Ahipara youngsters lead the way
They’re some of the youngest members of Ahipara’s small seaside community, but the children of Ahipara Sandhoppers are doing everything they can to help their…
Researchers study new ways to stop bait going mouldy
It’s not quite a sugar-coated pill, but the principle is similar – a nice flavoured coating that not only encourages rodents to take the bait,…
Port Chalmers farming family helps keep ‘Halo’ free of predators
With Orokonui Sanctuary nearby and the virgin forest of the Mihiwaka Reserve bordering their sheep and beef farm, Port Chalmers farmers John and Shona Chapman…
Lessons learned in combating mice on Quail Island
Canterbury’s Quail Island Ecological Restoration Trust has been working with Department of Conservation staff and researchers from Lincoln and other universities to eradicate introduced mammals…
Adele Earnshaw uses art to help Opua kiwi
Adele Earnshaw grew up in rural Warkworth on a 7-acre property that edged a river, a tributary of the Mahurangi River and with a huge…
Identifying the success stories in conservation
Conservation articles can be full of doom and gloom and struggle. But what about the success stories out there? An article just published online in…
Family swaps military life for remote Marlborough Sounds
Both Chris and Barbara Faulls used to have careers in the military. It meant an adventurous life with postings to all sorts of locations around…
Tūhoe share memories of how their forests used to be
Researchers from Landcare Research and Tūhoe Tuawhenua Trust recently worked together to look at community-based monitoring by Māori to assess forest health. They talked with…
‘8 days a week’ effort for Purangi kiwi
Bob and Karen Schumacher have been working “8 days a week since 2004” to help kiwi at their QEII covenanted property at Purangi in East…
Birds return favour keeping nursery pests at bay
Three generations of the Bayly family are involved in trapping predators on the family farm on the Kaipara Coast, half an hour’s drive north of…
Young trappers keen to help on Ashley estuary
Arlo Poore is only 5 years old – but he’s already something of an experienced trapper. He regularly helps Dad, Stuart, check his two traplines…
Mice numbers in the absence of mammal predators
House mice are the smallest mammal predators to have been introduced to Aotearoa/New Zealand since humans first arrived here around 1280AD. The mice arrived on…
Mangonui kids are creative and committed to helping kiwi
East of Kaitaia, near Doubtless Bay and overlooking the Mangonui Harbour, you’ll find Mangonui School. Currently it has just over 140 students in years 1-6…
Bait consumption study shows what appeals to rats
D-Block bait and DITRAC All-Weather BLOX are two commonly used, long-life rodent baits with the same active ingredient, the anticoagulant Diphacinone. Rats and mice need…
‘Rivers Rare’ tells success story of Waitaki braided river conservation
When the Waitaki hydro system was developed, 7,400 ha of open braided river habitat and 3,900 ha of swamplands were lost in order to ‘bring…
