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Troops have been deployed to provide logistical help for trapping and hunting bears, while riot police will be allowed to use rifles to shoot the animals, which can weigh half a tonne and outrun a human.

The World Health Organization considers mercury one of the top 10 chemicals of major public health concern, calling it "toxic to human health".

Critics fear deep-sea mining will smother marine life with waste and the noise of heavy machinery will disrupt oceanic migrations.

The film remains among the highest-grossing New Zealand movies and won international accolades.

But on a personal level Watson was known as at best cantankerous and frank, at worst mean and bigoted.