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A Kiwi start-up has attracted international attention for its role in the world's first operation using drones to make an island rat-free. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

A French cruise company and one of its captains have been fined a total of $100,000 for running a ship aground in a protected area of New Zealand last year. Click on the link to read the full article. 

 The online toolkit is a one-stop shop to give people the tools and guidance to start trapping, or to increase the effectiveness of their trapping efforts. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

There has been a huge change in the native forest bird community in Wellington’s Zealandia sanctuary in the past two decades. Click on the link below to read the full article.

A Queenstown wildlife park has become the first in New Zealand to be recognised under the newest iteration of a progressive program for animal welfare at zoos and aquariums. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) inspected 23 foreign-flagged fishing vessels on the high seas as part of joint maritime patrols it conducted recently with three other countries. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

New Zealand and Japan will cooperate to ensure the success of the Pacific Climate Change Centre in Samoa, Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Lincoln University and the Department of Conservation are teaming up to meet "a desperate need" in the parks and recreation sector. Click on the link below to read the full article.

In December 2017, the world"s largest marine protected area (MPA) in the Ross Sea, Antarctica entered into force. The MPA will be in force for at least 35 years. Click on the link below to read the full story.

National continues push for ocean sanctuary. National MP Nick Smith has lodged a Member"s Bill to establish the 620,000km2 ocean sanctuary around the Kermadec Islands in New Zealand"s most northern islands.Click on the link below to read the full article.