1Nov 29, 2017
Our Seabird Conservation Advocate, Karen Baird, was in Blenheim and Kaikoura running an international seabird identification course for BirdLife International. Better collection and sharing of information can help us reduce fishing bycatch to zero. It is essential to know what seabird species are being caught, where, and how many, to be able to take international […]
2Jan 9, 2014
Rodney has finished his 6.45am on-ship briefing. I photograph his hand-drawn map of Enderby Island and kit up for the day; wash the gumboots in antibacterial solution, check velcro for stray seeds, put on a life-jacket, throw some woollies and lunch into a daypack and head for the gang-plank. I ask Sergey one of the […]
3Nov 5, 2013
Our sooty shearwaters, or titi make one of the longest migrations on the planet and I was enlisted to stand on a windy cliff-top, arms outstretched in a hope of netting them (and their data loggers) so we have a fuller understanding of their flight path. Eighteen months ago, DOC scientist, Graeme Taylor, had put […]
4Oct 14, 2008
Just three weeks till the election and while the polls are tightening up a bit I probably wouldn’t be a making wildly speculative punt in predicting that they might be rearranging the furniture in the Beehive soon. That thought has been exercising the minds of environmental types lately, in particular thinking about what a change […]