Rats and rare birds
Controlling rats is the key to creating a healthy forest. Rats eat almost everything. They eat the fruits and the seeds that
Neighbour Newsletter Winter 18
New Phone Number The Project now has a permanent contact number. The number is forwarded to a “duty officer”, to deal with
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.
Predator Free 2050 Aug17
Can we rid New Zealand of possums, rats and stoats by 2050? Kevin Hackwell ‘Yes, we can,” says Forest &
May 2017 – Tracking tunnels and discovering geckos
Auckland green gecko You have to be lucky to see a native gecko in the forest. The little lizards are
Pests of Aongatete Forest – video
These are the enemy of native biodiversity. This film was compiled in 2014 (no sound). We use game cameras to understand the
March 2016 – Return of the rifleman
‘Bring back the birds’ is the slogan of the Aongatete Forest Project. In previous years the eggs and chicks of birds like
February 2016 – Killing for Survival
In New Zealand conservation is all about killing. It’s tragic but it’s true. The animals we kill we call ‘pests’. Before people