Odds & sods in the NZ newspapers -
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Odds & sods in the NZ newspapers -
This isn't really intended for the heavy issue stuff we see/read day in day out. Rather for those other bits of Kiwi news which are, all too often, passed by .
"Whale-spotters counted a record 23 whales in Cook Strait on Friday, the most sighted on one day since the annual survey began.
An early-morning fog lifted about midday allowing former whalers, Conservation Department staff and volunteer whale-spotters to watch Cook Strait unhindered through binoculars.
The group were gathered in a hut on the hill above Okukari Bay on Arapawa Island, Queen Charlotte Sound.
About 60 whales have been spotted so far in the ninth annual Cook Strait Whale Survey, which started on June 9."
from here - The Annual Cook Strait Whale Survey.
"Whale-spotters counted a record 23 whales in Cook Strait on Friday, the most sighted on one day since the annual survey began.
An early-morning fog lifted about midday allowing former whalers, Conservation Department staff and volunteer whale-spotters to watch Cook Strait unhindered through binoculars.
The group were gathered in a hut on the hill above Okukari Bay on Arapawa Island, Queen Charlotte Sound.
About 60 whales have been spotted so far in the ninth annual Cook Strait Whale Survey, which started on June 9."
from here - The Annual Cook Strait Whale Survey.
Last edited by BEVS; Jun 27th 2012 at 3:22 am.
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Re: Odds & sods in the NZ newspapers -
This isn't really intended for the heavy issue stuff we see/read day in day out. Rather for those other bits of Kiwi news which are, all too often, passed by .
"Whale-spotters counted a record 23 whales in Cook Strait on Friday, the most sighted on one day since the annual survey began.
An early-morning fog lifted about midday allowing former whalers, Conservation Department staff and volunteer whale-spotters to watch Cook Strait unhindered through binoculars.
The group were gathered in a hut on the hill above Okukari Bay on Arapawa Island, Queen Charlotte Sound.
About 60 whales have been spotted so far in the ninth annual Cook Strait Whale Survey, which started on June 9."
from here - The Annual Cook Strait Whale Survey.
"Whale-spotters counted a record 23 whales in Cook Strait on Friday, the most sighted on one day since the annual survey began.
An early-morning fog lifted about midday allowing former whalers, Conservation Department staff and volunteer whale-spotters to watch Cook Strait unhindered through binoculars.
The group were gathered in a hut on the hill above Okukari Bay on Arapawa Island, Queen Charlotte Sound.
About 60 whales have been spotted so far in the ninth annual Cook Strait Whale Survey, which started on June 9."
from here - The Annual Cook Strait Whale Survey.