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Which is NZ's most loved beach?

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Were blessed with hundreds of stunning beaches in New Zealand but which is the best? Over the next four weeks, the AA is asking Kiwis to decide just which beach is most loved.

AA was behind the 101 Must Dos For Kiwis - a celebration of the best this country has to offer - which attracted more than 260,000 votes.

Now AA is asking Kiwis to champion their favourite beaches by voting for them - pitting beach against beach.

AA General Manager Membership and Brand Dougal Swift says Kiwis are passionate about beaches, with many holidaying at their favourite beach every year.

"Weve all got wonderful beach memories and more often than not, especially during the summer, were thinking about being there if were stuck somewhere else," Mr Swift says.

"Wed love to see more Kiwis holidaying at home and enjoying everything our wonderful country has to offer, so this campaign is designed to find our most loved beaches and maybe give people some new local favourites to explore."

From today, people can vote for their favourite beaches in each region on the AAs Facebook page.

"And if a favourite beach isnt there, anyone can suggest a beach to include and upload a photo if they have one, and it will be added to the mix."

Mr Swift says the first phase of voting will continue for three weeks after which just 20 beaches will remain.

Those final beaches will head into a knock out phase over a week with the least popular falling off the list every day.

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Which is New Zealands most loved beach?

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Which is New Zealands most loved beach?

Were blessed with hundreds of stunning beaches in New Zealand but which is the best? Over the next four weeks, the AA is asking Kiwis to decide just which beach is most loved.

AA was behind the 101 Must Dos For Kiwis a celebration of the best this country has to offer which attracted more than 260,000 votes.

Now AA is asking Kiwis to champion their favourite beaches by voting for them pitting beach against beach.

AA General Manager Membership and Brand Dougal Swift says Kiwis are passionate about beaches, with many holidaying at their favourite beach every year.

Weve all got wonderful beach memories and more often than not, especially during the summer, were thinking about being there if were stuck somewhere else, Mr Swift says.

Wed love to see more Kiwis holidaying at home and enjoying everything our wonderful country has to offer, so this campaign is designed to find our most loved beaches and maybe give people some new local favourites to explore.

From today, people can vote for their favourite beaches in each region on the AAs Facebook page.

And if a favourite beach isnt there, anyone can suggest a beach to include and upload a photo if they have one, and it will be added to the mix.

Mr Swift says the first phase of voting will continue for three weeks after which just 20 beaches will remain.

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Heat wave sends Brazilians to Rio beaches: record temperatures recorded in Rio de Janeiro – Video

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Heat wave sends Brazilians to Rio beaches: record temperatures recorded in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro baked in sweltering heat as thermometers hit 40 degrees Celsius. Residents and tourists headed to the sandy shores of Copacabana and Ipanema t...

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Tags offer more than warnings

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Picture: Department of Fisheries

When two great white sharks were detected almost simultaneously by receivers off several Perth beaches, Department of Fisheries researchers suspected something was up.

The sharks, known as WA018 and WA020, appeared at Floreat and Scarborough one day and again at Ocean Reef days later.

Great white lurked off Perth beaches for a week | FULL COVERAGE

"What scientists found at each of these locations was unusually dense schools of baitfish, which had in turn attracted larger fish, sea lions and seabirds, all natural food sources for white sharks," the department's principal research scientist Rory McAuley said.

"So these sharks actually alerted authorities to a transient ecological event that was likely to attract untagged as well as tagged sharks."

For many West Australians their knowledge of the State Government's shark monitoring network likely extends to its ability to alert swimmers when sharks are close to beaches. Few would realise, as they towel themselves dry and debate whether to wait for the danger to pass, they are witnessing just one aspect of what the network is intended to do.

Warning swimmers about sharks is a key part of the network but by no means its sole purpose.

Receivers are constantly gathering information about the behaviour, movement and habits of tagged sharks.

Two types of receivers are used - satellite-linked receivers that communicate information about shark movements within minutes and data-recording receivers on the ocean floor. The former are expensive ($20,000), difficult to maintain and not practical deeper than about 25m, while the latter are cheaper ($1700) and virtually maintenance free but are only retrieved to have their data analysed once a year.

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Clean-up works on beaches of Kusu, St John's islands being completed: MPA

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SINGAPORE: Clean-up works on the beaches of Kusu Island and St John's Island are being completed, according to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).

MPA said there have been no oil patches reported in Singapore waters since Monday, February 3.

The oil spillage occurred after two separate collisions on January 29 and 30 involving a chemical tanker and container ship, and another container ship and a barge.

As a result of the collisions, about 680 metric tonnes of fuel oil was spilled.

MPA said Sentosa Development Corporation is cooperating with the National Environment Agency (NEA) to ensure the surrounding waters are free from oil pollution.

MPA added that the islands remain open but the public is advised to keep away from the areas on the beaches affected by the oil spill.

NEA will continue to monitor the beaches and will inform the public when the closed parts of the beaches are re-opened.

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Tenean Beach needs major fixes, agency findings make clear

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Dorchesters Savin Hill and Malibu beaches have seen maintenance improvements, but Tenean Beach is still in need of major upgrades, according to the preliminary findings in a report on the 14 beaches along Boston Harbor that was shared at a meeting at UMass Boston on Saturday by the Commission of Metropolitan Beaches.

Paul Polito, 61, who lives on Parkman Street in Fields Corner, remembers swimming in the water at Savin Hill and Malibu Beach when he was a kid and the water quality was horrible.

Now a member of the Dorchester Yacht Club, Polito said that while the MBC has helped clean up the two beaches over the past five years, he still sees issues that need to be addressed, such as restricted water flow into Savin Hill Cove. Were having problems with the water quality. Thats what causes the beach closures, the bacteria, he said.

Eileen Boyle, a member of the Columbia Savin Hill Civic Association and a resident of Auckland Street, was also present at the regional meeting. She said she is very happy with what has happened under the MBCs watch. Im impressed with the work that has been done through community efforts, she said.

Still, she has concerns about the long-term goals of the MBC and how the planned improvements to Morrissey Boulevard, which frequently closes due to overflows at high tides, will affect the waterfront. She is also concerned with environmental issues surrounding the beaches, citing the yacht club as a source of pollution. I dont think they look at the beaches from our point of view. They just look at it for recreational use, she said, referring to members of the club who live outside of the Dorchester area.

Paul Nutting, the Savin Hill Shores commissioner for the MBC, said he has attended all of the meetings concerning the harbor beaches and still sees Tenean as an area in need of major care, primarily from opinions delivered by Port Norfolk, Clam Point, and Popes Hill residents. Brian Leahy was the primary advocate for that beach and since he died no one has stepped in his shoes to fill that role, said Nutting. Leahy was a member of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority and was active in the Dorchester community.

Nutting said the communitys interest in the Shaffer Paper site in Port Norfolk under the MBTA bridge that crosses the Neponset River is good, but has taken attention away from the problems surrounding Tenean Beach. The paper company site will become a park under plans being worked on by the Department of Conservation and Recreation, which owns the land.

Adams Street resident Elle Spring, a member of the Neponset Greenway Council, said she would like to see some attention shifted from the Shaffer Paper site to the upkeep of Tenean as well. Its a forgotten beach, she said, citing sand erosion, a flooded parking lot, and a lack of accessibility as reasons why the beach has been ignored by communities in Dorchester. Spring said she usually travels to the other beaches in Dorchester or to South Bostons Castle Island during the summer instead of staying at Tenean. It would be my neighborhood beach, but it cant be, she said.

The MBC is planning to release its full report on the harbor beaches this spring. The preliminary paper can be read at savetheharbor.org/MBC2013/.

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