Blog updated 18 December with a Kauri Dieback Science FAQ written by leading kauri dieback experts Updated 22 January – The rāhui covers all tracks within the forest. A list of areas in the Waitakeres where you can still walk can be found here – Rahui Clarification. “Please stop visiting the Waitakere Ranges forests until it […]

In early December, the Government announced its intention to introduce new legislation that will lift the reserve status over 11.7 hectares at Point England Reserve in Auckland. They plan to sell it to Ngāti Pāoa to build a new housing development that includes 300 homes and a marae. Point England Reserve is the largest public open […]

As of yesterday there are still 16 signals that our monitor Heidrun picked up at the wetland. There had been 15 for a while but one bird returned after an absence of 7 weeks. Another early departee has not returned but with some birds returning after long intervals who knows what will happen. At the […]