Protecting the Wildside’s unique biodiversity
Marie Haley lives in her great grandmother’s house on the Banks Peninsula land that was first farmed by her French great-great-great grandfather. It’s on a…
Fernbirds flourishing at Sinclair Wetlands
Glen Riley, coordinator at Te Nohoaka o Tukiauau, Sinclair Wetlands, 40km south of Dunedin, has been talking with some members of the Ornithological Society recently.…
Kiwi comeback inspires new charitable trust
As far as anyone knew, kiwi were long gone from the Houto Forest near Dargaville, until a kiwi was found on farmland just 1km north…
Adventure eco-tour company grows with forest
From the ziplines and swing bridges built high in the canopy of Rotorua’s Mamaku Forest there’s a phenomenal view of what a New Zealand forest…
Survey competition winners carry on Grandpa’s conservation work
Lamb prices are poor this season, there have been droughts in recent summers and another drought is forecast, but Otorohanga farming couple Jarrod and Danielle…
Tough little duck has some hardy supporters
New Zealand’s whio or blue duck (Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos to those with a fondness for Latin), likes nothing better than the turbulent white water of a…
Uruti children are Kiwi Kids
In the remote, rural valley of Uruti in North Taranaki, the 16 children at local Uruti School are bursting with pride. They’ve just taken out…
Gourmet Delights for Rodney Predators
The mice, rats, stoats, ferrets and possums in Rodney have been dining in style recently and many paid for it with their lives. Bacon, peanut…
Mind the Trap: Data Capture a Time-Saver on Great Barrier
Imagine this: you’re the new manager of Glenfern, a 260-hectare sanctuary on Great Barrier Island in Auckland. There are over 1,000 tunnels and bait stations…
Project Possum: it’s business time
When Kiwi kids are planning their future careers, there’s an option they may not have considered: working in the possum industry. New Zealand has tens…
School kids take on the possums
In February 2015, as part of a maths project, the students of Elsthorpe School set up some possum traps in the area to see what…
A Different Kind of Dark Knight
Auckland Council biodiversity officer Ben Paris, aka NZ Batman, is on a mission; not to save Gotham by defeating criminal masterminds, but to protect our…
Ratatouille: Birkenhead’s Urban Rat Blitz
The suburb of Birkenhead sits on Auckland’s North Shore, with views across the Waitemata Harbour, thriving bush reserves, a bustling shopping village, and it’s just…
Pestbusters: Bringing Back the Birdsong to Otatara
A few years ago Otatara resident Russell Evans underwent a heart bypass. While at home recuperating from the surgery, the bird sanctuary owner gazed out…
A way forward for community led conservation by Julian Fitter
Maketu Ongatoro Wetland Society (MOWS) was started in 2009 to help look after the colony of New Zealand Dotterel on Maketu Spit. This then quickly…
