Tuna bluefish World`s Record: 907 pounds caught by Donna Pascoe, a New Zealand angler .

In February 2014 , Donna Pascoe 56, a New Zealand angler caught a 907 pounds Tuna bluefish, maybe the largest caught with rod and reel in the Pacific.

She was on her bota "Gladiator" in Feb 19. when she hooked the tuna. " I hooked up at 9: 10 a.m" After 3 hours the fish surfaced and the skipper yelled: "Tuna, world record"  

Even four men couldn’t pull the giant fish on board.

“Four men could not pull it onto the boat, so had to be assisted by the boat anchor winch and even then it took half an hour to bring on board,” Pascoe said in a Facebook post describing the record catch.

Pascoe says her stamina during the fish’s four-hour fight didn’t wane.

"Once we had the fish, I was so excited that my arms and legs could have fallen off and I wouldn't have noticed," she says. "I think adrenalin is a great thing and it certainly kept me going.

She sent the fish’s measurements to the International Game Fish Association to recognize her as the new world record holder for a pacific bluefin tuna catch, and she's still waiting for the official word. But in the meantime, the New Zealand Sport Fishing Council announced this week it’s the largest fish ever caught by a female angler off New Zealand.

"The record is currently held by Kevin Baker, who caught a 777-pound tuna in Greymouth, New Zealand, last September. Pascoe’s catch took four hours to reel in.

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LTE: New Zealand: Telecom to Start trial in Wellington, Auckland

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesùs.

LTE: New Zealand: Telecom to Start  trial in Wellington, Auckland

Telecom New Zealand will begin 4G LTE trial in parts of Wellington and Auckland from Friday this week. The Auckland trial will take place in parts of the North Shore on the 2600MHz spectrum and will be conducted by Huawei. Alcatel-Lucent will run the trial in the Lower Hutt area of Wellington, also on the 2600MHz spectrum. Telecom is aiming to launch the new network late in 2013/early in 2014. 

Telecom is also planning two smaller trials of LTE outside of the main centres. Alcatel-Lucent will conduct a trial on behalf of Telecom in a rural part of southern Hawke’s Bay on the 700MHz spectrum (which will become available after the switch over to digital television) and Huawei will trial at 1800MHz and 2600MHz frequencies in a small area of Rotorua.

This first phase of the trial will run till mid-February and will focus on testing how the network performs in a New Zealand environment in a series of situations - for example its performance under a heavy load. It will also work through possible coverage models for the network, and identify and work through any technical issues that may arise during the deployment process. 

The second phase, which involves customer trials, will begin in mid-February and run until the end of March. 

Telecom also announced today that it had selected Ericsson to supply equipment for the Home Location Register (HLR) combined with the Home Subscriber Service (HSS) a core part of both the existing 3G and new 4G LTE network.

New Zealand : HP's TouchPad WebOS tablet confirmed.

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesùs.

New Zealand : HP's TouchPad  WebOS tablet confirmed.
 
has confirmed the availability o9f the HP TouchPad for July 28th . Apparently  the two basic wi-fi versions 16GB and 32GB will be launched, at the same prices of the USA versions. $499,99 and $599,99 .

Source:nbr