16 Apr 2025
DOC considering banning dogs on popular Southland walkway
There is much a do about piles of doggy do littering a popular Southland walkway. So much so the Conservation department's considering banning pooping pooches from Foveaux walkway near Bluff. It said there is obscene levels of faeces being left on the track that is part of the Te Araroa Trail and the poo is proving a health hazard for maintenance crews. DOC acting operations manager Murihiku/Southland Jono Airey spoke to Lisa Owen.