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Possum walking along the ground

New business venture finds growing market for possum meat

When it comes to possums, Zach Howarth believes in ‘utilising it all’. He’s about to sell his first shipment of possum meat to petfood manufacturer…

Image credit: Otago Peninsula Biodiversity Group

Art exhibition is latest initiative for Otago Peninsula group

An art exhibition is an unusual way to tackle introduced pests, but ‘Citizen Sci-Art’, on show at the Portobello Hall for the weekend 27-28 February,…

Two people stand amongst long grass overlooking the ocean and headlands

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…

Man in a canoe with a dog, kayak in backgroun

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.…

A sign tells people "kiwi live here" and tells them "dogs by permission only please"

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…

A close-up of a peripatus

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…

The Hawkins family on the farm

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…

Woman in snow

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

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

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

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

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

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 close up of the face of the bat as it being held

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…

A robin

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…