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    • Moulting: keeping up appearances
      • Over the next few months, you may see fewer manu/birds around or some looking a bit worse for wear. This is because many will be going through their post-breeding moult, which is when they shed and ...

    • Timber tenancies: the nest big thing
      • Over the last two years, we’ve been working with David Spencer, Managing Director of Tend Trees Ltd, to veteranise pine trees in the valley. The term ‘veteranisation’ stems from ‘veteran tree’, a ...

    • Sustainability at Rātā Café
      • Next time you pop up to Rātā for a coffee or a snack, you can eat easy knowing that as well as your money going back into our conservation mahi/work, the team at Rātā Café have also been working on ...

    • Kārearea sightings
      • You might have noticed that the Raingauge Track had been closed over the last few months. This is because a pair of kārearea are nesting near the track and actively guarding the area against both ...

    • Flying the nest
      • At this time of year fledgling birds are everywhere: trailing after their parents begging for food, copying the behaviour of adults, and generally figuring out how to make their way in the big wide ...

    • What’s the buzz on wasps?
      • With this current season’s wasp nests starting to be discovered in Zealandia, it feels timely to do a closer dive into one of the ultimate bees in our bonnet: wasps. While the impact of mammalian ...

    • Take action: Plastic in the cemeteries
      • 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 ...

    • Hungry hihi hatchlings
      • 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 ...

    • Diurnal missions
      • 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 ...

    • Summertime in the sanctuary
      • 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 ...

    • Caring for kākā
      • 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 ...

    • Caring for wildlife
      • This is a delicate time of year for a lot of wildlife across the city and in the sanctuary. Many manu/birds are sitting on nests or looking after their fledglings. The way you behave around them can ...

    • The way to woo her
      • Breeding season is upon us, and with many manu on the market for a mate, individuals (typically males) must work hard to attract or keep potential partners. Birds will exhibit courtship behaviour, ...

    • Skink surveying
      • Aotearoa is known for having a large diversity of manu/birds; however, it is also the land of the mokomoko/lizards (geckos and skinks). Although it can be difficult to tell individual species apart, ...

    • But who's counting (we are!)
      • Imagine being in a forest filled with manu/birds and trying to count them all. A kākā swoops past in the blink of an eye. Is that tīeke/saddleback, foraging noisily, one that you’ve already counted? ...

    • Zealandia fundraising appeal
      • “It started with a simple word. Imagine. Imagine a city where nature is returning home. A secret valley in the heart of Wellington with a world-first fence providing sanctuary for precious ...

    • Te Ohu Kaiwharawhara
      • Alongside those who call the Kaiwharawhara catchment home, you’ll also find people who work there—in fact, there are approximately 130 businesses in the Kaiwharawhara! To help businesses look ...

    • A generation of restoration
      • We are only one generation into our 500-year journey of restoration, but together we have transformed Wellington as a city. The fence that surrounds Zealandia has provided sanctuary for precious ...

    • Tanglewood House
      • You might have noticed the office building being constructed over the last few months on Waiapu Road. This is now all finished, and we are excited to announce Zealandia’s new building, Tanglewood ...

    • A fresh(water) start
      • Did you know that the Kaiwharawhara is the only catchment in Wellington City with an open estuary connected to Wellington Harbour? A catchment is an area of land where rainfall flows into a common ...

    • Dialectical dilemmas
      • Have you noticed that when you travel outside of Wellington, birds that you are familiar with here can sound slightly or even substantially different? This is because, like people, birds have ...

    • Show me the green
      • Over the next few weeks, if you happen to wander by a māpou/red matipo tree you might hear a soft pitter-patter of dropping fruit or perhaps the occasional quiet chatter. Pause for a moment, peer ...

    • Noticing nature
      • “It came to me while picking beans, the secret of happiness.” Robin Wall Kimmerer. We are now well into spring, with signs of it all around us. The puawānanga/clematis is sitting proudly on ...

    • Farewell to Orbell
      • Sadly, earlier this month the beloved takahē Orbell died at age of 23. Orbell was due to be taken for further health checks after our team noted his health had deteriorated. He was unusually ...

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