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Outdoors club has day in court over hydro scheme

The case will test the value of recreation in conservation decision-making, reports Andrew Bevin

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Tarras locals gear up for a fight over airport

Christchurch Airport says it's premature to try and stop a new airport that's only just having the groundwork laid; but Tarras locals know what they don't want.

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Tourism operators among Tarras naysayers

Tourism businesses are among the latest group objecting to Central Otago getting an international airport despite the potential for a customer windfall.

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‘You cannot replace it’: dismay over threat to sacred site posed by Toowoomba bypass

Proposed corridor will pass ‘near the historic and culturally sensitive Aboriginal site’ of Gummingurru

The Guardian - AU

Planes, trains and the Skybus: experts debate whether Melbourne urgently needs an airport rail line

The recent halting of the project and reports it could be stalled for years have cast doubt on whether it will ever take off

The Guardian - AU

How to build the tourism workforce of the future

A programme to promote careers in tourism is to close just five months after it was listed as a key part of initiatives to help build a better tourism workforce, writes Hannah Aronsen

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Common wealth: how Birdsville adapted an age-old English custom for the outback

Home to goat herds, dirt bike races and thousands of tourists, this tiny town’s big shared space reimagines an ancient concept

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'City-centre hub': University of Newcastle campus at Gosford approved

'We've seen what NUspace did for Newcastle.'

Newcastle Herald

White Island volcano trial: court hears from land owners accused of safety failures

One of three brothers who own the island and run tourist operation there tells court ‘what happened was a shock to everybody’

The Guardian - AU

Aussie miner soothes Barrytown fears

TiGa Minerals and Metals downplays community concerns about road hazards and environmental risks from a proposed West Coast sand-mining operation.

Newsroom.co.nz

‘Rise up’: monks urge WA towns to fight minerals exploration in vulnerable Jarrah forests

After seeing off a bid to explore near the Bodhinyana monastery, the forest monks are encouraging others to ‘keep the pressure on’

The Guardian - AU

Farmer Grows 250,000 Sunflowers To Make Trail

And now thousands of visitors flock to his estate to walk among the seven-foot-tall flowers.

Zenger

Four Australians among seven missing after boat hit by storm off Indonesian islands

Search and rescue operation launched after small vessel failed to arrive at Pinang resort in the Banyak Islands off Aceh

The Guardian - AU

Vanilla slice, banh mi and fried ice-cream: Adam Liaw and Poh Ling Yeow on seven Australian dishes worth travelling for

The cooks and MasterChef alumni share their favourite destination meals and snacks, from a small-town vanilla slice to Top End laksa

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We need to talk about Tarras

Tourism-driven aviation planning is flying off in various directions in Central Otago.

The Guardian - AU

Australia is not being ‘singled out’ by Unesco’s in-danger recommendation for the Great Barrier Reef

Australia has the wealth, technology and resources to sharply reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Until this happens, it is not doing all it can to protect the reef

The Independent UK

Flight forced to divert after three men caught vaping and drinking their own alcohol

Police say they have ‘zero tolerance’ of abusive passenger behaviour on flights

The Guardian - AU

Is this Australia’s last generation of opal miners?

A bureaucratic error shut 3,000 mining claims in White Cliffs and Lightning Ridge, and many fear the industry won’t recover

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Country diary: There’s a party vibe on the sand dunes

The Bents sand dunes, Whitburn, Tyne and Wear: Among the muted, pastel tones of sea rocket and frosted orache, non-native escapees bring some brilliance

The Guardian - AU

No parking: ‘parklets’ to improve inner-Sydney streetscapes for residents, urbanists say

Exclusive: Thinktank recommends councils convert footpaths into urban activations and green spaces, adding to pandemic-era policy

The Guardian - AU

White Island volcano: Australian survivor shares pain of leaving family after eruption as trial continues

Jesse Langford’s recalled his father struggling to breathe while his mother wasn’t moving after the eruption in New Zealand in 2019

AAP

Volcano survivor 'still bothered' by leaving parents

Sydney's Jesse Langford was just a teenager when confronted with a nightmare decision after he and his family were badly injured by a volcano eruption.

The Guardian - AU

Indigenous renaissance: Māori hope Matariki holiday will help cement status of local knowledge

The ancient knowledge systems which underpin the new year holiday in New Zealand can explain everything from the weather to the movement of fish

The Independent UK

Pilot says he escaped serious injury by jumping into the ocean when a New Zealand volcano erupted

A helicopter pilot says he and two of his passengers escaped serious injury by jumping into the ocean when a New Zealand volcano erupted in 2019, killing 22

The Guardian - AU

Couple who survived White Island volcano tell court they weren’t warned of danger

US couple gives evidence to New Zealand court in case against island’s owners and tourism operators

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