A group of mates, a few beers, hearty food, tall stories and a heap of laughs. Add some fly-fishing gear and you have all the ingredients for a great fishing trip.
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“It’s a man’s world” – well that’s what most people think about the sport of fly fishing – but is it really true? Ranger Amelia Willis and her friend Evelien head to the Hinemaiaia River to find out.
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Lake Taupo. Trolling for trout. Mount Tongariro. Twilight… An apt image to usher in the 2015 Taupo fishing season, which begins today.
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Today’s photo of whitebaiters in the surf near Okarito River mouth during the 2006 season, reminds us that the 2014 whitebait season is about to get started.
The season runs from 15 August until 30 November, except the West Coast of the South Island when it runs from 1 September until 14 November.
Whitebait are the juveniles of five native fish species from the galaxiid family and, while we want you to enjoy your fishing and your fritters, make sure you fish according to the regulations so that future generations can enjoy them too.
New Zealand’s largest and deepest marine reserve, along with our first whale sanctuary and our first seal sanctuary, came into effect on Friday.
Kaikōura with marine reserve in the background.
Five new customary fishing areas, and more sustainable recreational fishing regulations, were also established.
Humpback whales pass through Kaikōura on their northern winter migration
The journey began nearly 10 years ago with the establishment of Te Korowai o Te Tai ō Marokura, a group of local people and agencies who recognised that Kaikōura’s magnificent and valuable marine environment was under pressure.
Hutton’s shearwater/tītī
A korowai is a chiefly cloak laid over something to protect and care for it.
The sanctuaries, marine reserve, and fisheries management tools established are each strands of an interwoven cloak that cares for the Kaikōura (Te Tai ō Marokura) Marine Management Area.
Large pods of dusky dolphins live in the vicinity of the Kaikōura Canyon
Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu Kaiwhakahaere, Chairman of Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura and Te Korowai member, Tā Mark Solomon says:
“The negotiations were long and hard, but for me the whole process was a beautiful expression of community. I think the whole of New Zealand could look at this as an example of how communities can come together to look after their resources for themselves and their children,” he says.
Dusk
Mā te whakapūmau i te mauri me te wairua o “Te Tai ō
Marokura”, ko mātou ngā kaitiaki o ngā taonga a Tangaroa
kei te arataki i te iwi hapori, ki te whakangaruru i te
momona me te waiora o te āhuatanga o te Taiao, mo ngā
whakatipuranga o aianei me ake tonu ake.
By perpetuating the mauri and wairua of Te Tai ō Marokura
we as kaitiaki of Tangaroa’s tāonga are leading the community to achieve a
flourishing, rich and healthy environment where opportunities
abound to sustain the needs of present and future generations.
(The vision of Te Korowai o Te Tai ō Marokura)
