An exhibition by Erin Forsyth of taonga species illustrated for Aotea Great Barrier Environmental Trust. Opening event Saturday 23 March, 2-4pm nibbles provided, all welcome. Open call for artwork! Draw your favourite forest taonga species. Deliver to the gallery by … Read More
On behalf of Auckland Council, DronezUp will be conducting a specialised pest plant mapping programme around Aotea Great Barrier Island using small drones across suspected sites. Weather dependent, the work will form part of our ongoing pest plant control programme, … Read More
Report your catch to LegaSea. Mushy or not. Snapper, the scavengers of the ocean, are one of the least fussy fish when it comes to food. For many Kiwis they symbolise a classic summer day out fishing and a feed … Read More
On 12 March, World Parrot Org’s Luis Ortiz-Catedral will be on Island to walk us through the reserve in Okiwi which is home to a population of Kākāriki, on which he is an expert. Luis last joined us in January … Read More
The Okiwi Community Ecology Project has been carrying out its annual Asian Paddle Crab monitoring in the Whangapoua estuary since November. The students of Okiwi School are experts at this conservation mahi and this season has seen two juvenile pest … Read More
This year we celebrate 25 years of ecological restoration in the Windy Hill Sanctuary. Beginning with a 100 rat traps in a tiny 20 HA patch at Windy Hill in 1999 we now manage pests in partnership with 58 landowners … Read More
Climbing Asparagus also known as Asparagus fern, Mesophyll scandens, originally from South America, is one of the North Islands worst weeds and is well established across the North Island and has spread to the South Island. It smothers native vegetation and … Read More
You may or may not have caught wind of an exciting project developing at Kaitoke School –a whizz-bang pump track, open to all (outside school hours). A pump track (for those not familiar with our island’s only existing one in … Read More