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 meat to pet food manufacturer ‘Possyum’.
Art exhibition is latest initiative for Otago Peninsula group
An art exhibition is an unusual way to tackle introduced pests.
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.
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. According to the ornithologists, spotless crake were seen at the wetlands 30 years ago, but have been rare ever since.
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 of the forest.
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 looks like when it’s not full of possums and rats.
Survey competition winners carry on Grandpa’s conservation work
Otorohanga farming couple Jarrod and Danielle Hawkins said if it rained this summer, they could buy more kill traps for their QE II covenant block.
Tough little duck has some hardy supporters
New Zealand’s whio or blue duck, likes nothing better than the turbulent white water of a fast-flowing mountain river.
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 an Environmental Action in Education Award and have a handsome trophy to prove it.
Gourmet Delights for Rodney Predators
Bacon, peanut butter and blue vein cheese were all on the menu as the children at Kaipara Flats, Tomarata and Tauhoa Schools experimented to find out what baits worked best to entice predators into their traps.
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.
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.
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 happened. The results may surprise you…
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….
Ratatouille: Birkenhead’s Urban Rat Blitz
Birkenhead sits on Auckland’s North Shore. Like many New Zealand neighbourhoods that border bushland reserves or waterways, there’s a bit of a rat problem.
















