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
A group of Wellingtonians are making one of the city’s most-visited places a haven for wildlife. In just over a year, the Mt Victoria Vermin Trappers have caught 1000 pests, including nine weasels and dozens of rats. The area is the most-visited part of Wellington’s town belt, with more people walking through… Read more
Posted: 4 December 2017
Wellington City Council and Greater Wellington Regional Council have been working to understand what the populations of our native bird life is like in Wellington, and the results are promising! Five-minute bird counts Between 2011 and 2016 ‘five-minute bird counts’ were carried out at 100 bird count stations… Read more
Posted: 13 September 2017