The endangered fish you can eat

There isn’t a catch limit on the lucrative whitebait fishery, which threatens to extinguish a cherished tradition and a small family of fish in one sweep of the net.

If nothing changes, two whitebait species will be gone within five years, and the rest by 2034.

Aquatic assassins

New Zealand has 1158 described species of spiders, of which some 95 per cent aren’t found anywhere else. However, when it comes to catching prey in a riparian environment, one spider is unmatched. Take a look inside the secret life of fishing spiders.

See the finalists in Photographer of the Year 2017

This season heralds a bumper crop of finalists in the Photographer of the Year competition—65 sparkling new visions of our society and environment from the finest photographers in the country.

You can view the whole lot online, vote on your favourites for the Panasonic People's Choice award, or get along to the exhibitions in Cathedral Square, Christchurch (from tomorrow) and Auckland Museum (from December 15). See the finalists and vote here.

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