Posted in Aotearoa, Stephens Island, conservation, environment, extinction, island, karori sanctuary, maori, new zealand, nz, tuatara, video, wellington, wildlife on October 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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One hundred and thirty tuatara have been freed into the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary in a continued effort to establish a mainland population.
A team of scientists spent five days on Stephens Island in the Marlborough Sounds last week catching the tuatara.
Conservation scientist Raewyn Empson said warm weather last week [...]
Posted in Christchurch, Department of Conservation, conservation, doc, extinction, mudfish, nature, new zealand, nz, sustainability, tv3, video, wildlife on October 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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In 1924 a north Canterbury farmer discovered a new species of fish – not an amazing feat in itself, except this fish doesn’t need water to survive
Today, the town of Oxford made the critically endangered fish a local hero in an effort to save it.
The endangered Canterbury mudfish are so [...]
Posted in Dunedin, Inspiration, Penguin, Yellow-eyed Penguin, bird, birds, conservation, ecological, nature, new zealand, south island, sponsorship, sustainability, trust, wildlife on October 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Scoop: Vodafone gets in behind the Yellow-eyed Penguins
Vodafone and Run The Red are excited to announce Donatelive! a new service which is the first of its kind in New Zealand. The service enables customers with Vodafone live! capable handsets to donate to the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust.
Users can donate $3, $5 or $9 and in return [...]
Posted in Albatross, Aotearoa, Department of Conservation, Inspiration, bird, birds, chick, conservation, doc, ecological, extinction, new zealand, travel, wildlife, world on October 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
New Zealand albatross making massive flights – New Zealand news on Stuff.co.nz
Three New Zealand birds are enjoying their big OE and are not expected back for years.
The three northern royal albatross are being monitored as part of a Massey University PhD student’s research into their behaviour.
Conservation Minister Chris Carter said a chick [...]
Posted in wellington on October 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Scoop: Fancy a dirty weekend in your own back yard?
Residents of Wellington and the Kapiti Coast are encouraged to have a Dirty weekend in their own back yard.
After a session clearing environmentally-damaging weeds from their garden, they will be rewarded with a replacement native plant at weed swaps at Wellington’s Waitangi Park from 10am [...]
Posted in birds, bush, ecological, environment, karori sanctuary, nature, new zealand, nz, possum, rat, sustainability, trees, wellington, wildlife, wrc on October 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Greater Wellington – Long Gully control programme to protect native birds and bush
Native birds and bush in Long Gully, near the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, will benefit from a possum and rat control operation which begins on Monday 8 October 2007. The operation is part of an ongoing programme to keep possum and rat numbers at [...]
Posted in Department of Conservation, birds, conservation, doc, ecological, environment, life, meet the locals, nature, new zealand, nz, sustainability, travel, trees, tvnz, wildlife, world on October 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Some of the country’s shyest, weirdest and rarest inhabitants have stepped into the limelight on TVNZ’s new digital
channel, TVNZ 6.
Meet the Locals is a new series of four-minute shows featuring everything from electric fishing for our enigmatic native fish, to getting up close and personal with New Zealand’s mysterious short-tailed bats.
The series has emerged from [...]
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