Kennedy Warne discusses the newly opened Pike 29 Memorial Track - the last portion of the Paparoa Track to be opened. The new section starts near the portal of the Pike River Mine and meets the main track near the Moonlight Tops Hut.
And a look at this year's Bug of the Year contest, organised by the Entomological Society of New Zealand, in which the red admiral butterfly came out on top. Kennedy looks at some of the other 19 contenders, including the more obscure ones such as the Cromwell chafer beetle, the tuatara tick and the Mt Cook flea.
Photo: Kennedy Warne
