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Aerial restoration antics at Aongatete
Spring 2020 saw us carry out an innovative restoration of indigenous biodiversity in our forest. Several years in the planning, this involved epiphytes – plants that grow on other plants. Usually unnoticed and unappreciated because they
Readying nesting boxes for rifleman
In the lead up to the titipounamu/rifleman nesting season, it’s not uncommon to find Barry Pethybridge in the forest sitting in a camping chair, camera and tripod in hand, waiting for the native bird to make an
Toi Ohomai do the mahi
Our first Volunteer Saturday after lockdown was a biggie. We had a tremendous turnout to help combat the influx of Rattus rattus that moved into our forest whilst we were all stuck at home! Bait lines
Bat discovery at Aongatete
New Zealand has two species of bats: the long-tailed bat (Chalinolobus tuberculatus) and the lesser short-tailed bat (Mystacina tuberculata). A third species, the greater short-tailed bat (Mystacina robusta) is considered extinct, having last been observed in
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