Week in Review A possible, probable crayfish killer An insecticide spray meant to kill a beetle feasting on eucalyptus plantations is known to kill crayfish without leaving a trace. Jul 15 2019 Farah Hancock
Newsroom The travelling Wikipedia salesperson Mike Dickison has spent the past year as NZ’s highest-profile, and possibly only, encyclopaedia salesperson. Jul 10 2019 Farah Hancock
environment Cost of saving dolphins ‘overstated’ by 10 times A peer review of the figures used to show the impact of banning netting and trawling in Māui and Hector’s dolphin habitat shows the financial impact on industry was overestimated by 10 times. Jul 09 2019 Farah Hancock
environment A rousing speech to a silent room Mining delegates expecting a warm Dunedin mayoral welcome were told fossil fuel exploration and exploitation is a “dangerous and immoral folly”. Jul 05 2019 Farah Hancock
health & science Tribunal finds universal health failings Hundreds of pages of a Waitangi Tribunal report paint a bleak picture of the Crown’s efforts to improve Māori health outcomes. Jul 04 2019 Farah Hancock
environment Ranger silenced after ‘emotive’ beetle email The silencing of a DoC ranger fighting to save the Eyrewell beetle left the species without a voice. Scientists fear the ensuing habitat destruction spelt extinction for the beetle. Jul 02 2019 Farah Hancock
environment At risk and on the menu Longfin eels are available for live export. They have the same threatened species as North Island brown kiwi but don’t enjoy the same level of protection. Jul 01 2019 Farah Hancock
News The Kiwi cows costing people their homes Sri Lankan farming families are facing ruin after investing in a fresh milk scheme involving New Zealand dairy cows which cost more than $5000 each. Jul 01 2019 Farah Hancock
environment Fossil-mining company broke with millions in the bank Insolvency documents for Plaman Resources show there are millions in the bank and few current liabilities. Jun 30 2019 Farah Hancock
environment Fossil miner’s skink cash Money for a skink conservation project was offered to offset the destruction of gecko habitat an open-pit mine would cause. Jun 28 2019 Farah Hancock
Business No mention of fossils in OIO application The Overseas Investment Office has revealed Plaman Resources’ controversial Otago mining application failed to mention the fossils site despite having commissioned an ecological report. Jun 26 2019 Farah Hancock
Content partnership Venison, velvet .... and milk? “It’s double the fat, double the protein of cow’s milk, giving it a rich, silky feel and taste.” - how deer’s milk has found its home at the premium end of the food trade, in things like luxury desserts. Jun 21 2019 Farah Hancock
environment Hope as fossil site claims second scalp Money woes mean Plaman Resources’ dreams of riches are now buried as deeply as Foulden Maar’s fossils, increasing the chances the ancient treasures can be saved. Jun 20 2019 Farah Hancock
environment Foulden Maar fight rumbles on A petition is adding to the growing weight of opposition to a proposal to mine fossils for pig food. Will stopping the land sale be enough? Jun 19 2019 Farah Hancock
environment Tāmaki Estuary’s sleepless shorebirds As Auckland creeps outward and the shore inward, shorebirds are finding themselves squeezed out of a place to sleep. Jun 18 2019 Farah Hancock
health & science The foul-smelling bugs threatening NZ wine Brown marmorated stink bugs would pose a risk to crops and exports and might ruin red wine if they establish themselves in NZ. Jun 17 2019 Farah Hancock
Taken By The State Baby uplift: the tip of the iceberg ‘Her story is our story’. That’s the message Newsroom has been inundated with since the video investigation of an attempted uplift of a baby in the Hawkes Bay went live this week. Jun 14 2019 Farah Hancock and Vanita Prasad
environment Why we’re lagging with wind power Farah Hancock takes a look at our lagging wind generation scene and finds its proponents remarkably relaxed. Jun 14 2019 Farah Hancock
health & science Should school kids get a free flu shot? Are free flu shots targeted to the right people? Giving school kids an annual flu shot could be a double-whammy win against the flu. Jun 10 2019 Farah Hancock
health & science Financial offer dangled for fossil mine support Funding was on the table for the University of Otago if it abandoned its opposition to open-pit mining plans at a fossil-filled site. Jun 07 2019 Farah Hancock
