https://wellington.gen.nz/te-papas-blog+conservation Items tagged with Te Papa's blog and Conservation. https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2021/07/16/the-100-year-moth-project-spotting-species-in-the-sanctuary/ 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. sanctuary conservation museumsandgalleries art blogs te-papa Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2021/07/16/the-100-year-moth-project-spotting-species-in-the-sanctuary/ Te Papa's blog 2021-07-16T00:00:00Z -41.2917079 174.7521904 Zealandia, Lake Road, Mitchelltown, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2021/05/12/highlights-from-wellingtons-city-nature-challenge-2021/ 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. conservation museumsandgalleries art blogs te-papa Wed, 12 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2021/05/12/highlights-from-wellingtons-city-nature-challenge-2021/ Te Papa's blog 2021-05-12T00:00:00Z http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/02/14/no-evidence-that-stoats-have-impacted-on-kapiti-islands-birds/ Kapiti Island is one of New Zealand’s premier bird sanctuaries. It is home to nationally important populations of little spotted kiwi, kaka, North Island saddleback, stitchbird and North Island robin, as well as other threatened bird species. The island was considered to be free of all introduced mammal pests after rats were eradicated in 1996. [...] kapiti conservation places museumsandgalleries art blogs te-papa Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/02/14/no-evidence-that-stoats-have-impacted-on-kapiti-islands-birds/ Te Papa's blog 2012-02-13T00:00:00Z