Create a lizard friendly garden
Has your school got a neglected patch of playground that would benefit from a make-over? Want to make your own garden or backyard more wildlife…
St Andrews Primary plans to trap predators and feed rescue raptors
St Andrews Primary is a rural school in South Canterbury where children and teachers have strong ties to their natural environment. They’ve recently become a…
Nesting fantails balance predators and weather risks
Rats are bad news for nesting birds – but quantifying exactly how rat density relates to nesting success of our smallest and rarest birds is…
Papa Taiao courses develop leadership and sustainable enterprise skills
Every three weeks, 2-3 senior students from most central Wellington high schools come together for an after-school workshop to help them hone the leadership skills…
The results are in: Where to next for Pest Free Auckland Island?
Four months on from the first boat leaving for Auckland Island, all the field teams are home safely for the winter. A whirlwind summer has…
Jamie’s thesis reveals diet preferences of alpine stoats
Back in 2017, PFNZ Trust talked to Otago Zoology student Jamie McAulay about his Masters research on the diet of stoats. Well the Masters is…
Stealthy stoat eludes Hastings Golf Club trappers
There’s a stoat stalking the greens at Hastings Golf Club and members are determined to catch it. In fact, the stealthy stoat has inspired the…
Flee or freeze – lizard responses to new mammal predators investigated
Our native skinks and geckos have evolved with predators that rely on eyesight to spot them – predatory birds, other lizards and tuatara. For a…
Otuwhero Wetland Trust cites ‘sporting benefits’ of volunteer work
“Community conservation work should be designated a sport,” Helen Lindsay believes, “Then it might get more funding.” Helen is Chair of the Otuwhero Wetland Trust…
Moa vs Deer – are they so different?
Control possums, rodents and large introduced grazers and the forest understorey explodes with growth. It’s easy to think that this is what the original forests…
Community-led conservation dates back to 1960s at Bushy Park-Tarapuruhi
Bushy Park-Tarapuruhi Forest Sanctuary and Historic Homestead lies 25km north of Whanganui and has a long history of community-led conservation, going back to the early…
Monitoring methods trialled in Whangamarino wetland
Monitoring is an essential part of measuring the success of a predator control programme, but monitoring methods used in forests may not be directly applicable…
Wildlife Hospital patients show scars of narrow escapes
Injured and sick wildlife have been pouring into Dunedin’s new wildlife hospital since it opened just over a year ago. Some are sick and starving,…
Weka and 1080 – costs and benefits assessed
Weka are omnivores with a curiosity for anything new, which makes them vulnerable to 1080 poison. They’re known to swallow the types of pellets used…
NZ Conservation Trust raise kiwi and trap stoats
The New Zealand Conservation Trust (NZCT), based in Christchurch, has one of the largest kiwi breeding facility facilities in the South Island. They have an…
