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The Long Reach of the Poor Knights

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Long before I moved in New Zealand, or visited or even knew much about the wildlife here, way back then I knew about the Poor Knights. In New Zealand I’d even dived the astonishing Milford Sound in Fiordlands National Park, but I didn’t make it to New Zealand’s most famous dive site until January of 2009.

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The Gap Between Wildlife and the Animal Rights Movement

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The birds had evolved without a predator like this, and with the new snake having no predators, it had no problem decimating the island’s birdlife. there is actually a group dedicated to saving lobsters!), People interested in animal welfare who are against this idea are completely missing the point here.

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Canada’s Naughtiest Dog contest

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The grand prize winner will receive a Bark Busters in-home dog training service ($495 value), complete with a written lifetime guarantee as well as the opportunity to host a Bark Busters group training session for 10 of their friends’ dogs. For full contest details please visit www.CanadasNaughtiestDog.ca.

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Mega Rarity Tour of New Zealand – Extinction Special

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We’ll also keep our eyes open for several members of the New Zealand wren family. One of the oldest families of songbirds, which broke off before the oscines and sub-oscines split – and before New Zealand and Antarctica did! New Zealand Bittern. It certainly has no known relatives.

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Escape to the Sounds

10,000 Birds

Baches hold a prized place in New Zealand culture, being once described as “something you built yourself, on land you don’t own, out of material you stole” (most are on firmer legal ground these days). New Zealand Fantail. Lochmara Bay with Queen Charlotte Sound in the background.