Category Archives: Department of Conservation

Aussie/Kiwi Unicyclists Take on Heaphy Track

Posted on May 12, 2012 by LivinginPeaceProject

On a sunny May morning in Karamea, five unicyclists from Australia and New Zealand prepared for a world-first adventure…to traverse the Heaphy Track on unicycles. It is believed to be the first-ever unicycle team to attempt the riding of the … Continue reading →

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Off the Top of my Head: Musings from a MountainTop

Posted on May 7, 2012 by LivinginPeaceProject

High on Denniston Plateau Seeking Balance Between Economy and Environment By Paul Murray High on a mountaintop overlooking the Tasman Sea hard-hatted men in convoys of white utes patrol the plateau and make plans to uncover the riches beneath the … Continue reading →

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Heaphy Track MTBs Irk IRD

Posted on April 2, 2012 by LivinginPeaceProject

DOC Brands One-day Riders “Tax Evaders” Off the Top of my Head By Paul Murray The Inland Revenue Department today acted on a report by the Department of Conservation that mountain bikers cycling the Heaphy Track in a single day … Continue reading →

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DOC Workhorse Barry Chalmers Hangs up Saddle

Posted on March 22, 2012 by LivinginPeaceProject

 By Paul Murray for KEEP   Department of Conservation (DOC) staff from Westport and Karamea Estuary Enhancement Project (KEEP) members met on March 16 for a working bee at the Karamea Estuary to celebrate the retirement of long-serving DOC employee and … Continue reading →

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MTB Adventures on the Heaphy Track

Posted on March 12, 2012 by LivinginPeaceProject

  By Paul Smith   By late June, when I finally got to the Heaphy, it had been open for seven weeks and eight weekends. In that time an estimated 1000+ mountain bikers had travelled the trail, around 150 each … Continue reading →

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Have You Been To Sunny Karamea Yet?

Posted on February 12, 2012 by LivinginPeaceProject

    Off the Top of my Head   By Paul Murray   Don’t be surprised if everyone waves to you as you pass by in Karamea…it’s that kind of place. If you’re among the growing number of travellers who … Continue reading →

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Rongo TV: There’s So Much to Do in Sunny Karamea

Posted on October 16, 2011 by LivinginPeaceProject

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Posted in Advertising, Art, Buller District Council, Business, Department of Conservation, DOC, Environment, Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park, Karamea, LivinginPeace Project, Mountain Biking, MTB, New Zealand, Oparara, Photography, Product review, Social Commentary, SuperMoo the KarameaWonderDog, Tramping, Travel, Uncategorized, West Coast | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Wild Wild West Coast Towns

Posted on September 20, 2011 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray   Karamea Way up north as far as you can drive; you’ll arrive at the warmest, driest place on the wonderful West Coast. Karamea has a great climate year round and … Continue reading →

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There’s More to the West Coast than Dairy

Posted on September 9, 2011 by LivinginPeaceProject

The Press August 21, 2008
 Off the Top of my Head By Paul Murray   The use of sodium monofluoroacetate (1080) by the Animal Health Board (AHB) on the West Coast is indeed a contentious and emotive issue and one … Continue reading →

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Off the Top of my Head: Musings on Morality

Posted on June 22, 2011 by LivinginPeaceProject

By Paul Murray New Zealand today is a rather pious place, but it was more so in the recent past. Apparently, up to around 1950 it was illegal for farmers to permit their animals to copulate in the public, so … Continue reading →

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