Author Archives: Tim Higham
Articles authored by Tim Higham
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A lighthouse keeper’s cookbook
Hauraki resident Paul Trevethick reminisces
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Well done Burnsco
Burnsco has taken a lead in encouraging responsible use of […]
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Clever stuff
Mary Frankham is using social science to fire up conservation.
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Second time around
Elisabeth Easther follows in her mother’s trailblazing footsteps
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Innovation Awards
World Wildlife Fund’s Conservation Innovation Awards search out the brightest […]
Boil up music video
Fulbright-National Geographic Fellow Abby McBride has created a music video […]
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Motutapu re-opens
Motutapu re-opened to the public on Labour Weekend, seven months […]
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Young Ocean Explorers expands
Young Ocean Explorers will launch a new website on October […]
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Crayfish concern
The Ministry for Primary Industries says it is aware of […]
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Marine pests spread
Marine pests appear to be spreading in the Hauraki Gulf. […]
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DOC Community Fund opens
The fourth round of the Department of Conservation’s multi-million-dollar fund […]
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Rust threatens pohutukawa
Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and DOC are working together […]
Hauturu showreel
The Little Barrier Island Supporters Trust has launched a new […]
Tiri helps hihi back
One of New Zealand’s rarest bush birds, the hihi has […]
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Dark sky bid
Great Barrier Island has applied to the Arizona-based International Dark-Sky […]
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Dolphin release praised
Sanford Ltd has congratulated the skipper of a purse seiner […]
Hauraki seismic research
The Earthquake Commission is funding research to improve the understanding […]
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Former Blake boat to visit
The French schooner Tara is coming to New Zealand for […]
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Tipping points conference
The Environmental Defence Society will consider tipping points in its […]
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Applications for customary marine title
Several applications to seek customary marine title for areas within […]
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QE2 covenants pay dividends
A study by the University of Waikato Institute for Business […]
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Leaving a legacy
The Auckland Communities Foundation has launched a new website making […]
Penguin Boxes on Great Barrier Island
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GIFT fund active
Foundation North’s new Gulf Innovation Fund Together has committed its […]
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Bill Ballantine lecture
The second Bill Ballantine Memorial Lecture on Thursday March 2 […]
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Freshwater target
The Government has set a new target for the quality […]
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New Gulf poster series
A new Explore the Gulf poster series has been produced […]
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Point England development
The Local Government and Environment Select Committee is currently considered […]
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Holdaways remembered
Friends of Ann Holdaway, who passed away on 11 January […]
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Barrier penguin boxes
Great Barrier Island’s penguins will be better off thanks to […]
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Te Reo App popular
Have trouble pronouncing Māori words? A new Department of Conservation […]
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Community work boosted
More Coromandel brown kiwi will be introduced to Motutapu Island, […]
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Seabird slaughter
The Department of Conservation is concerned that protected seabirds have […]
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Biodiversity stocktake
The Waikato Regional Council has published a stocktake of information […]
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Gulf book popular
Raewyn Peart’s book The Story of the Hauraki Gulf, launched […]
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Gulf geographic
A talk by NZ Geographic magazine founder Kennedy Warne at […]
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Pioneering TV revisited
The ground-breaking Islands of the Gulf TV series made in […]
Marine farming tender
Waikato Regional Council has opened the tender round for 240 […]
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Sanctuary additions
Shakespear Open Sanctuary is due to receive 40 little spotted […]
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Marine reserve report cards
The Department of Conservation is publishing report cards to provide […]
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Rakitu Island eradication
The Department of Conservation expects to undertake a pest eradication […]
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Sea Change plan available
A Hauraki Gulf / Tikapa Moana marine spatial plan launched […]
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Life imitates art
Tim Higham shoots a squid, then has second thoughts
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Kaiaua clean up
Coastal erosion eating away at an old tip at Kaiaua […]
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Snapper plan accepted
A long-term plan for future management of the Bay of […]
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Gecko return
For the first time in a century, the Duvaucel’s gecko […]
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Takahē reach 300
Hauraki Gulf islands have helped takahē numbers to reach 300 […]
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International waters edge perspective
Panuku Development Auckland hosted a meeting of global waterfront development […]
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Whale protocol working
A voluntary protocol which asks ships to slow down to […]
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Support for GIFT
Foundation North has signed a memorandum of understanding with Auckland […]
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Where are the little fish?
NIWA scientists are asking for help from people who have […]
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Marine environment report
The Ministry for the Environment and Statistics New Zealand released […]
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Great Barrier investments
Great Barrier Island has a new Department of Conservation base […]
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Biodiversity Action Plan
New Zealand has a new action plan setting targets for […]
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Fisheries future
The Ministry for Primary Industries released a consultation document ‘The […]
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Meri Kirihimete
The Million Metres Streams Project is offering a Christmas present […]
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Motutapu events
This year’s Partners Life DUAL triathlon, marathon, mountain bike, 10km […]
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Story of the Gulf
A new coffee table book on the ecological history of […]
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Crayfish decline further
Recent surveys have shown crayfish numbers declining inside and outside […]
GIFT for Gulf
Funding agency Foundation North has announced a $5 million fund […]
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Predator free vision
The Government has plans to make New Zealand predator free […]
Biodiversity forum
Minister for the Environment Dr Nick Smith has announced a […]
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Snapper
A new draft plan for the long-term management of the […]
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Hauturu plan
The public has until October 11 to submit on a […]
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Common dolphin estimate
A recent thesis has provided the first population estimate of […]
Fishing for the Future
A new report published by Fulbright New Zealand suggests a […]
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Spotted shag refuge
Surveys of parekareka/ spotted shags by Auckland Council show the […]
Waiheke marae
Carvings and tukutuku panels produced over the past 15 years […]
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GBI sanctuary expands
Great Barrier Island’s Windy Hill Sanctuary area has grown by […]
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Land use guide
Auckland Council has recently revised its Erosion and Sediment Control […]
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Citizen Science Inventory
NZ Landcare Trust has launched a national inventory of citizen […]
Healthy Rivers/Wai Ora
A unique multi-sector collaborative group has recently finalised a proposed […]
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Do the right thing
The 2016 Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Seminar asks what it […]
Catch reconstruction
The total amount of marine fish caught in New Zealand […]
Gulf knights
Two ‘friends of the Gulf’ have received knighthoods in the […]
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Great Mercury/Ahuahu pest free
Great Mercury/Ahuahu was declared pest free by the Department of […]
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Trees on Maungakiekie
Three young tōtara and six pohutukawa were planted in a […]
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Climate change resource
The New Zealand Coastal Society has published Adapting to the […]
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Robins return
The birdsong of the native North Island robin or toutouwai […]
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Lift by waka
Three of the North Island’s rarest kiwi caught a waka […]
Green winner
Te Whangai Trust was the Supreme Winner at the 2016 […]
Funds for conservation
Groups have until 1 July to apply to a multi-million […]
Aotea Track re-opens
Great Barrier Island Aotea Track has re-opened. The three-to-four track […]
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Glenfern purchased
The purchase of the 83ha Glenfern Sanctuary on Great Barrier, […]
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Mauri baseline
Restoration of mauri and ecosystem functioning on lands managed by […]
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Argentine ants gone
After 16 years of work by Department of Conservation staff […]
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Tamaki clean up
Watercare Harbour Clean-Up Trust and volunteers from Spark collected 5000 […]
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Drone captures whales
Auckland University of Technology researchers have used drones to capture […]
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Haere Mai Tāiko
All seabirds are precious taonga to Ngati Rehua-Ngatiwai ki Aotea people and even more so the tāiko who breed exclusively on our sacred maunga Hirakimata and Hauturu-a-toi. We want to ensure that the last remaining colonies of tāiko are protected to ensure they remain part of our natural heritage and legacy for all future generations of New Zealanders.
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Waka return
Waka racing has returned to the Waitematā. The inaugural Tāmaki […]
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Wet, fun and good
A new social enterprise has been established to support marine […]
Co-governance review
The Auditor-General has released a report identifying principles for effective […]
Navigation safety review
A review of coastal navigation safety by Maritime NZ has […]
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Whale and dolphin alert
Boaties are being urged to show more care after several […]
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Hauraki Gulf Seabird Identification Guide
Forest & Bird has produced a new guide to the […]
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Fishers like selfies
Snapper longline fishers in northern New Zealand want to show […]
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Revival going viral
A new video explaining the Revive our Gulf project’s work […]
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Hunua birds thrive
Dozens of kōkako chicks have hatched in the Hunua Ranges, […]
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Biking to Kaiaua
Work on the second stage of the popular Hauraki Rail […]
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Iconic posters
The sixth series of Hauraki Gulf Marine Park posters featuring […]