Blogger: Kakapo nest minder, Jeremy Beck. I recently returned from what will always remain a highlight in my life adventures— two weeks on Codfish Island with an anxiously monitored population of kakapo and a phenomenal group of fellow volunteers. Our mission began with a short but exhilarating helicopter ride to...
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Blogger: Massey University Journalism Student, Tamara Novak Forest & Bird’s month-long hunt for creatures around Mana, near Wellington has revealed over 1291 different beasties & plants residing in this area – five of which are new to science. Several local and international scientists, marine graduates, divers, ecologists, parents and children...
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Blogger: Ethno-botanist at Landcare Research, Sue Scheele In my first blog on medicinal native plants, I suggested it was worth knowing about plant uses in case of economic meltdown and the end of the fossil-fuel era. I forgot to mention earthquakes. Here in the relative safety of Lincoln, I’ve just...
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Blogger: Forest & Bird's North Island Field Officer, Al Fleming. The seemingly innocuous, sea-dwelling plant that is the mangrove is dividing communities as it spreads throughout the estuaries and harbours in Northland and the Bay of Plenty. A host of environmental factors has turned these coastal hotspots into prime mangrove habitat. In the past 68 years, mangrove...
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Guest Blogger: Ethnobotanist at Landcare Research, Sue Scheele Over the next few months, Sue Scheele will write a series of blogs on the medicinal uses of our home-grown plants. First up, the ubiquitous kawakawa - cough clearer, tooth-ache reliever and headache buster. Over to you Sue! Take a quick look at the...
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Blogger: Kakapo feeder and Forest & Bird's Fundraiser, Jolene Molloy As the chopper sliced through the chilled air and we bore down on one of the islands that sat nested amongst the still waters and majestic mountains of Fiordland, I couldn't help thinking our imperilled giant, green parrot occupies a rather idyllic...
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Blogger: Forest & Bird's North Island Conservation Manager, Mark Bellingham. As an island nation, we’re in a prime position to take advantage of one of the world’s fastest growing industries: aquaculture. Fish farming has been practised for eons: the Gunditjmara tribe in Australia practised eel husbandry back in 6000BC, the...
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Blogger: Forest & Bird Conservation Advocate, Nic Vallance Over this summer period, a national hero was found dead of natural causes. This hero is probably unknown to most New Zealanders, and is unusual in that he was of the kakapo variety. Richard Henry was perhaps our most famous nocturnal parrot,...
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Blogger: Forest & Bird's Conservation Advocate, Nic Vallance At the end of last year, our bovine citizenship reached 4.3 million – we now have more dairy cows than New Zealanders. And although this milestone has been on the cards for years now this fact has been met with a muted response from...
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