Notification of change – entry to the sanctuary valley

May 31, 2013

admissions

We remain keen to make it as easy as possible for our members to visits us. The installation of the scanner and turnstile at the bag check station was intended …

Kākāriki make successful comeback

May 30, 2013

Photo: Matt Robertson

The cheerful kākāriki is making a return to Wellington thanks to a successful transfer and monitoring program at Zealandia. Though occasional sightings had been made in and around the sanctuary …

Margaret and Jim Collins Research Fund

May 2, 2013

Margaret Collins

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 …

WandaTrak donation hits the headlines

April 30, 2013

WandaTrak front pag Independent Herald

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 …

Rare pāteke ducks caught on camera

April 29, 2013

Pateke (brown teal) at Zealandia

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 …

Monitoring scaled back as kākā return to Wellington

April 8, 2013

Wellington kaka population

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 …

Male hihi returned to Zealandia from Pukaha Mt Bruce

April 3, 2013

Hihi release at Zealandia

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. …

More freshwater advocacy at Zealandia thanks to Wellington Community Trust

March 27, 2013

Illustration by J. D. Grose

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 …

Recovery of native fish at Zealandia

February 28, 2013

Kokopu

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 …

Sneaky falcons hide latest brood from paparazzi

January 25, 2013

Falcon pair

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 …