islands, particularly during summer. But owners had also been caught walking their cats on leashes, and with cats on a paddle board.
Rangers were also finding more and more boats moored at pest free islands with cats living on board, despite the risk of them reaching the shore.
Dogs and cats being taken to pest-free islands says DOC
13 Jan, 2021 06:42 PM
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Urupukapuka Island, near Russell, has been pest-free for more than 10 years, and is home to flourishing native bird populations. Photo / 123F
Urupukapuka Island, near Russell, has been pest-free for more than 10 years, and is home to flourishing native bird populations. Photo / 123F
RNZ
By Karoline Tuckey of RNZ
Pet owners are increasingly bringing pet cats and dogs to pest-free islands, where they can wreak destruction on fragile native animals, the Department of Conservation says.
In the Bay of Islands, ranger Helen Ough Dealy said dogs were often brought onto the protected islands, particularly during summer. But owners had also been caught walking their cats on leashes, and with cats on a paddle board.