Did you know that in the 1990s tui were a fairly rare sight on the Miramar Peninsula? The success of the 2003 Miramar Peninsula Possum Eradication Programme led by Greater Wellington Regional Council and Wellington City Council, had a positive, and long-lasting effect on other elements of the local ecosystem… Read more
Posted: 9 April 2018
The second census of rats and stoats on the Miramar Peninsula got under way yesterday (19 March) as volunteer groups worked with Greater Wellington Regional Council to place 281 chew cards on one day throughout the peninsula. The chew cards are laid to follow up last year’s study into the scale of rat and stoat… Read more
Posted: 20 March 2018
21 schools on and near Wellington’s Miramar Peninsula are participating in Predator Free Schools, an innovative environmental education programme which offers students the opportunity to become conservation leaders in their school and community. The programme was launched this week with two workshops hosted… Read more
Posted: 1 March 2018
Wellingtonians are leading the charge in conservation efforts, with more predator free groups established than any other city – and more than 300,000 native trees planted too! “Wellington is at the forefront of a remarkable sea-change, having successfully created a social movement with almost all suburbs… Read more
Posted: 21 December 2017
A 2017 bird report by Wellington City Council today revealed that tui, kaka and kakariki numbers have all increased significantly in Wellington Reserves since 2011, and there has been no decrease detected for any other species. These figures suggest that the presence of Zealandia, and the increase in predator… Read more
Posted: 7 December 2017