A male North Island brown kiwi found dead on Mount Taranaki’s Puniho Track is believed to have been killed in a dog attack. DOC Taranaki Operations Manager Gareth Hopkins discovered the male adult kiwi wedged between rocks while out hiking last week. An autopsy found the bird suffered multiple fractured ribs and femur, along with…
Ten million dollars of funding for conservation projects in Taranaki is also fostering hapū and whānau, say project leaders. Minister of Conservation Kiri Allan has announced $9.98 million from the government’s Jobs for Nature programme for 12 existing projects, creating 58 new jobs over three years. The projects include pest control, native revegetation, and protecting…
Taranaki is the most likely New Zealand volcano to cause a national-scale impact in our lifetimes and a new virtual field trip will help prepare tamariki across Aotearoa to understand and cope with possible disruption. Prevailing winds could carry volcanic ash to Auckland, Waikato and the Bay of Plenty to disrupt air and surface transport,…
Kaiwhakamōkihi/Trainee Ranger Tipunakore Rangiwai (Taranaki Iwi) is helping to restore his maunga. See his journey and how he has positively impacted our Taranaki Mounga Project. Tipunakore joins the project from START Taranaki – a programme that supports young men in
Conservationists working in Taranaki are closely monitoring two kiwi eggs being incubated by recently released male birds in the Kaitake Ranges. The adult male kiwi were among 10 male and female birds released into the Kaitake Ranges in April and May. Taranaki Kiwi Trust operations leader Sian Portier said staff have been monitoring transmitters attached…
A new report is giving hope to conservationists hoping to stem New Zealand’s biodiversity crisis It’s been five years since the Government launched its ambitious goal of ridding the country of rats, possums, and mustelids by 2050. The programme aimed to move from piecemeal local projects to a strategic nationwide approach for eradicating the three…
The rāhui was lifted at 7 am on Friday 14 May and all operations and activities on the mountain can recommence. In respect for the passing of the two climbers near the summit last week, a rāhui had been in place since Wednesday 5 May. Ngā Iwi o Taranaki and DOC thank the public for respecting the rāhui, an important…
TV One – Seven Sharp The return of kiwi after an absence of decades is thanks to the massive community effort to reduce predators numbers on the Kaitake Range. Watch the Seven Sharp article here. Fiona Gordon from Rotokare Scenic Trust, Tane Manu of Ngā Mahanga a Tairi and Sian Potier from the Taranaki Kiwi…
Radio New Zealand Six kiwi have been released onto the Kaitake range in Te Papakura o Taranaki / Egmont National Park where the call of our national bird has been absent for decades. The release is a milestone in a battle against predators on Kaitake being waged – for the most part – by a small army…
Taranaki Daily News A vanguard of three adult kiwi have been released into hills near New Plymouth as part of a historic reintroduction of the native birds into the area. Over the next few days 10 western brown kiwi will be released into the Kaitake Range near Taranaki’s famous Pukeiti garden. The range is close…
Taranaki Daily News Jacinda has been found living on maunga Taranaki – no, not the Prime Minister, but an extremely rare type of wētā which is named after her. It is the furthest south that Hemiandrus jacinda has been spotted, and managers of the Te Papakura o Taranaki say it is proof efforts to trap predators within…
Taranaki Daily News Research projects by two post-graduate university students have revealed more about the dietary behaviour of predators on Mt Taranaki. Massey University zoology graduate Fern Kumeroa, and Lincoln University natural resource management and ecological engineering graduate Katie Coster were involved in separate studies with similar aims during the summer. Kumeroa, of Ngāti Ruanui,…
