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John Dixon was caught on camera ramming a family s boat and sinking his own in a boat-rage incident in Tairua. Arguing for a dismissal of the two charges relating to the vessel, he argued that Dixon had already “done his time” having been on “five weeks and five days” of strict bail conditions since this last appearance in March. His bail conditions were that he had to reside at his Tairua home, abide by a 7pm to 7am curfew, and not associate or communicate with Browning and to not offer violence. Judge Saunders, however, said the decision was not in the hands of Eastwood or Police and wouldn’t make a resolution.
“It’s been a difficult year, but it’s still been a successful year,” Miller said. On average and as a rule rule-of-thumb, Miller said they try to successfully fledge one chick per two nesting pairs, a productivity rate of 0.5 or higher. This season’s 140 chicks, bred between late August and mid-March, saw a productivity rate of about 0.7.
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Fledglings can’t fly for at least six weeks, and they need to forage for food themselves from day one. “Around 140 is a good result, if it dropped a bit below that we would still have been happy, but last year we did have over 200 successful fledglings.”
Press Release – Department of Conservation As Northern New Zealand dotterel/tturiwhatu breeding season comes to a close in the Coromandel, the Department of Conservation (DOC) is expecting a positive productivity rate for the small and endangered shorebirds. Coromandels beaches …
As Northern New Zealand dotterel/tūturiwhatu breeding season comes to a close in the Coromandel, the Department of Conservation (DOC) is expecting a positive productivity rate for the small and endangered shorebirds.
Coromandel’s beaches are an important habitat for the dotterels, a native New Zealand species which now number more than 2500 after several years of protection efforts.
Ranger Frouk Miller monitors and manages DOC’s conservation work with the birds in Hauraki and Coromandel districts, where 50 sites are actively monitored by DOC and volunteers.
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Press Release – Waikato Regional Council Waikato Regional Council staff have set up booms around the site of a sunken vessel on the Coromandel Peninsula to prevent any further spread of diesel. Its understood 2000 litres of diesel was on board the 47-foot fibreglass launch that caught fire …
Waikato Regional Council staff have set up booms around the site of a sunken vessel on the Coromandel Peninsula to prevent any further spread of diesel.
It’s understood 2000 litres of diesel was on board the 47-foot fibreglass launch that caught fire and sunk in the early hours of this morning in Woolshed Bay, Whanganui Island.