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Following the success of last year’s competition …
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p The Dargaville Intermediate year eight netball team represented their school at the 2018 Anchor Aims Games in Tauranga making it into C grade and playing 13 games during five days of competition. The event is the largest sporting event for 11–13-year-olds in the Southern Hemisphere. Team manager, Francie Pyke, says the girls had a ‘fantastic’ week away. “Overall they placed 91 out of 122 teams which, for a group of girls from a small school, was a great achievement. The girls would like to thank Dargaville Intermediate School, family, friends, the community and most importantly their sponsors for supporting them and enabling them to participate in an international competition and making lifetime memories.”
Silver for lavender
Less than three years ago, Belinda Gummer and Ray Dixon planted …
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Kaipara Harbour closed for scallops u by Paul Campbell
The taste of Kaipara Harbour scallops may be a distant memory after a Fisheries New Zealand survey found sedimentation and plummeting scallop numbers as well as disease in the shellfish, which has prompted the closure for scallop collecting until further notice.
Up to the challenge
With summer approaching, it’s looking like a busy season ahead …
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Inshore fisheries manager, Steve Halley, says the most recent scientific information shows the distribution of scallops is increasingly limited. “The new closure will apply throughout the Kaipara Harbour and will come into effect on October 23,” he said. The season normally begins
on September 1 and closes on March 31. “The closure is open-ended — but will be reviewed when the results from further research become available,” Mr Halley added. “Increased sedimentation has also made the harbour less suitable for scallop collection. The most recent scientific survey from 2017 indicated
that very few scallop beds have scallops of harvestable size. Results also show very low juvenile scallop abundance, with sampled scallops in the harbour in poor condition, with several diseases detected.” continued on page 3 …