28Mar 12, 2012
Border collie-cross Manu joined her owner, lizard expert Marieke Lettink, at the Denniston BioBlitz on March 2-4 to track down skinks and geckos. Manu reveals how she copes as a canine superstar. Q: What’s it like being a lizard dog? A: The best job in the world, I get to run around and search for lizards […]
29Dec 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 […]
30Jun 23, 2010
Guest blogger: Forest & Bird’s conservation advocate Quentin Duthie Forest & Bird is concerned about a proposed “Game Animal Council” that would take over management of four of the largest and most tasty pest animals in New Zealand – deer, pigs, thar and chamois. We think it’s essential that management of these pest animals and […]
31Nov 25, 2008
For good reason, Jaws has been spoofed ad nauseum. And just when you thought this line of film had breathed it’s dying breath conservationists with cameras have taken up the mantle, bringing new levels of absurdity to this genre. The recently awarded Save our Seas Foundation video is just the ticket, driving home the point […]
32Nov 13, 2008
Well, well, well, as I predicted in my pre-election blog (OK, so it was hardly long odds or a wild bet) we have a new government. The question is now, what’s in it for conservation? At the moment, we’re waiting to see who gets the ministerial posts of most interest to us here at Forest […]
33Oct 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 […]