Onetahua Restoration: A vision for a thriving wildlife habitat
The Onetahua Restoration Project got off to a flying start in September when the Minister of Conservation announced that Predator Free 2050 is releasing $3 million of funding for pest eradication in the Farewell Spit region. This bold ambition is a long-term shared community vision to enable future generations the chance to enjoy a wealth […]
Lost and Found – The Travelling Trap
Flood Residents living close to the Motueka River and its tributaries awoke on the morning of the 17th July to flooding that rivalled anything witnessed for over 30 years. The persistent rains from a moist northerly airflow combined with snowmelt on the Wharepapa Range to swell the Motueka River from it’s normal flow of around […]
2021 Battle for the Banded Rail planting dates
Planting season has begun! And Battle for the Banded Rail, always supremely well-organised, has published all its Waimeha/Waimea Inlet planting dates for the entire season. Check it out: Download a pdf file here. The first planting session is this coming Sunday, 23 May 2021 at the Stringer Embankment on Bronte Peninsula. The weather’s meant to […]
Student Volunteer Army aiming to plant 1,000+ trees at Neimann Creek
Media release for immediate distribution 22 April 2021 On 7 May 2021, 80 members of Christchurch’s Student Volunteer Army (SVA) will be piling into vans and heading to Nelson for a weekend of hard yakka. Their first mission: to plant 1,000+ native trees along Neimann Creek in under three hours. Breanna Greaney of SVA’s events […]
Farmers for Whio: building predator traps at Ngatimoti School
During Whio Awareness Month, Farmers for Whio representative Barry Burger visited Ngatimoti School in Tasman to give students hands-on experience with building predator traps. We sent our reporter along for a look. It’s 8:50am and Ngatimoti School’s Room 5 teacher, Malcolm Hepburn, is marshalling, delegating and multi-tasking like a high-level CEO. He’s clearly in his […]
Finding whio ducklings on the Graham
In a season that didn’t bode well for whio ducklings, sighting two of them on the Graham River last month was a welcome relief. Whio/blue ducks are tough. Fast-flowing alpine rivers are their thing. Their babies are expert at navigating white water from just a day old but even these staunch little dudes have their […]
Nelson Tasman hosts NZ’s first blue carbon workshop
1 September 2020 Media ReleaseFor immediate distribution “From backyard dump to somewhere special,” was one participant’s vision for Nelson-Tasman’s estuaries at New Zealand’s inaugural Blue Carbon Workshop last Friday. Twenty-five representatives from local business, government, community conservation and other stakeholder groups attended the workshop at the Headingly Centre, Richmond to learn about natural carbon sequestration in […]