By Andrew Brophy, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Mar. 2--FAIRFIELD -- The Fairfield Metro Center project continues to move forward, with the developer last week posting site disturbance and stewardship bonds totaling $867,000.

The Conservation Department is considering reducing the legal size of trout caught in Lake Taupo by 3cm amid concerns that drier winters are contributing to smaller fish in the lake. (c) 2007 Waikato Times. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.

By BLUNDELL, Kay A RANGER'S house on Kapiti Island has burnt to the ground, prompting a massive emergency operation to stop the fire spreading to native bush in the wildlife sanctuary.

A NATIONAL-LED government would restart the controversial Dobson Dam hydro project on the West Coast and free more Conservation Department land for tourism, leader John Key says.

By STEEMAN, Marta A $38 MILLION residential development at Lake Coleridge in Canterbury has met a wall of opposing submissions. Selwyn District Council has received 70 submissions on the 232- section development in Ryton Bay on the shores of Lake Coleridge in mid- Canterbury.