Brook Waimarama Sanctuary scores an important court victory, but a legal challenge remains. Opponents of a poison drop inside Nelson’s newly-fenced Brook Waimarama Sanctuary have appealed a High Court decision to allow the drop to go ahead. In late June, the Brook Valley Community Group, made up of people living in Nelson’s Brook Valley as […]
About the author
Naomi Arnold
Naomi Arnold is a Nelson tramper, journalist, and author. She particularly enjoys writing about nature, travel, science and adventure. Some of her favourite assignments have been reporting on dotterels from Rakiura, stoats from Preservation Inlet, ice science from Antarctica, and tramping Te Araroa while writing her 2025 trail memoir, Northbound.
Ministry of Works Historic Hut, Kahurangi National Park
The Tararua’s forgotten traverse
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