http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Whales and Whaling headlines from nzherald.co.nz en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:00:09 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/nz_little_logo.gif http://www.nzherald.co.nz/whales-and-whaling/news/headlines.cfm?c_id=1501010 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/whales-and-whaling/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501010&objectid=10633081&ref=rss The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) has Japanese lawyers lined up to defend incarcerated anti-whaling protester Peter Bethune, but hopes Japanese authorities will consider him a "hot potato" and send him home.Mr Bethune... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:50:57 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/whales-and-whaling/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501010&objectid=10632908&ref=rss A unique species of killer whale is disappearing from the Ross Sea, and New Zealand's Antarctic deep-sea fishing may be partly to blame.A group of Italian and American researchers who visit Antarctica yearly have noticed a large... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/whales-and-whaling/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501010&objectid=10632569&ref=rss Greenpeace has brought anti-whaling protest back on to New Zealand soil, staging a mock-up of Prime Minister John Key harpooning a whale outside his Auckland electorate office.New Zealand, alongside Australia, met with the International... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:08:12 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/whales-and-whaling/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501010&objectid=10632262&ref=rss A New Zealand and Australian team researching whales in the Southern Ocean has strongly criticised Japan's slaughter of the mammals and will deliver that message to the International Whaling Commission in June.The Antarctic Whale... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/whales-and-whaling/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501010&objectid=10632220&ref=rss Bizarrely, New Zealand, whose priority has always been the conservation and protection of whales, is now considering supporting a deal which would see the ban on commercial whaling overturned in return for Japan reducing its so-called... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/whales-and-whaling/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501010&objectid=10632168&ref=rss Japanese media have expressed frustration at a NZ activist's anti-whaling protests, with one newspaper accusing him of terrorism and another blaming cultural misunderstanding for the situation.Sea Shepherd activist Peter Bethune,... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/whales-and-whaling/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501010&objectid=10632154&ref=rss Prime Minister John Key says the Government can not intervene in Japan's legal processes to help anti-whaling campaigner Peter Bethune.The Australian and New Zealand Green parties have called for their governments to intervene... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/whales-and-whaling/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501010&objectid=10632061&ref=rss As New Zealand anti-whaling activist Peter Bethune sat confined in Japanese custody yesterday his eldest daughter turned 15, unsure of when she will next see her father.Mr Bethune, 44, is facing up to three years in a Japanese... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/whales-and-whaling/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501010&objectid=10631797&ref=rss The leader of Australia's Green Party, Bob Brown, has announced he is backing an international campaign to free Peter Bethune. The New Zealand anti-whaling activist is being held in Japan after being detained when he boarded a... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:49:01 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/whales-and-whaling/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501010&objectid=10631640&ref=rss A New Zealand anti-whaling activist has been arrested after the Japanese whaling ship he boarded in February docked in Tokyo today.Peter Bethune, of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, climbed aboard the Shonan Maru II with... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:58:38 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/whales-and-whaling/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501010&objectid=10631448&ref=rss LOS ANGELES - "Is this the whale?" joked a noisy patron, pointing to some dark red slabs of tuna on the small tray of sushi, which had just been deposited on his table at one of California's renowned sushi restaurants. "Come on... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/whales-and-whaling/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501010&objectid=10631446&ref=rss OTSUCHI - As soon as the fishermen saw my TV camera, one ran at me, yelling "No!" and pushing me out of the building. Another smeared his rubber fish-gutting glove across my lens.Following the success of The Cove , a documentary... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/whales-and-whaling/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501010&objectid=10631389&ref=rss Whale-friendly international scientists are due to return to Wellington on Monday with data they hope will show the mammals can be comprehensively researched without being slaughtered.New Zealand research ship Tangaroa sailed... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200