Kiwi avoidance was first established in 1996 as a useful tool for dog owners to deter their dogs from injuring or killing kiwi if they were to go into areas where kiwi live. Fast-forward 20 years to 2015 – the … Read More
The nature of nature is change and rhythm and now days are shortening and temperatures are easing. Plants are preparing for winter- ripening their seed, sending starches down the roots. Autumn offers the opportunity of harvesting crops to store over … 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
A Sparkle of Stargazing Have you been looking up and wondering what it is that’s sparkling down at you? Well here’s a stargazing snippet just for you. Turn all the lights off, go outside and take 10 minutes for your … Read More
Each week Tim Higham gets to the heart of Island Life on Aotea Great Barrier Island through interviews on AoteaFM Interviews from Monday 19th February Aiming High – An interview with Kaitoke School Principle Leanne Eloff Kaitoke School recently completed … Read More