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Press Releases & Media Coverage

The NZWRT has archived printed articles of interest, and have been quoted in several publications with relation to tracking and studying New Zealand's wild animal populations with particular interest in the area of introduced game animal management.

TVNZ 20/20 - October 20th 2005 -
"A wild moose chase" - TVNZ web link & video
TVNZ One News
- October 6th 2005 - "Moose DNA found in Fiordland"

Newspaper articles in PDF format

The Vancouver Sun - November 1st 2005 -
"Moose loose in New Zealand"
The Otago Daily Times - October 29th & 30th 2005 -
"On the trail of the elusive moose"
The Straight Furrow - October 18th 2005 -
"Tests confirm moose hair"
The Southland Times - October 17th 2005 -
"Moose loose hereabouts?"
The Otago Daily Times - October 11th 2005 -
"MP goes into bat for moose"
The Dominion Post - October 11th 2005 -
"Mysteries of the deep south"
The Dominion Post - October 11th 2005 -
"The great moose hunt"
The Otago Daily Times - October 8th & 9th 2005 -
"I have long lamented killing that moose cow"
The Otago Daily Times - October 7th 2005 -
"Doc cool on wild moose chase"
The Otago Daily Times - October 6th 2005 - "Hair's proof moose here"
The NZ Herald - October 6th 2005 - "Hairs move NZ moose out of realm of Nessie"
The Star - (? 2005) -
"Another moose hair"
The Dominion Post - October 6th 2005 -
"Fiordland moose hunter excited by dna results"
The Otago Daily Times - April 20th 2005 - "Sir Tim's life story told to inspire"
Straight Furrow - April 19th 2005 -
"Wapiti ... Pest or National Icon"
The Sunday Star Times - October 17th 2004 - "Thank the Fiord"

Newspaper article references

Otago Daily Times 24.07.04
"On the trail of the tahr."
Timaru Herald 11.08.03
"Unnecessary cruelty of tahr appals"
Timaru Herald 06.08.03
"DOC's latest culling takes out 111 tahr"
Timaru Herald 10.07.03
"DOC sets it'd sights on Himalayan tahr"
Timaru Herald 17.07.03
"Trust boosts moose hunt"
Otago Daily Times 23.11.02 Letters to the editor - "National parks from the sublime to..."
Otago Daily Times 09.10.02 Weekend -
"Oh deer - filming concerns for Fiordland...Filming ban for introduced animals proposed"
Timaru Herald 26.10.02
"Hunter hopes tests will prove a point"
Southland Times 13.10.02
"DNA may point to moose on the loose"
Otago & Southland Farmer 04.10.02
"moose chase goes on"
Otago Daily Times 22.06.02
"Wildlife trust to research moose"
Timaru Herald "Hunting tahr with a new purpose"

Magazines

The Listner 26.10.02 "The velvet underground"
New Zealand Wilderness February 2002 People - "Moose man Ken Tustin"
New Zealand Hunting & Wildlife September 1998 "Are there still moose in fiordland"
New Zealand Hunting & Wildlife March 1999 "Moose in fiordland...so what?"
New Zealand Hunting & Wildlife September 2002 "The Takahe - special area, a classic in wild red deer                                             management"
New Zealand Hunting & Wildlife December 2001 "Moose How the hell & why the heck, ken Tustin                                           answers the most commonly asked questions about moose in Fiordland?"
Fish & Game issue 38 2002 "Fiordland's mighty moose mystery"
Fish & Game issue 43 2004 "An informed choice on tahr"
Fish & Game issue 44 2004 "Moose hide & seek"

Paperback book "A Wild Moose Chase"