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Field work goes ahead, whatever the weather
Everyone's favourite sort of field trip ... smack in the middle of a cold weather bomb, as “wind, snow, horizontal sleet and hail, wind, rain, and wind wind wind. Scientist Grant Norbury s Continue Reading...
Impacts of wild horses
The Desert Road and the huge block of adjoining Crown land known popularly as “the Army Country” has long been famous for its somewhat controversial wild horses. In the late 1980s, when the h Continue Reading...
Impact of de-icing agents used on the Desert Road
In 1998, Transit NZ decided to trial the use of the de-icing salt calcium magnesium acetate (CMA) on the Desert Road, one of the highest highways in the country and one with chronic ice problems. Continue Reading...
National cycleway through Pureora Forest Park
Mark Smale of Landcare Research used (very) old maps of (even older) tramways to help plan the route. The Department of Conservation has been asked to assist with establishing the national cyclewa Continue Reading...
Adélie Penguin Research
Scientists have been studying Adélie penguins (Pygoscelie adeliae) for over 50 years. Antarctica is one of the last places in the world where animals can be studied in a habitat still largely unmodi Continue Reading...