Kiwi recovery programmes are proving their worth even though the national population of the threatened bird continues to decline, Conservation Department science officer Rogan Colbourne says. Mr Colbourne has been part of the BNZ Operation Nest Egg scheme. The Hawke’s Bay group released its 100th young North Island brown kiwi into the Kaweka Ranges on [...]
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Recovery programmes slow kiwi’s decline
Posted in Aotearoa, bird, bush, Department of Conservation, doc, extinction, Hawke’s Bay, kiwi, Little spotted kiwi, new zealand, nz, Possums, trees, wairarapa, tagged Department of Conservation, Hawke’s Bay, Kawekas, kiwi, Kiwi recovery, new zealand, Okarito, Outdoor Education Trust, Parauri, possums on April 2, 2011 |
Rat scare at island sanctuary averted by four-legged hero
Posted in Aotearoa, Auckland, bird, birds, bush, conservation, Department of Conservation, doc, environment, extinction, island, Motuihe Island, nature, new zealand, rat, trees, tv3, Uncategorized, video, wildernesses, wildlife on May 1, 2008 |
TV3 > News > Weather/Environment News > Story > Rat scare at island sanctuary averted by four-legged hero An island sanctuary for rare birds has been at the centre of a pest scare today. Motuihe Island in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf has been rat-free for 15 years, but yesterday paw prints were found at several spots [...]
Long Gully control programme to protect native birds and bush
Posted in birds, bush, ecological, environment, karori sanctuary, nature, new zealand, nz, possum, rat, sustainability, trees, wellington, wildlife, wrc on October 3, 2007 |
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 [...]
DOC goes digital intoducing- “meet the locals” tvnz6
Posted in birds, conservation, Department of Conservation, doc, ecological, environment, life, meet the locals, nature, new zealand, nz, sustainability, travel, trees, tvnz, wildlife, world on October 1, 2007 |
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 [...]
New Zealands newest lake
Posted in Aotearoa, conservation, Department of Conservation, doc, environment, Haast Pass, lake, Mount Aspiring, National Park, nature, new zealand, river, south island, trees, tvnz, valley on September 27, 2007 |
click on the images for the tvnz video 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 [...]
DOC takes kiwi threat seriously
Posted in bird, birds, bush, conservation, doc, ecological, environment, kiwi, life, nature, new zealand, nz, taupo, Tongariro, trees, tvnz, video, wildernesses, wildlife on September 14, 2007 |
DOC takes kiwi threat seriously (01:52) | Video | tvnz.co.nz click on image for video
New Zealand Ecological Society Annual Conference 2007
Posted in Aotearoa, bird, birds, conservation, ecological, environment, Inspiration, nature, new zealand, nz, Philosophy, sustainability, travel, trees, Wetlands on September 13, 2007 |
NZES Annual Conference 2007 click on image for the link 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 [...]
Forest understory takes off
Posted in broad leaf, bush, climate change, conservation, environment, five finger, fungi, life, nature, new zealand, river, riverstone, sustainability, trees, Uncategorized, upper hutt, valley, wellington, whakatikei, whakatikei river valley restoration on September 2, 2007 |
Whakatikei Restoration project click on images for larger ( phone camera ) versions 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 [...]
Honda Tree Fund Community Planting Day
Posted in botanical, bush, climate change, conservation, ecological, environment, global warming, honda, Inspiration, life, nature, new zealand, nz, sustainability, tree fund, trees, wellington, wildernesses, wildlife, world on August 31, 2007 |
Greater Wellington – Mauriceville community planting day Mauriceville village will be further enhanced next month with the planting of native trees and shrubs during a HondaTree Fund Community Planting Day. The HondaTree Fund has provided the funding to purchase 300 trees and shrubs for this year’s event along with mulch and fertiliser. The event has [...]
Rural living field day
Posted in botanical, bush, conservation, doc, environment, life, new zealand, sustainability, trees, wellington, wetland, Wetlands on August 21, 2007 |
Greater Wellington – Rural living field day 20 August 2007 Greater Wellington Regional Council, AgResearch and Wellington City Council are hosting a rural living field day in Ohariu Valley for anyone interested in developing their rural lifestyle block. Learn about landscape design, including what to plant, where and why and you can also take home [...]
Science Supports Forest Regeneration
Posted in bellbird, birds, bush, climate change, conservation, ecological, environment, kereru, kiwi, maori, matai, new zealand, rimu, sustainability, Tongariro, trees, wildernesses, wildlife on August 10, 2007 |
Scientific research being carried out in the Ngāi Tūhoe forests in the central North Island is delivering valuable knowledge about indigenous forest ecosystems and giving Maori landowners tools to restore and preserve their native forest resource. Over the past four years, Landcare Research scientists have been working with the Tuawhenua Trust, to investigate why [...]
Lifetime’s Work Wins Top Book Award
Posted in botanical, bush, conifers, conservation, ecological, environment, fungi, life, mushroom, new zealand, nz, Photography, Tongariro, travel, trees, wetland, Wetlands, wildernesses, wildlife on August 2, 2007 |
Eagle’s Complete Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand, a book that took author and painter, Audrey Eagle more than 50 years to complete, is the winner of the 2007 Montana Medal for non fiction. The two-volume work contains more than 800 hand painted plates; images of every single New Zealand tree and shrub, some of [...]
Karori Sanctuary, tour by torchlight
Posted in bat, bird, birds, botanical, bush, conservation, ecological, environment, glow-worms, karori sanctuary, kiwi, morepork, mouse, nature, new zealand, trees, tuatara, weka, wellington, weta, wildlife on July 17, 2007 |
Spotting ‘little spots’ on Wellington’s wildest night out Wellington’s wildest night out just got even better! Throughout July and August, we are running a special two-for-one deal on our unique nocturnal tours. Conditions apply. Take a tour by torchlight through New Zealand’s native forest at night. Your guide will help you to spot morepork, tuatara, [...]
DOC to eradicate mice on Abel Tasman islands
Posted in Abel Tasman National Park, bellbird, bird, birds, conservation, doc, ecological, environment, fantail, grey warbler, kereru, mouse, nature, new zealand, nz, trees, wildernesses, wildlife on June 19, 2007 |
The Department of Conservation is to eradicate mice on three Abel Tasman National Park islands so they can become pest-free sanctuaries for native species. DOC Motueka area manager Colin Wishart said mice were currently the only mammalian pests on Adele, Fisherman’s and Tonga islands and their removal would enhance the islands’ native vegetation and wildlife.Bird [...]
Organic Bees Surviving Colony Collapse Disorder
Posted in bee, climate change, conservation, ecological, environment, Inspiration, life, nature, sustainability, trees, world on May 17, 2007 |
Organic Bees Surviving Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) » Celsias I know this won’t come as a surprise to many of our readers, nor to the many organic beekeepers that have been commenting on our posts, but there have been several reports of organic bee colonies surviving where the ‘industrial’ bee colonies are collapsing. Here is [...]
Time for action on troublesome trees
Posted in climate change, conifers, conservation, ecological, environment, nature, new zealand, sustainability, trees on May 11, 2007 |
Scoop: Time for action on troublesome trees before after Wilding conifers are increasingly a scourge on the landscape. Now for the first time, all agencies and land managers concerned about the pest trees have banded together, forming a group to research the extent of the problem, and how best to deal with it. Blogged with [...]
restoration day 2007
Posted in birds, bush, conservation, ecological, environment, life, nature, new zealand, sustainability, trees, wellington, wetland, whakatikei river valley restoration, wildlife on May 11, 2007 |
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