Conservation / January 2025
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The Wrap Up (Term 1, Week 1, 2025)
- Wellington High School
- Welcome back to the first Wrap Up of 2025. We've had an eventful week celebrating new students and staff and sharing kai at Pōwhiri. Check out the variety of itinerant music opportunities for students to engage in and get involved in Shakespeare 2025. Warm up your pedals for the Bike Challenge and support our recycling initiative. This and much more in this week's Wrap Up.
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Wellington High School, Taranaki Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The Wrap Up (Term 1, Week 1, 2025)
- Wellington High School
- Welcome back to the first Wrap Up of 2025. We've had an eventful week celebrating new students and staff and sharing kai at Pōwhiri. Check out the variety of itinerant music opportunities for students to engage in and get involved in Shakespeare 2025. Warm up your pedals for the Bike Challenge and support our recycling initiative. This and much more in this week's Wrap Up.
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Wellington High School, Taranaki Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Moving our project forward
- Predator Free Wellington
- This story was taken from our 2023/24 impact report . In Phase 2 of our project, we're focused on optimising our work. We have proven we can successfully eliminate rats and mustelids in an urban setting: our next challenge is to accelerate the process and reduce costs. This is needed to achieve the ambitious…
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Ngaio recycling – blister packs
- Ngaio Progressive Association
- From this month (Saturday 1 February), we are going to run a trial to see what demand there is for recycling the blister packs used for packaging tablets. If you have blister packs at home waiting for a solution – … Continue reading →
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Ngaio, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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DNA unravelling rat populations
- Predator Free Wellington
- This story was taken from our 2023/24 impact report . Genetic sequencing data of the last remaining rats on the Miramar Peninsula helps us understand the local rat population, and gives us a snapshot into the effectiveness of our biosecurity efforts. This genomic study, the first of its kind in a New Zealand…
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Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Recycling – Restarting on 1 February
- Ngaio Progressive Association
- Saturday 1 February will be our first recycling day of the year – 10am to noon at Ngaio Union Church, Crofton Road. Below is a refresher on the items that we collect, and a couple of requests to make the … Continue reading →
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Ngaio, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Recycling Schedule for 2025
- Ngaio Progressive Association
- Each month this year at our recycling collections, we will also have a collection of other items that we will collect. We don’t collect these items each month to make management of the programme more simple, and make our drop … Continue reading →
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Saving New Zealand's birds: Conservationists keep species from going extinct
- Zealandia
- “Birdsong is no longer drowned out by traffic”, Al Jazeera English reports on the inspiring recovery of native manu/birds in Wellington. Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne is proud to work alongside ...
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Biosecurity remains top of mind for residents
- Predator Free Wellington
- This story was taken from our 2023/24 impact report . The Miramar community are essential for spotting rat invaders; they are our constant eyes and ears on the ground. Reporting possible rat activity is quick and easy, and for residents of Miramar it’s a natural expression of kaitiakitanga (guardianship).
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Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Take action: Plastic in the cemeteries
- Zealandia
- In 2019, our Bicultural Engagement Lead Ranger Terese McLeod (Taranaki Whānui) was carrying out a rubbish audit in the Kaiwharawhara stream. She noticed that a lot of the rubbish being collected ...
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Hungry hihi hatchlings
- Zealandia
- The hihi breeding season is well underway with the first of the nests beginning to hatch in late November and many more following suit. The hihi feeders have been buzzing with activity in the ...
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Summertime in the sanctuary
- Zealandia
- Summer at Zealandia is the perfect time to unplug, explore, and spend quality time with friends and whānau. With a variety of family-friendly activities , from nature walks to yoga in the ...
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Ngā mihi o te wā Kirihimete me te Tau Hou Pākehā!
- Zealandia
- Zealandia fence by Hayley May Our world-first fence celebrated its 25th birthday this year and, while it’s still going strong beyond its expected lifespan, it’s beginning to show ...
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Caring for kākā
- Zealandia
- As Tangata Tiriti, I feel privileged to call Te Whanganui-a-Tara home. One of the greatest joys of this beautiful city is its abundant native wildlife and the unifying enthusiasm they bring out in ...
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Diurnal missions
- Zealandia
- As we move into our hotter months of the year, occasionally there are kiwi pukupuku spotted during the day. While normally they only come out during the night, the drier ground and shorter nights ...
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Predator Free Wellington aim for pest-free Newtown, Ōwhiro Bay in 2025
- Predator Free Wellington
- This article was written by Nick James for RNZ on 28 December 2024. Predator Free Wellington (PFW) is aiming for a pest-free Newtown and Ōwhiro Bay by the end of 2025. The push is part of the group's wider project that aims to eliminate pests across the entire Wellington region. The project is split into…
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Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Predator Free Wellington aim for pest-free Newtown, Ōwhiro Bay in 2025
- Predator Free Wellington
- This article was written by Nick James for RNZ on 28 December 2024. Predator Free Wellington (PFW) is aiming for a pest-free Newtown and Ōwhiro Bay by the end of 2025. The push is part of the group's wider project that aims to eliminate pests across the entire Wellington region. The project is split into…
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Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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How we caught the Miramar stoat
- Predator Free Wellington
- This story was taken from our 2023/24 impact report . Following the successful elimination of rats and mustelids from Miramar Peninsula, the project has been entrusted to the local community for ongoing biosecurity management. Returning control to the community does not equate to abandonment; rather, it…
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Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Recycling – resumes February.
- Ngaio Progressive Association
- A quick reminder to everyone who has the monthly recycling ingrained as a habit – that we miss out the first Saturday of January. Our next recycling day is Saturday 1 February 2025. Look out for a post soon, that … Continue reading →
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