by George Driver | Dec 12, 2018 | News portfolio
The Conservation Authority has labelled DOC’s management of tahr a total failure and says the government may be forced to invest millions to reduce numbers due to years of neglect. Himalayan tahr are meant to be kept to less than 10,000 animals under a control plan...
by George Driver | Dec 12, 2018 | News portfolio, Wilderness magazine
A recent online booking trial at Brewster Hut in Mt Aspiring National Park found at least half of hut users may have been dodging hut fees. Last summer, DOC trialled a booking system at Brewster and Siberia huts in a bid to manage the...
by George Driver | Dec 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
by George Driver | Dec 12, 2018 | News portfolio, Wilderness magazine
A luxury lodge has been proposed 700m from the popular Rees-Dart Track, which could result in thousands more helicopter flights up the picturesque valley each year. A heliport has also been proposed further down the valley, which has raised concerns that the...
by George Driver | Dec 11, 2018 | Environment, Features, Science, Uncategorized, Wilderness magazine
With the closure of another hut in Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park, George Driver investigates the challenge of keeping a foothold in one of the most rapidly changing landscapes on Earth Looking at Murchison Hut, you’d have no inkling it may soon tumble 200m onto...