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Busting black gold smugglers - Fishery Compliance Officers

Sometimes an eight hour day can turn into an 18 hour day. If we pick up some serious offending we don't leave it alone,  we stay on it until we've got a result. If we have to go right through the night, we'll go right through the night. Julian Tamehana, Senior Compliance Officer, Fisheries, Ministry of Primary Industries, Manatū Ahu Matua

  • Busting Paua Smugglers

    They're busy busting "PBM" or poaching black market with the "black gold" paua-smuggling rings. Lynda Chanwai-Earle spends a day following the men and women working hard to protect our coastlines as… Read more Audio

  • Busting Paua Smugglers

    Imagine if your day job involved staking-out rugged coastland waiting to bust "black-gold" paua-poaching rings. Lynda Chanwai-Earle brings us a feature documentary about "black gold" smuggling when… Read more Audio