Monday, 21 December 2009, 11:12 am Press Release: NZ Plant Conservation Network Climate change increases value of Kiwi native plant The golden sand sedge – pingao – has won the New Zealand Plant Conservation Network’s 2009 favourite plant poll, and could be a valuable defence against climate change effects. The pingao topped more than 100 [...]
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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 [...]
Endangered Species Highlighted in Tourism Report
Posted in Aotearoa, conservation, dolphin, ecological, environment, extinction, Hector's, Maui's, nature, new zealand, nz, South Island Hector's, wildernesses, wildlife, world on March 26, 2008 |
Scoop: Endangered Species Highlighted in Tourism Report Click to enlarge New Zealand has received the worst possible ranking, last amongst 130 countries, for its protection of threatened species, according to the World Economic Forum’s latest Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report (T&TCR) Care for the Wild International chief executive, Dr Barbara Maas, who is currently in [...]
New Zealanders asked to help Stop Dolphin Extinction
Posted in conservation, dolphin, environment, extinction, Hector's, Maui's, nature, new zealand, nz, South Island Hector's, 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 |
Scoop: NZers asked to help Stop Dolphin Extinction click on image for a larger version 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 [...]
Mainland — 18 Years of Supporting Penguins
Posted in Aotearoa, bird, birds, chick, conservation, ecological, environment, Inspiration, nature, new zealand, nz, Penguin, sponsorship, sustainability, trust, wildernesses, wildlife on September 14, 2007 |
Scoop: Mainland — 18 Years of Supporting Penguins click on image for mainland 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 [...]
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
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 [...]
Robins the first birds to be transferred
Posted in bird, birds, conservation, doc, environment, karori sanctuary, Matiu/Somes Island, nature, new zealand, North Island robin, nz, sustainability, wellington, wildernesses, wildlife on August 17, 2007 |
Scoop: Robins the first birds to be transferred Outward bound: North Island robins the first birds to be transferred out of Karori Sanctuary Until now wildlife has arrived at Karori Sanctuary on a one-way ticket. But seven years after the first birds were released at the Sanctuary, bird numbers are booming and the Sanctuary is [...]
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 [...]
Create another world in your own back yard
Posted in conservation, doc, ecological, environment, life, nature, new zealand, nz, sustainability, wellington, wildernesses, wildlife on August 5, 2007 |
Create another world in your own back yard: media releases Greater Wellington residents are offered help to transform their back yards into havens for native wildlife during Conservation Week (August 6 – 12). They’ll receive a free native plant for their garden in exchange for a weed at a weed swap at The NewDowse, 45 [...]
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 [...]
Kiwi death prompts call for tighter leash on dogs
Posted in bird, birds, conservation, doc, ecological, environment, kiwi, life, nature, new zealand, nz, Stewart Island, sustainability, wildernesses, wildlife on July 17, 2007 |
Kiwi death prompts call for tighter leash on dogs: Media release A fatal dog attack on a Stewart Island brown kiwi / tokoeka has highlighted the need for dog owners to be keep their animals under control at all times. The Department of Conservation was alerted to the incident by a member of the public [...]
Research looks at native trees, carbon emissions
Posted in botanical, bush, climate change, ecological, environment, global warming, mushroom, nature, new zealand, nz, sustainability, wildernesses, world on June 22, 2007 |
Scoop: Research looks at native trees, carbon emissions rimu and miro in the whakatikei river valley Are our native trees adding to or reducing New Zealand’s carbon emissions? That’s the question Rotorua scientists are hoping to answer with one of their current research projects. Two projects investigating native trees and carbon emissions are underway at [...]
Mysterious bird in a league of its own
Posted in bird, birds, bush, conservation, environment, grey warbler, nature, new zealand, nz, stitchbird, wildernesses, wildlife on June 21, 2007 |
Mysterious bird in a league of its own – 21 Jun 2007 – NZ Herald: New Zealand and International Environment News A new family of indigenous New Zealand birds has been created after a crucial discovery aided by the curator of Auckland Museum. Curator Dr Brian Gill and an international team of scientists have discovered [...]
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 [...]
Sanctuary or extinction for Maui’s dolphins
Posted in conservation, doc, ecological, environment, life, Maui's, nature, new zealand, nz, sustainability, wildernesses, wildlife, world on June 14, 2007 |
Forest and Bird Media Release A marine mammal sanctuary is our last chance to save Maui’s dolphins from extinction, Forest & Bird says. Forest & Bird today (World Oceans Day) announced its proposal for a marine mammal sanctuary off the north-west coast of the North Island to protect the critically endangered dolphins. Forest & Bird [...]
Kaka To Be Released Into Karori Sanctuary
Posted in bird, birds, chick, conservation, ecological, environment, kaka, nature, new zealand, nz, wellington, wildernesses, wildlife on June 14, 2007 |
Scoop: Kaka To Be Released Into Karori Sanctuary Wellington’s kaka population is set to be three birds better off from Monday 11 June, when kaka chicks bred at Wellington Zoo are released at Karori Sanctuary. Effectively extinct in Wellington since the early 1900s, the gregarious and highly intelligent kaka has made a remarkable comeback since [...]
Takahe leave island for mountain homeland
Posted in birds, climate change, conservation, ecological, environment, fiordland, global warming, life, nature, new zealand, nz, sustainability, takahe, wildernesses, wildlife on May 31, 2007 |
Scoop: Takahe leave island for mountain homeland The flightless takahe, the largest living member of the rail family, was rediscovered in the Murchison Mountains in 1948. DOC’s work to recover the species has been focussed on establishing self-sustaining populations in Fiordland and on predator-free islands. Since the late 1980s DOC has been managing takahe nests [...]
Skink discovery excites scientists
Posted in bush, conservation, ecological, environment, fiordland, Inspiration, life, nature, new zealand, nz, skink, weta, wildernesses on April 21, 2007 |
Skink discovery excites scientists – New Zealand news on Stuff.co.nz Hollywood has its dinosaur-infested lost islands, now one of New Zealand’s last unspoilt wildernesses can boast a few reptilian surprises of its own. The Sinbad Valley, tucked away in a corner of Fiordland, has revealed a range of weird and wonderful new species over the [...]
Urgent action on albatross slaughter supported
Posted in Albatross, bird, birds, chick, conservation, forest and bird, nature, new zealand, nz, sustainability, wildernesses, wildlife, world on November 29, 2006 |
Scoop: Urgent action on albatross slaughter supported Forest & Bird supports urgent measures proposed by Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton to close the Kermadec Islands fishery to long-lining fishing after a vessel killed 51 albatrosses in a single trip.
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