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Nelson Mechanic Sentenced to Home Detention for Shooting Colleagues’ Cars

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A 62-year-old Nelson woman has been sentenced to four months of home detention after firing eight rounds from a .22 calibre rifle into a colleague’s vehicles at her workplace. Marie Hearn admitted to charges of discharging a firearm in a public place, possessing a firearm after her licence had been revoked and two charges of … Read more

Bird Flu Outbreak Kills Thousands of Seal Pups on Heard Island

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Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5) has killed more than 13,000 southern elephant seal pups on Heard Island, an Australian external territory in the Southern Ocean. Researchers estimate this figure represents over 75% of the island’s pup population. The findings, published in the scientific journal BioRxiv, mark the first time the virus has been confirmed in … Read more

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