Marine
2026
Hidden scientific error helped mask tarakihi fishery collapse | Newsroom — July 2026
Environmental group hails court decision on orange roughy catch-limit | RNZ — July 2026
High Court rules orange roughy decision unlawful | The Post, The Press, Waikato Times — July 2026
Sanctuaries failing as 146 marine mammals die in 'protected' waters | Radio Waatea — April 2026
Call for action on marine sanctuary deaths | Otago Daily Times — April 2026
SPCA takes on big fish in cameras-on-boats feeding frenzy | Newsroom — April 2026
Environmental Law Initiative unmoved by attempt to curb judicial reviews | Newsroom — April 2026
U-turn on fish sizes not enough for some | Radio NZ — March 2026
Fisheries bill backlash: Critics say Shane Jones backdown not enough | NZ Herald — March 2026
Protected, but not safe: Dozens of marine mammals dying inside ocean sanctuaries | The Post — March 2026
High Court Says Minister Must Act to Protect Endangered Hoiho | Waatea News — February 2026
‘Hoiho are priceless’: Shane Jones’ Otago Peninsula fishing ban backed | The Post — February 2026
Potaka accused of hiding behind court case at endangered turtles' expense | Newsroom — January 2026
Main risk to hoiho survival is at sea | Otago Daily Times Online News — January 2026
2025
Hoiho protections in flux and court case concludes | Radio Waatea — December 2025
Lawyers criticise ministry's advice to Fisheries Minister Shane Jones on set net fishing | RNZ News — December 2025
News of hoiho death marks start to set net hearing | Otago Daily Times Online News — December 2025
Tragedy at sea: Another rare hoiho drowns as High Court battle begins | The Post — December 2025
Court showdown looms over survival of New Zealand’s rarest penguin | The Post —December 2025
Accidental turtle killings ‘a major conservation failure’ | The Post — November 2025
Alarming report shows rare penguin in freefall as Government moves to extend fishing ban | The Post — November 2025
Jones’ penguin plan doesn’t go far enough, experts say | Newsroom — November 2025
Emergency fishing ban for endangered penguins challenged in court | The Post — October 2025
Charity takes legal action over set net fishing ban, says hoiho need more protection | RNZ News — October 2025
Larger set-net ban to protect hoiho sought | Otago Daily Times Online News — October 2025
A cry for kelp - the spiky problem of urchin barrens | The Post — October 2025
Taxpayer to be tapped for half the cost of $8.7m cameras on boats scheme | Newsroom — October 2025
Inside the battle over trawling a 200-year-old deep-sea fish | Dialogue Earth— September 2025
Protecting hoiho the right move | Otago Daily Times — September 2025
Emergency fishery ban aims to save endangered hoiho | Waatea News — September 2025
Contrasting reactions to closure of set net fishery | Otago Daily Times Online News— September 2025
Emergency set net fishing ban enforced to protect threatened hoiho around Otago Peninsula | NZ Herald — September 2025
Set net fishing temporarily banned to help yellow-eyed penguins | RNZ— September 2025
Surprise penguin fishing ban from pro-industry minister Shane Jones | The Post — September 2025
Fishers back emergency closure for hoiho, piling pressure on ministers | The Post— September 2025
Fishing firms fight fire with science | Newsroom — August 2025
Fishing industry nets changes to cameras, discards and catch restrictions - Newsroom — August 2025
Fishing industry ‘let off the hook’ as conservation funding falls short | The Post — August 2025
Ministers seeking advice on fate of endangered penguin | Newsroom — July 2025
Environmentalists call for closure of Chatham Rise orange roughy fishery | RNZ — July 2025
Study finds NZ's largest orange roughy fishery facing collapse | Newsroom — July 2025
Conservation group calls for Chatham Rise orange roughy fishery closure, bottom trawling ban | RNZ News — July 2025
Ban on Northland rock lobster fishing on the cards | Newsroom — May 2025
Protection plan for world’s rarest dolphin challenged in court | The Post — April 2025
Charity takes legal action against govt to protect dolphins | RNZ — April 2025
Legal Challenge Over Dolphin Protection Plan | Waatea News — April 2025
The orange roughy and a ‘cautionary tale of over-exploitation’ | The Post — March 2025
The world's ugliest animal is celebrated as New Zealand's fish of the year | NBC — March 2025
Reto Blattner De Vries Explains Kina Barren Strategies | Te Hiku Media — February 2025
Editorial on crayfish win | New Zealand Geographic — February 2025
High Court strikes down lobster catch limits over environmental concerns | NZ Lawyer — February 2025
High Court rules against Fisheries NZ on kina barren strategies | Radio Waatea — February 2025
I hē te Minta Take Moana omua me tana ture mō te kōura | Radio Waatea — February 2025
High court rules 2023 Minister's decision on crayfish catch limits 'unlawful' | RNZ — February 2025
2024
DOC, MPI acted unlawfully in failing to protect sea life | The Post — December 2024
High Court rules DoC failed to protect marine species for decades | NZ Herald — December 2024
High Court finds DOC has failed to manage and report bycatch | RNZ — December 2024
2022
NZ’s inaction on turtle bycatch in fisheries risks reputational damage – and it’s pushing leatherbacks closer to extinction | The Conversation — August 2022
Legal case against government over protection of marine animals | RNZ — May 2022