Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird believes Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley should have set a lower sea lion kill quota for this squid fishing season to reflect the declining sea lion population.

Auckland's newest, and coolest, day-care centre has opened at Kelly Tarlton's. This crche isn't a time-out spot for younger visitors - it has been created especially for this seasons Gentoo penguin chicks and is designed to replicate the way they are raised in the wild.

With national Frog Week commencing this Sunday, Orana Wildlife Park is delighted to announce it has gained approval to hold a captive population of Maud Island Frogs.

22 July -- Conservation organisation Forest & Bird is shocked that 72 sea lions have been killed in squid fishing nets this year - 57 per cent more than last year.

8 MAY 2009 - The Hauraki Gulf Forum this week congratulated Waiheke land owner Rob Fenwick for adding over 300 hectares of private land to the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park.

Forest & Bird has welcomed a reduction in the number of sea lions the southern squid fishery will kill this season - but says the number of sea lion deaths still needs to be much lower.

27 January 2009 - A record drop in the number of New Zealand sea lion pups means the Fisheries Minister must cut the number of sea lions killed in the southern squid fishery, Forest & Bird says.

Forest & Bird is shocked that squid fishers will be allowed to kill 40 per cent more threatened New Zealand sea lions in the coming season.

New Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley announced today that the number of sea lions allowed to be killed in the squid fishery this season has been raised from 81 last year to 113.

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23 October 2008 - The Government's plan of action on sharks does little to protect them because it continues to allow shark finning, Forest & Bird says.

13 October 2008 - Forest & Bird urges the Ministry of Fisheries to do more to protect endangered New Zealand sea lions, which have been relisted as a declining population on the World Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.