Good Eggs: Whakatipu Reforestation Trust & Shotover Primary School
In a new suburb of Queenstown a unique team-up of conservation legends is working to restore a local wetland – with benefits for the whole community. We love their work!
E-scential Workers: Dogs who support conservation efforts
With up to 300 million scent receptors, compared to the mere 6 million receptors of a human, dogs can be trained to indicate the presence of a range of biosecurity threats. Meet some of New Zealand
Our World of Nature
We've got plenty of news on local bird populations, international wind turbine studies, NZ Fauna of the Year, international shipping route changes - and a delightful encounter between a labrador and a whale shark.
We’re all a-twitter over the findings from the 2021 NZ Garden Bird Survey!
The results are in for the 2021 New Zealand Garden Bird Survey. At 5894 results nationwide, 2021 saw a near-identical number of submitted surveys as 2020.
An important time of year for the Kākāpō
Hot on the heels of Valentine’s Day comes more good news from Cupid. New Zealand’s beloved kākāpō, 2020 Bird of the Year winner (and recipient of recent funding from our Soar Initiative), is currently in the middle of successful breeding season.
In tune with nature: Project Island Song
Since 2009 Project Island Song has provided a pest-mammal free wildlife sanctuary for several rare and endangered species across the seven main islands of Ipipiri in the eastern Bay of Islands. Keeping track of bird populations can be tricky. However thanks to some feeding stations, remote cameras and our delicious millet, the project team has started off on the right foot…
The 2020 NZGBS results have arrived…
As we near the end of the NZ Garden Bird Survey in 2021 the results from last year have just been released.
Navigating by a new Star: Part 2
Here's the second part of the fascinating story behind a pre-pilot study coming out of Otago – one that seeks to provide New Zealand’s homes with a Gardenstar rating for the biodiversity of their property.