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    • Work in progress!
      • After maintaining this website for several years, there was a period where we did not update it with new information or complete certain sections. However, we are now back at it again. We have initiated the process of updating all our information, including expanding our weed list with additional species. We are also diligently editing and proofreading the content to enhance clarity and comprehension about the work we do. If you have any thoughts, ideas, or suggestions for content you…

    • 2023 update
      • Kia Ora, It's been quite some time since we last updated our website. In fact, it's been almost four years to the date. A lot has happened during this time in terms of the work we have accomplished. We are proud to share that the number of trees and other significant plants we have planted now totals close to 25,000. While the pandemic did affect our activities to some extent, we managed to continue with tasks such as weeding, seed…

    • Dr. Jane Goodall visiting Te Motu Kairangi-Miramar ecological restoration
      • We had the honour and privilege to have Dr. Jane Goodall visiting Te Motu Kairangi-Miramar ecological restoration. Her lifelong work with restoration and conservation is a huge inspiration to us, and we were lucky enough to show her some of the work we have done here over the last 9 years. Together with some of our amazing and hard working volunteers, students from Worser bay school and from Janes own Roots and Shoots program, we walked part of the track,…

    • Time to catch up.
      • So lots have happened since last time we added something here. Actually a year ago, when we added our last post about the Garden Bird Survey. Today is the last day of the 2018 Survey and we have had some reports of some interesting counts. Both kereru and falcon, lots of silvereyes and of course sparrows, starlings, blackbirds etc. Let shope the numbers of native birds increase now that predator free Miramar has gone full underway with all the backyard…

    • Garden bird survey 2017
      • Kia Ora. Hope you all are keeping dry in this wet and cold weather. The winter have otherwise been quite nice, with sunny days and clear skies! We have managed to plant half of our plant deliverys so far, but still one delivery from WCC to arrive in a few weeks. Birds are as we all know super important indicators of the health our natural habitat, and to help discover and learn more about backyard avi-fauna, we ask you to…

    • Planting Season 2017
      • That´s right! We are just starting to prepare for this seasons plantings and thsi year will be a very exciting season with a few new species reintroduced and moving into some new areas too. We have just re-potted some of our seedlings with some being large enough to plant out by the end of the season. We had a group of keen volunteers repotting for 3 hours, mostly the kereru favourite tawa, but also some locally sourced Kohekohe from our…

    • Weta Hotel and signs and have a nice summer :D
      • Kia Ora Its a great summer! Wet enough for our planted plants and the bush, but enough sunny days to provide warmth and nice clear days. While we have been fairly laid back over the holidays, the bush have been busy. Full of bird chicks, setting fruit and of course weeds and pests always on the move. The little kereru squab, fledged on Dec 13. The pair have been seen on several occasions around the bushy parts of the peninsula,…

    • Te Motu Kairangi´s exciting discovery; Nesting kererÅ« !
      • For the second year now we have found a kererÅ« sitting on nest! Last years nest in December seemed to been abandoned after a few weeks, however the nest was at a quite exposed location at the top of a spindly tree. One bird was then seen 3 weeks later in Centennial Park collecting sticks, and its not unsual for the species to re nest if the first nest attempt fails. Only recently have they returned to the peninsula and…

    • Begun The Great Kereru Count 2016 has!
      • The Great KererÅ« Count is New Zealands largest citizen science project to help gather info on the abundance and distribution of the New Zealand fruit Pigeon — also known as kererÅ«, kÅ«kÅ« or kÅ«kupa. The Great KererÅ« Count will take place over 10 full days from 16 to 25 September 2016. Your observations will help build up a clearer picture of where the birds live on the peninsula and the rest of the country and how many there are. It is a forest…

    • Missing plants
      • It was slight too dark to take a picture, but while walking bym checking out some of our work, we could tell that someone had removed some of our planted Melicytus obovatus by Tai Paku Paku road. A locally rare and endangered shrub endemic to Cook strait only. Why is a godo question? Afraid or losing any potential view? Not very likley as this is a small shrub, it was also growing on the other side of a fence and…

    • Feeding fruit to Native Birds and Geckos.
      • Want to attract more native birds to your backyard, but still dont have enough native plantcover that is providing food for the winter season? All birds need high-energy food because it takes a lot of energy to fly and their body temperature runs higher than ours. Hyperactive birds like tui and bellbirds feed almost constantly. When they are not feeding, they are chasing, or being chased by other nectareaters from their favourite flowers. The best foods to attract native birds…

    • This year’s Garden Bird survey: 25th June - 3rd July.
      • Our native birds are important indicators of the health of our local environment. Next week on the 25th of June starts this years GARDEN BIRD SURVEY. Its fun, easy and great for the whole family or schools to engage in! (And we want more people from Miramar to participate too) Get involved and who knows what you will see… Read more and how to get involved at http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/science/plants-animals-fungi/animals/birds/garden-bird-surveys Happy Birdning

    • Miramar Heights Morepork
      • Julia of Miramar Heights photographed this lovely little morepork on friday outside her kitchen window by Miramar Heights. This is probably the same indvidual that now, 4 am this morning woke us up on Nevar Rd too. New Zealand’s only surviving native owl, this small, dark, forest-dwelling owl that can be found in native forest, urban parks and are quite comfortable living in well-vegetated suburbs. Meaning that MIramar now might be well-vegetated enough to support native wildlife and the native predators…

    • Last weekend of The Great KererÅ« Count!
      • Do you have kererÅ« living near you? Keep an eye on the sky or fruting trees and count the kererÅ« you see! Your sights will help scientists around the country to build a picture of where kererÅ« are (and aren't) hanging out. It's easy-peasy to take part - just look for kererÅ« over the weekend and report your sights online at greatkererucount.nz or at http://naturewatch.org.nz This large fruit pigeon are found almost everywhere and are also present on the peninsula…

    • BNZ Closed For Good
      • Kia Ora to all awesome staff from BNZ closed for good team. While some of us have been overseas, Josh was keeping busy working with our BNZ team on last years BNZ site. LAst year we worked on our flax site down by Darlington Rd. Releasing grass and weeds around the base of the flaxes and plants planted previous year. The team also planted up the site that last years team cleared up and planted about a 80 wineberry, pigeonwood…

    • Making a difference
      • Kia Ora. We are in the middle of probably the most busy season of the year. The planting season. This year we have a huge numbers of plants to plant around the peninsula to help restore Te Korowai a Tāne-  the cloak of the forest god Tāne. Plants are donated from WCC and the Forest & Bird nursery.  We have several sites this year, but one of the main focus points is at Cenntenial park/ Mapuia Reserve and along the…

    • Miramar Bird Banding Session
      • Bird banding data are useful in both research and management projects. Individual identification of birds makes possible studies of dispersal, social structure, life-span, survival rate and population growth etc. On the weekend we had some bird banding people visiting the peninsula bush. In just a few hours we got 19 birds. Mostly silvereyes, but also some grey warblers and a fantail. Very exciting. Let us know if u see any banded birds around :D

    • Hunt for tui killer cat
      • Kia Ora! Some of you might have seen the article in Cook Strait news from February 2th. Since the beginning of January 19 tui has been found dead, due to been preyed on by cat. Kill signs are attributed with cat feeding behavior. Leaving wings, legs and feet and head. Some of the most fresh remains have been sent of to Massey University to be DNA tested for cat saliva. Cat foot prints have also been seen in the fine…

    • Conservation week kicks off
      • Did you know that hangehange has a wonderful scented flowers or that weta do disperse seeds of some plants? Conservation Week started on Saturday (1 November) and the theme for 2014 is "Discover the world where you live". Encouraging us to explore our local environment – our reserves, bush, wetlands and coastal and marine habits right on our doorstep. You can find heaps of happenings on the DOC website (doc.govt.nz/conservationweek, but If you are keen to know what we are…

    • Plant id info still in progress
      • Kia ora There are now more exotic plants growing wild in New Zealand than native plants. Our plant database will cover most or our local natives to wellington suitable to gardens and the invasive weeds threatening our gardens, reserves wildlife. However if going through our plant database of natives and weeds you might see that alot of plants are still missing information or photos. Writings take a little and photos of some species are still to come too. If you…

    • BNZ Closed for Good day!
      • Kia Ora to all awesome staff from BNZ closed for good team. We joined forces today to release previous planted trees and flax from invasive grass and weeds. Prepare a new site for nex years planting and also planted over a 100 native trees back to the Maupuia Reserve/ Centennial Park. Kohekohe, kowhai, wineberry, tawa, toetoe and pigeonwood! We also saw some awesome local wildlife such as copper skinks, peripatus-the velvet worms ( really cool guys), spiders of different species…

    • Do you like our new website?
      • So, now we have been live for about a week and have some really good feedback about the new website. While there is still some work to be done on some sections we are making good progress! We would like to thank Lauren Schaer for her excellent work on the site, coming up with a better structure and design, copyediting and building the site. We could not have done it without her and her knowledge. If you have something similar…

    • A new beginning
      • Kia ora After being online since February 2013, our old website was in need of a face lift. Much hard work and many hours have been put into it. Like the sand coprosma above it's a tangled and delicate job with many paths. There is a lot of work still to be done, photos to be taken and thoughts on how to improve our work to reach our goals. We’re just finishing off, adding some missing pictures and plant information on…

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