Posted in Aotearoa, Auckland, Department of Conservation, Kapiti Island, Mount Bruce, bat, bush, conservation, doc, ecological, environment, extinction, island, maori, nature, new zealand, nz, short-tailed bats, wairarapa on September 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Scoop: Rare bats landing at Auckland Zoo
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The Department of Conservation (DOC), Auckland Zoo, and iwi, Kahungunu ki Wairarapa and Rangitane o Wairarapa, are hopeful that the bats will successfully breed to assist the recovery plan for this genetically unique group. The Waiohine Valley [...]
Posted in Aotearoa, Department of Conservation, Haast Pass, Mount Aspiring, National Park, conservation, doc, environment, lake, nature, new zealand, river, south island, trees, tvnz, valley on September 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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The Department of Conservation says a major landslip has caused a new lake in the Haast Pass area of Mount Aspiring National Park.
You would say that this would make a very interesting study, to see and record what happens here ecologically , it would be nice [...]
Posted in Christchurch, Frogs, Hochstetter’s frog, Maud Island frog, Orana Wildlife Park, Wetlands, Whistling frog, conservation, ecological, environment, extinction, island, nature, new zealand, nz, wetland, wildlife on September 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
New Zealand Tourism News – press releases, product updates.
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New Zealand’s unique frogs are among the most endangered species in the world! They need all the help they can get so Orana Wildlife Park is partnering with Cadbury Freddo Frog to support and promote frog conservation.
“Frogs are [...]
Posted in Stewart Island, bird, birds, chick, conservation, doc, extinction, fiordland, island, kiwi, nature, new zealand, nz, wellington, wildlife, tagged , , Arawhata, Biodiversity Strategy, bird, Department of Conservation, doc, Franz Josef, Haast, kiwi, kiwi bird, mainland, Motutapu, new zealand, Okarito, Okarito Brown Kiwi, Rarotoka, rowi, South Westland, Waiatoto on September 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Dozens of rare West Coast kiwi may be moved away from their ancestral homes to islands in the Hauraki Gulf and Foveaux Strait in a desperate attempt to save the species from extinction.
The Department of Conservation says it has to create back-up populations, away from stoats, to avert extinction.
Although some Haast and Okarito Rowi [...]
Posted in Hector's, Maui's, South Island Hector's, conservation, dolphin, environment, extinction, nature, new zealand, nz, wildernesses, wildlife, wwf, tagged conservation, dolphin, environment, Hector's, Maui's, nature, new zealand, nz, South Island Hector's, wildernesses, wildlife, wwf on September 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Scoop: NZers asked to help Stop Dolphin Extinction
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Stop Their Extinction launches today (Friday 21 September) with a national day of action, when teams of WWF volunteers and students from university environmental campaign network SANE (Students of Aotearoa Network for our Earth) will take to the streets in Auckland, Dunedin, [...]
Posted in Aotearoa, Auckland, Little spotted kiwi, Norway rat, Tiritiri Matangi, bird, birds, bush, conservation, doc, environment, island, kiwi, nature, new zealand, nz, travel, wildlife on September 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Rare kiwi thriving on Tiritiri Matangi: Media releases
Little spotted kiwi have more than doubled in number on their Hauraki Gulf island home in the last five years, according to the results of a recent Department of Conservation survey.
The population of kiwi on Tiritiri Matangi has grown to more than 60 (estimated at 60-80 birds) from [...]
Posted in Auckland, Norway rat, Saddleback, Tiritiri Matangi, birds, conservation, doc, ecological, environment, island, new zealand, nz, wildlife on September 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Rat stopped from getting to Tiritiri Matangi: Media releases
A Norway rat found on a ferry due to sail to Tiritiri Matangi was stopped from getting to the island sanctuary due to quick action by the ferry operator.
“All we need is one pregnant rodent to come ashore on Tiritiri and we would have a major incident [...]
Posted in Aotearoa, Inspiration, Penguin, bird, birds, chick, conservation, ecological, environment, nature, new zealand, nz, sponsorship, sustainability, trust, wildernesses, wildlife on September 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Scoop: Mainland — 18 Years of Supporting Penguins
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The Commitment:
Mainland has been a major sponsor of the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust since 1989. The association has become far more than just another sponsorship arrangement and is thought to be one of the longest standing relationships between a corporate and a wildlife organisation anywhere [...]
Posted in Tongariro, bird, birds, bush, conservation, doc, ecological, environment, kiwi, life, nature, new zealand, nz, taupo, trees, tvnz, video, wildernesses, wildlife on September 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
DOC takes kiwi threat seriously (01:52) | Video | tvnz.co.nz
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Posted in Aotearoa, Inspiration, Philosophy, Wetlands, bird, birds, conservation, ecological, environment, nature, new zealand, nz, sustainability, travel, trees on September 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
NZES Annual Conference 2007
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The 2007 conference of the New Zealand Ecological Society is set for 18–23 November, in Christchurch. The venue will be the Central lecture block at the Ilam campus of the University of Canterbury.
The conference features a major symposium titled “Feathers to Fur: the ecological transformation of [...]
Posted in Inspiration, bird, birds, dunes, godwit, life, nature, new zealand, nz, travel, wildlife, world on September 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A record-breaking godwit known as E7 is refuelling in the Firth of
Thames after having made it all the way to Alaska and back wearing a
surgically implanted satellite transmitter.
The female bird was
the first of 16 bar-tailed godwits tagged in February by ecologist Dr
Phil Battley, from Massey University, to return to New Zealand.
Data provided by the transmitter [...]
Posted in bee, botanical, conservation, doc, dunes, ecological, nature, new zealand, orchid, wellington, wetland, wildlife on September 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Discover the hidden world of Wellington’s wild orchids: media releases
Pterostylis banksii, one of our most
common orchids
Wellingtonians are being asked to keep their eyes peeled for their extraordinary, diverse and often cryptic native orchids when they venture into the outdoors.
Acknowledging the Wellington region as one of New Zealand’s “orchid hotspots”, the Department of Conservation has [...]
Posted in Albatross, Falcon, Matiu/Somes Island, North Island robin, Rifleman, Saddleback, Shining Cuckoo, Silvereye, bellbird, bird, birds, chick, conservation, ecological, fantail, godwit, grey warbler, hawk, huia, island, kaka, karori sanctuary, kereru, kiwi, morepork, nature, new zealand, stitchbird, takahe, video, weka, wellington, wildlife, yellowhead on September 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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In a few days it will be spring and the birds will be in full song.
But in some parts of the country it will be an extremely muted song.
In fact there are now areas known as ‘bird deserts’ where there are virtually no [...]
Posted in broad leaf, bush, climate change, conservation, environment, five finger, fungi, life, nature, new zealand, river, riverstone, sustainability, trees, upper hutt, valley, wellington, whakatikei, whakatikei river valley restoration on September 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Whakatikei Restoration project
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Five finger of various variety , plus many of the broad leaf plants and smaller trees, have very much made a strong comeback, with not only seedlings quite thick on the bush floor in many places, but with many of the third [...]
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