On 1 April Karori Sanctuary Trust (KST) received an investment sum of $110,000 from founding member Margaret Collins and the late Jim Collins. The following five years of interest from …
Making the front page of the local paper: a WandaTrak was kindly donated to the sanctuary by James Campbell and Helen Anderson. This device gives peace of mind to those …
Intern Katie Sheridan has been setting camera traps to survey pāteke (brown teal) in Zealandia’s 225ha sanctuary valley. Of 40 sites surveyed, 27 have detected the ducks, which are ‘at …
With an estimated 200 kākā in the Wellington population today Zealandia staff will scale back monitoring of the charismatic birds from now on. “We’ve got a good foundation set of …
A male hihi (stitchbird) hatched at the sanctuary in January 2007 and transferred to Pukaha Mt Bruce in March that year arrived back at Zealandia yesterday after a prolific stay. …
With the support of Wellington Community Trust, Zealandia can now further plans to raise the profile of native freshwater species with sanctuary visitors. The $8,000 grant will go to completing …
Listen to more on this story on Radio New Zealand’s Our Changing World. Another step on the way to restoring Wellington’s Zealandia, as closely as possible, to its pre-human state …
Residents of the Karori/Brooklyn/Kelburn area will be hearing a lot more from our New Zealand falcon (kārearea) lately. If you hear a piercing, rapid kek-kek-kek call look up and you …
On their second nesting attempt at Zealandia our ‘retired’ takahē pair, Puffin and T2, gave it all they had and only abandoned the nest on Sunday 13 January after an …
Zealandia (Karori Sanctuary) welcomes new interim Chief Executive Natasha Petkovic-Jeremic, who begins a six month position at the sanctuary from January, taking on the reigns from outgoing CE Nancy McIntosh-Ward. …
