Streams reveal astonishing variety of life
We've all seen those gritty TV dramas that have astonishing science and tech at their fingertips to analyse the DNA from crime
A video about the project
We were recently given the chance, thank to the amazing Anna Dawson and the clever team at Bay of Plenty Regional Council,
Bay Conservation Alliance: big aspirations
Bay Conservation Alliance launched on Friday 21st September 2018 as part of National Conservation Week and with the support of Conservation Minister
Forest ringlet butterfly
As the song goes; ‘If you go into the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise,’ and that is just what
Neighbour Newsletter Summer 18
Greetings, neighbors of Aongatete Forest. This is the first of more regular newsletters from us, to keep you informed about our activities.
The lone kauri Nov17
The long loop track at Aongatete leads gently up into the Kaimai forest. The forest changes as you climb. The lowland trees
April 2017 – Giant moss
Male Moss A giant grows at Aongatete. It’s not a tree or a fern or a flower – it’s a
December 2016 – Spiders
If you go into the forest at night and shine a torch around the tree trunks, you will see tiny pinpricks of
November 2016 – Breakfast with the Birds
The overnight event at Aongatete Lodge was billed as ‘Breakfast with the Birds’. It could equally have been described as ‘Spying on
October 2016 – the birds are back
Spring is here. The shining cuckoos are calling in the forest. They have spent the winter in the Solomon Islands and flown