Poison drop – Makahu Inangatah

Roydhouse Pest Management Ltd Roydhouse Pest Management will be running a possum control operation on the contract known as Makahu Inangatahi. This contract starts at Puketitiri extending from Kaweka State Forest Park down the Mohaka River to the Inangatahi Stream and through to the Taupo Road including Pure Adventure Mountain Valley Ltd and McVicars property.…

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Landsar – Search & Rescue Application Form

Land Search and rescue is a voluntary organisation that undertakes search and rescue operations from the beach to the snowline, including urban and suburban environments. A high level of physical fitness and outdoors skills are required. This management team is responsible for all the planning, logistics and management of all Hawke’s Bay Search & Rescue…

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NZ Mountain Safety – Duck Hunters Who Drink Alcohol

New Zealand Mountain Safety Council Media Release Mountain Safety Council warns duck hunters to avoid alcohol when shooting. The duck season starts on the first Saturday of May and forty thousand passionate duck shooters will head off to their maimais on ponds and lakes to enjoy this highlight of the shooting calendar. During last year’s…

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Don’t Jump The Gun On Canada Goose Culls

Media release from Fish and Game New Zealand, April 2011 Fish & Game NZ is cautioning hunters against jumping the gun on Canada Goose culls. Conservation Minister Kate Wilkinson earlier this month announced that Canada geese are to be moved from Schedule 1 to Schedule 5 of the Wildlife Act, which will take away the…

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1080 Poisoning in Waitara Valley

Information release from Epro Ltd regarding 1080 poison drop in Waitara Valley, May – June 2011 Notice of intention to Apply (1080) – Waitara Valley Epro Ltd has been contracted by the Animal Health Board to undertake bovine tuberculosis (TB) vector control (possums) in the Waitara Valley area. To comply with the Hawke’s Bay Medical…

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