1Dec 24, 2010
Bloggers: Communications Officer, Dave Brooks & Conservation Advocates, Quentin Duthie, Debs Martin & Mark Bellingham If you’ve got a hankering for a little natural history, or you’re wanting to pick up green-read this summer look no further. In this blog, our staff give you their top picks. Quentin Duthie, Consevation Advocate During the summer, I usually head into […]
2Dec 24, 2010
Blogger: Forest & Bird’s Web Manager, Mandy Herrick As the mercury rises, the almighty insect kingdom is truly awakened – cicadas beat out their rambunctuous song, butterflies burst onto the scene and honey bees swarm in search of a new residence. New Zealand has eight types of introduced bees that were brought here for their honey-making abilities or to aid in pollination. […]
3Dec 20, 2010
Blogger: Bug-enthusiast and Tauranga branch member, Eila Lawton. You know that summer’s here when the sound of a thousand miniature drums fills the airwaves – cicadas. This courtship call is done by the male – who transforms from a pale dirt-dwelling larvae into a handsome, green-suited bug in his twilight weeks. In his final interation, he is turned […]
4Dec 10, 2010
Blogger: Waste Minimisation Officer & Education Manager and former chairperson for the Wellington Branch Donna Sherlock The 21st century landfill will ultimately become an energy producing station that can power anything from fleets of cars to thousands of homes. And although this thinking isn’t new – Marco Polo used to cover sewage ponds to produce bio-gas […]
5Dec 1, 2010
Blogger: Forest & Bird Advocate, Nic Vallance Last weekend saw more than 200 people head for the township of Twizel to engage in two days of discussions around the future of the Mackenzie Basin. Despite the last-minute boycott by Federated Farmers, it was a positive and constructive meeting that involved a large number of people […]
6Nov 30, 2010
Blogger: Forest & Bird’s Web Manager, Mandy Herrick An army of miniscule tailed pathogens has been storming across our ancient kauri-land leaving skeletal remains in its wake. In this video, I talked to one of the people fronting the counter-attack – Auckland Council Ranger, Nick Waipara. So far, it has spread to Great Barrier, Auckland and Northland, and […]
7Nov 16, 2010
Bloggers: Fellows-in-conservation, Graeme Hill (writer, muso, RadioLive weekend variety wireless host and lover of NZ nature) and Forest & Bird Conservation Advocate, Nicola Vallance. Nicola: Hot on the heels of the Forest & Bird “Bird of the Year” (BOTY) competition, the New Zealand Plant Conservation Network has launched their annual “Plant of the Year” competition. […]
8Nov 15, 2010
Genetic scientist Tammy Steeves is one of a few lab-rats in the country working closely with recovery groups to improve the genetic soup of our most imperilled species. During her research career, she’s studied everything from the miniscule to the massive: marine snails to grey whales. Birds are now her focus. A kaki- poaka hybrid. […]
9Nov 5, 2010
Blogger: North Island Conservation Advocate, Mark Bellingham Wanted: Hoon-free beach wanted for critically endangered bird (no = 36) to live in peace. Must be free of cats, dogs, 4WDs and hooligans. The longer you work in conservation, the more you realise the fickle nature of our moral judgements. One such species that has drawn the […]