Christine Rose

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Environment – A day and night on the estuary

There’s a saying that roughly says you should walk for an hour every day. Unless you’re really busy or stressed, in which case you should...

Environment – An election bottom line

Bottom trawling destroys everything on the sea floor and in the water column in the path above it. It’s indiscriminate. Its heavy weighted nets destroy...

Environment – Spoonbill numbers on the rise

Among the wondrous and quirky creatures of planet Earth and of New Zealand in particular, there’s a conspicuous Dr Suess-like animal that is increasing in...

Environment – Herding cats

Our two chooks first raised the alarm that there was a predatory invader. Their squawking had us running. Shy, the (golden) brown shaver, is about...

Environment – Miracles of life

Billions of dollars are spent sending people into space, and there are far-fetched visions of life on Mars and the Moon. But the wonders of...

Environment – Marine matters most

More than 15 marine conservation groups and six political parties – National, ACT, Labour, Greens, Opportunity and Animal Justice – were all in the same...

Environment – Leaves for life

It’s the time of year when stately deciduous trees become beacons of brightness in diminishing daylight. The North American ‘fall’ is legendary, but even in...

Environment – Joy in the Anthropocene

The winds of war blew, and so did a cold, strong south-westerly, the few days we stayed at Tiritiri Matangi at the beginning of the...

Environment – Poo clues

Every living being eats, moves, breathes, grows, reproduces, dies and poos. But poo is seldom talked about in polite company. It is essential to all...

Environment – Little darlings in our shed

Two industrious fantails – piwakawaka, have crafted a nest in my garden shed. Over a few weeks, both parents flew pea straw, mosses and cobwebs...