High country holidaying

Last year, on a dusty hot summer’s day, I decided to take the slow road from Blenheim to Christchurch.  Armed with my trusty little 4WD, a tent, lots of snack foods, a large swimming towel, binoculars, and a camera; I felt well prepared to enter the vast tawny landscapes of South Marlborough and explore the Molesworth Recreation Reserve – formerly a high country station - during the summer period the road is open to the public. 

The deep pools and convoluted geologies of the Acheron River

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Time for a change?

Well, well, well, as I predicted in my pre-election blog (OK, so it was hardly long odds or a wild bet) we have a new government.  The question is now, what’s in it for conservation?

At the moment, we’re waiting to see who gets the ministerial posts of most interest to us here at Forest & Bird:  Conservation, Environment, Climate Change (if they have a specific minister with responsibility for climate change this time round), Energy, Agriculture, Land Information and Fisheries. 

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