Conservation related newsitems

• • Meat trays meet their match with new optical sorter

    • 30 Jul 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • Wellington’s recycling facility is now the proud owner of an optical sorter, capable of diverting over seven million meat and other clear plastic trays from the region’s landfills and overseas processors each year.
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• • Taita rangatahi lead the way in recycling education

    • 29 Jul 2021
    • Hutt City Council
    • Students from Taita College partnered with Hutt City Council and advertising agency VMLY&R to create street posters promoting good recycling behaviour as part of the launch of Lower Hutt’s new rubbish and recycling service.
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• • Media release: Native parasitic plant seeds germinate in Wellington, providing hope for future

    • 22 Jul 2021
    • Zealandia
    • Wellington – 19 July 2021:  New Zealand’s only fully parasitic plant has been successfully germinated at the Lions Ōtari Native Plant Conservation Laboratory in Wellington. The milestone ...
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• • How worried should we be about rats getting back onto the peninsula?

    • 22 Jul 2021
    • Predator Free Wellington
    • The effort to eliminate every last rat, stoat and weasel on the Miramar Peninsula – and keep them out - has many layers of defence. It’s not one magic tool or one person or organisation, it’s a systems approach with built in layers of barriers and safeguards that requires all of us to play a part. In an…
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• • The 100 Year Moth Project: Spotting species in the sanctuary

    • 16 Jul 2021
    • Te Papa's blog
    • One hundred years ago, Wellington naturalist George Hudson walked the forest near his home – now Zealandia wildlife sanctuary – in search of fascinating New Zealand insects.
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• • Manawa Karioi 30th Anniversary & Pub Quiz Fundraiser

    • 2 Jul 2021
    • Manawa Karioi Ecological Restoration Project
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• • Media Release: Taranaki Whānui leads the way by declaring New Zealand’s first plastic free urupā

    • 1 Jul 2021
    • Zealandia
    • Wellington – 1 July 2021 : Taranaki Whānui iwi has officially declared Opau Urupā in Makara, Wellington as plastic- free, the first urupā (Māori cemetery) nationally to do so.  They’re ...
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• • What happens to the items dropped off for recycling?

    • 29 Jun 2021
    • Ngaio Progressive Association
    • Our Ngaio Crofton Down Ngaio Crofton Downs Going Carbon Neutral recycling programme started in June 2021.
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• • Ngaio Crofton Downs Going Carbon Neutral Recycling Day – on again this Saturday

    • 29 Jun 2021
    • Ngaio Progressive Association
    • The first Ngaio Crofton Downs Going Carbon Neutral Recycling Day was held on 5 June from 10am to 12am on 5th June at Ngaio Union Church.
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• • Public Place Recycling trial ends, stations to be removed

    • 28 Jun 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • Wellington City Council will remove nine public recycling stations around the city in mid-July, following the completion of its Public Place Recycling (PPR) trial.
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• • August Working Bees

    • 27 Jun 2021
    • Manawa Karioi Ecological Restoration Project
    • Our August planting and track maintenance sessions will see us continue with our planting along sections of Te Ahi Ka - the main loop track around Manawa Karioi.
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• • Matariki ki Te Māra a Tāne / Matariki at Zealandia

    • 22 Jun 2021
    • Zealandia
    • Matariki has become a popular celebration of Māori culture, for all, across Aotearoa/New Zealand. Matariki (Pleaides) signals the Māori New Year, seasonal transition, and, various ...
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• • Special Matariki Our Wellington out this week

    • 14 Jun 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • A special Matariki section and a handy pull-out recycling guide are the stars of the latest Our Wellington.
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• • Ministry for the Environment - Volunteer Day

    • 20 May 2021
    • Manawa Karioi Ecological Restoration Project
    • What are your impressions of the Manawa Karioi? Our team were impressed with the history of the reserve and by how long it had been going for.
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• • Council confirms prices for new kerbside rubbish and recycling service

    • 17 May 2021
    • Hutt City Council
    • Hutt City Council has released the prices for its new rubbish and recycling collection service commencing 1 July 2021 which are in line with the indicative prices provided during the consultation process for the service.
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• • New rubbish and recycling bins delivered to residents from this week

    • 12 May 2021
    • Hutt City Council
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• • Highlights from Wellington’s City Nature Challenge 2021

    • 12 May 2021
    • Te Papa's blog
    • How many species of plants and animals do you think you could find in only four days? This year Wellington participants in the iNaturalist City Nature Challenge found 1537 species! Our Researcher Lara Shepherd and Curator Botany Leon Perrie summarise what was discovered.
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• • Free eradication programme helps wipe out region's worst threats

    • 4 May 2021
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Greater Wellington is urging the community to make good use of its free pest plant identification services this autumn by contacting the regional council if they spot a potential pest plant in their midst.
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• • Join the City Nature Challenge!

    • 30 Apr 2021
    • Wellington City Libraries News Blog
    • Wellington is teeming with wildlife, from mountains to the sea.
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• • Happy Takahē Awareness Month!

    • 28 Apr 2021
    • Zealandia
    • ZEALANDIA is proud to work with the Department of Conservation Takahē Recovery Programme which aims to boost takahē numbers living in their natural habitats, and for the species to be treasured as a ...
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• • Fernbird monitoring shows breeding is happening, 2021

    • 16 Apr 2021
    • Friends of Mana Island
    • The fernbirds are everywhere! In April 2019, FOMI transferred 40 mātātā /North Island fernbirds from Rotokare Scenic Reserve in South Taranaki to Mana Island.
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• • Five-minute bird counts resurrected on Mana, April 2021

    • 16 Apr 2021
    • Friends of Mana Island
    • Earlier this year Colin Miskelly produced a proposal to resurrect the 5-minute bird count surveys on Mana. The island is the focus of one of the most comprehensive ecological restoration programmes in New Zealand. However, there is little information published on how the landbird community on Mana has changed over time. The last farm stock […]
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• • Speargrass weevil survey gets underway, Feb 2021

    • 16 Apr 2021
    • Friends of Mana Island
    • Late in 2020 Colin Miskelly proposed a one-off survey of speargrass weevils on Mana Island for early 2021. The expectation was for similar surveys to be undertaken occasionally (e.g. at 3–5 year intervals) to assess whether speargrass weevils are being impacted by the Beauveria fungus that is being spread by the flax weevils. The background to […]
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• • What you need to know about the Newtown Festival

    • 9 Apr 2021
    • Newtown Festival
    • Maps and Programmes There will be maps and programmes available throughout the festival and attached to each recycling station.
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• • FOMI work trip – 27-29 November 2020 – a very wet weekend

    • 8 Apr 2021
    • Friends of Mana Island
    • The weather in the lead up to this trip plus the changing forecasts raised doubts over whether the trip would proceed. Eliot was keen around midday Friday for us leave earlier as winds were forecast to rise later – they certainly did too. It was quite a rough trip across. Some people weren’t able to […]
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• • FOMI work trip – October 2020 – flax weevil MIQ set up

    • 8 Apr 2021
    • Friends of Mana Island
    • Now back at level 1 we were able to take a full complement of 17. It was back to sharing smaller spaces and noisier, but as usual a friendly and good natured group. There were many new faces on this trip. Most joined Will on his critter search, Friday night at the flax weevil trial site. […]
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• • ZEALANDIA's predator exclusion fence – knowledge now available to all

    • 6 Apr 2021
    • Zealandia
    • ZEALANDIA’s world-first predator exclusion fence is now twenty years old. Alongside the enormous amount of research and testing that went into the development of the fence itself, we now have two ...
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• • Tapu te Ranga Marae Documentary

    • 3 Apr 2021
    • Manawa Karioi Ecological Restoration Project
    • Ruth Korver and I had limited resources to make this special story about Tapu te Ranga Marae come to life. It has been a huge buzz having the documentary feature on The Spinoff. Thanks to Charlotte Muru-Lanning for this well-written article that brings the story up to date. Ness Patea
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• • Media Release: CentrePort joins forces with ZEALANDIA on Sanctuary to Sea project

    • 24 Mar 2021
    • Zealandia
    • CentrePort has joined forces with ZEALANDIA Te Māra a Tāne and the wider community surrounding the Kaiwharawhara Stream to help protect one of Wellington’s most precious waterways. CentrePort ...
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• • CentrePort joins forces with Zealandia on Sanctuary to Sea project

    • 23 Mar 2021
    • CentrePort
    • CentrePort has joined forces with Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne and the wider community surrounding the Kaiwharawhara Stream to help protect one of Wellington’s most precious waterways.
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