Central Blenheim Revamp Tests Businesses As Barber Shop Falls By The Wayside

When Michelle Newton-Broadbent learnt the street outside her Blenheim barber shop was getting a revamp, she hoped the project ...

Inanga Spawning Again After Post-Cyclone Habitat Restoration

Inanga eggs. Photo/Supplied. Inanga, a native whitebait species, have been recorded spawning near Waikahu Wetland outlet for ...

Move over truffles - meet the dogs sniffing out whitebait!

In Northland a trial is underway to see if dogs can be trained to locate inanga - or whitebait - eggs. Lilli, a 2-year-old Pembroke Corgi and Cino, short for Cappuccino, an 11-year-old Border Collie ...
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Sniffer dogs trialled to find īnanga eggs in Northland rivers

Waikato University research assistant Lucy Tannahill demonstrates how Cino can sniff out the tiniest sample of whitebait eggs hidden among riverside grasses. Video / Sarah Curtis It’s a blue, chilly ...