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After tragedy, outdoor pursuits centre firmly on way to recovery

Dec 10th, 2009 | By Liz Proctor | Category: Featured Article, Front Page Layout, Student Features

LIZ PROCTOR found it relatively easy to see beyond a media blackout the passion OPC staff are applying to restore the centre’s reputation.

Tags: adventure, Auckland District Court, Department of Conservation, diverse marine-based experience, Elim Christian School, Great Barrier Island, Health and Safety in Employment Act, instructor Jodie Sullivan, Labout Dept, Mangatepopo Gorge tragedy, Mountaineer Graeme Dingle, mt ruapehu, OPC. Outdoor Pursuits Centre, orienteering, outdoors, Outdoors New Zealand chief executive Laura Adams, rafting, risk averse, Sir Edmund Hillary Trust, SPARC Get to Go champions, Tongariro National Park
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Game council a big mistake, warn Aussies

Nov 23rd, 2009 | By Daniel Simmons Ritchie | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Similar council set up in New South Wales has been disaster.

Tags: alex mciver, Australia, bailouts, carol booth, chamois, deer, deerstalkers association, Department of Conservation, feral animals, forest and bird, funding, hunting, invasive species council, kevin hackwell, lobby, new south wales, NSW game council, NZ game council, pests, Peter Dunne, pigs, recreational hunting, taxpayer, thar, United Future
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Green fears over council for hunters

Nov 19th, 2009 | By Daniel Simmons Ritchie | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Hunters set to influence pest management under Dunne plan.

Tags: alec mciver, ballot, chamois, deer, deerstalkers association, Department of Conservation, establishment committee, forest and bird, herb christophers, hunting council, kevin hackwell, labour, licensing, national, new zealand game animal council, nz hunting council, Peter Dunne, pigs, Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society, steve chadwick, thar, United Future
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4WD fans get rare glimpse of protected coastline

Nov 19th, 2009 | By Melissa McDonald | Category: Latest News, News, Uncategorized

RV drivers see hidden Wainui vistas. WITH SLIDESHOW.

Tags: 4WD, biodiversity, Department of Conservation, Featherston, Ocean beach, Orongorongo Station, public access, Turakirae Heads, Wainuiomata Coast
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Dusty digs now mapped on the web

Jun 23rd, 2009 | By Daniel Simmons Ritchie | Category: Latest News, News

People can look up historic sites on new website.

Tags: 000 archaeological sites, 60, a clay pipe, archaeologists, Archsite.org.nz, Building, Department of Conservation, Department of Internal affairs, Eagle Technology, earthworks, forestry, Historic Places Act 1993, Historic Places Trust, landowners, New Zealand Archaeological Association, online resource, pounamu adze, researchers, resource consents, Rick McGovern-Wilson, tracks, unusual carving
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