News about conservation activities on the Chatham Islands.
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Written by Administrator
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Oct 07, 2009 at 08:42 AM |
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Over the next 13 weeks Dr Melanie Massaro and her team from
the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Canterbury will be on Rangatira Island to gather data for her
research and blogging about it at rangatirablackrobin.blogspot.com |
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Written by Department of Conservation (Press release)
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Oct 01, 2009 at 10:43 AM |
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Associate Minister of Conservation Hon Kate Wilkinson
today announced this year's appointments to the Chatham
Islands Conservation Board.
"I'm pleased to announce the appointment of Vaughan
Hill and the reappointment of Eileen Cameron, Celine
Gregory-Hunt and Shirley King for a further three year term",
Associate Minister said.
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Written by Administrator
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Sep 11, 2009 at 03:22 PM |
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 Are you spring-time gardening? DOC are back with their Swap Your Weeds For Natives programme and would like to offer you native plants in return for your garden weeds!
A guide for identifying and controlling some of the more serious weeds found on the Chathams has been delivered to your mail box.
We suggest you use wool or gravel sacks, drums or a secure tarpaulin for carting your weeds safely.
For the discerning weedbuster, we have wool sacks and ‘weed attack packs' to give away!
If you need help with identifying your weeds or have any other queries, please don't hesitate to phone the DOC Area office 3050 098.
Drop your packaged weeds into the Area Office in Te One 1-4pm weekdays
We will continue to run this programme until all the natives have been given away!
Weeds have the wicked potential to spoil our unique native environment.
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Written by Department of Conservation (Press release)
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Aug 14, 2009 at 09:58 AM |
| Scientists surveying endangered Chatham Islands parea (Chatham Islands pigeon) last week were were surprised to find that the population had increased to around 500, from a population low of 40 in the late 1980s.
Protection of their habitat through fencing, predator control and covenanting has reversed the decline of parea. The positive survey results could see its threat status being lowered when it is next assessed, Department of Conservation scientific officer Ralph Powlesland said.
"The speed of recovery has been impressive. While parea will still need active protection, we're feeling a lot more positive about their long-term security," said Dr Powlesland, who undertook the survey with DOC's Wellington Hawke's Bay Conservancy technical support officer Lynn Adams and other New Zealand-based fauna experts Ian Flux, and Peter Dilks, supported by the Chathams Area office.
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Parea Nest
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Written by Administrator
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Jun 09, 2009 at 12:00 AM |
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TVNZ's "Meet the Locals" team were in the Chatham Islands earlier this year to film a number of in their series of bite-sized documentaries about New Zealand's wild places and its wild inhabitants. The second series of
the programme will screen from June 28th and includes stories featuring
black robins, Chatham petrel, taiko, parea and weka.
Produced in partnership with the Department of Conservation, the
show screens in the TVNZ Family time-slot on TVNZ 6 (4 - 8.30pm NZST -
usually at twenty five past or five to the o'clock) and can also be
viewed online via their website at tvnz.co.nz. For those without Freeview, from 1 July 2009 TVNZ 6 will also be available on Sky.
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Denny Prenderville and friend
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