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The flight of the white heron, seen only once

Every spring since at least 1865 the rare birds of Māori legend have been making their annual hikoi to nest in a remote West Coast river in Whataroa

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‘I don’t have the funds’: a diabetic prisoner pleaded for insulin supplies before his death

Clifford Farrar collapsed after seeking care last year. His death exposes the health crisis in Washington state prisons

The Guardian - US

How Prosecco popped its bubble

Often seen as Champagne’s cheaper and inferior cousin, the Italian sparkler is far more than that

The Independent UK

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How Prosecco popped its bubble

Often seen as Champagne’s cheaper and inferior cousin, the Italian sparkler is far more than that

The Independent UK

Editorial: End of the line: The city has had its chance to fix Rikers. It has failed

Friday, Federal Monitor Steve Martin will submit his latest report on the situation at the ignominious Rikers Island complex. It will come just over four months after Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered the city to put into practice an action plan to address the consistent threat to the…

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Family of NYC detainee who hanged himself on Rikers Island files wrongful death lawsuit

NEW YORK — The family of the latest detainee to die in New York City jails has filed a wrongful death claim against the Correction Department.

Tribune News Service

Dogs and man spell death for dotterels

A braided river popular for fly fishing and other recreational pursuits is a fragile breeding ground for an endemic bird that is declining in numbers.

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Inside DoC’s slow ride towards more biking

Almost two years after a review was flagged on conservation land, DoC is in “preparatory and planning” mode

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Man, 28, dies while in custody on Rikers Island; 16th death at jail this year

NEW YORK — Another inmate has died on Rikers Island, the New York City Department of Correction said Saturday, the 16th prisoner to die in custody this year.

Tribune News Service

There’s gold under them thar ruins

Australian company Federation Mining is intent on exploiting a potential “jeweller’s shop” of undiscovered gold beneath the site of abandoned South Island workings.

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Despite the myth, deer are not an ecological substitute for moa and should be part of NZ’s predator-free plan

The impact of deer on Aotearoa New Zealand’s natural environment is never far from the headlines. Most recently, the Southland Conservation Board highlighted the damage the introduced species was doing to native forest on Rakiura Stewart Island.

The Conversation

Staffing shortages, violence plague Oklahoma prisons

With one of the highest incarceration rates in the country, Oklahoma has struggled for decades to properly staff its prisons

The Independent UK

CCC unearths alleged 'serious misconduct' at Department of Communities, less than a year after Paul Whyte jailed

A former executive assistant to disgraced public servant Paul Whyte allegedly broke the rules in exchange for expensive gifts and luxury dinners before agreeing to pin the blame on Whyte himself, a Corruption and Crime Commission report finds.

ABC News

Conservationists, Ngāi Tahu vying over West Coast land

As an outdoors group goes into bat for more national parkland, the land stewardship review process is called into question.

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Rikers lapses contributed to 10 jail deaths in 2021 — report cites failure to check detainees, slow emergency responses, vacant posts

NEW YORK — An exhaustive report on 10 of the 16 deaths in 2021 in city jails details a range of staffing problems, systemic failures and mismanagement by jail staff that contributed to the fatalities.

The Conversation

NZ's inaction on turtle bycatch in fisheries risks reputational damage -- and it's pushing leatherbacks closer to extinction

Hundreds of endangered sea turtles have been caught in New Zealand’s commercial fisheries since 2002, according to a recent report released by the Department of Conservation (DOC).

Benzinga

DEA Psychedelic Drugs Banning Attempt: These Are The Two Hallucinogens Under Discussion

The DEA recently abandoned a proposal for placing five tryptamines as Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act.

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DoC takes its time on sea change for Waiheke

The proponents of a new marine reserve off the coast of Waiheke Island are accusing the Department of Conservation of “bureaucratic slow-rolling”

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No prosecution for felling of dozens of native trees

An investigation by the local council and DoC has come up short

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New Zealand rescuers use buckets, towels to save stranded dolphins

Volunteers in New Zealand saved seven of nine stranded dolphins on Friday, carrying buckets of water and wrapping the animals in towels to keep them hydrated until the tide on a remote beach rose sufficiently to float them back to sea.

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Conservation department slow to plug landfill in national park

An underfunded department is accused of dragging its feet over an exposed landfill

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Cost pressures or misplaced priorities? Inside DoC’s subantarctic research cuts

There are challenges to the Conservation Department’s failure to prioritise endangered marine species, using the excuse of Covid control and costs management.

Orlando Sentinel

Prison reform activists demand A/C amid ‘sweltering heat’ within Florida state prisons

ORLANDO, Fla. — On a hot Saturday morning, prison reform advocates and state leaders rallied at Lake Eola Park to bring attention to the thousands of prisoners in Florida who are spending record-breaking summer temperatures without access to air conditioning.

Tribune News Service

Rikers Island inmate dies of suspected drug overdose, becoming 10th detainee to die this year

NEW YORK — A Department of Correction officer was fired Monday after a Rikers Island inmate died of a suspected overdose.

Orlando Sentinel

Roe’s end could mean more pregnant women behind bars. Are Florida’s prisons prepared?

ORLANDO, Fla. — Prison reform activists worry the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that established a federal right to abortion, could lead to more pregnant people behind bars — a scenario some lawmakers in Florida have been trying to curb for years.

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