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- Timber tenancies: the nest big thing
  - 13 Mar 2025
  - Zealandia
  - 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 ...
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- Take action for nature: don't sit on the fence
  - 13 Mar 2025
  - Zealandia
  - The 8.6km fence surrounding the sanctuary was a world first and prevents all kinds of mammalian predators from entering the sanctuary, providing safety for rare and endangered native species. But ...
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- Moulting: keeping up appearances
  - 13 Mar 2025
  - Zealandia
  - 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 ...
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- Sustainability at Rātā Café
  - 13 Mar 2025
  - Zealandia
  - 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 ...
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- Take action for nature: a safe haven for lizards
  - 14 Feb 2025
  - Zealandia
  - Zealandia member and wildlife photographer, Holly Henderson, is an avid conservationist who found a love for New Zealand wildlife while learning to photograph birds at Zealandia. After moving to ...
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- Flying the nest
  - 14 Feb 2025
  - Zealandia
  - 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 ...
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- Introducing Private Mandarin-Speaking Zealandia by Day Tours!
  - 14 Feb 2025
  - Zealandia
  - We’re excited to introduce private Mandarin-speaking Zealandia by Day tours! Available on request for 1 to 12 guests, these tours provide a deeper, more personal connection to the sanctuary—all in ...
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- Kārearea sightings
  - 14 Feb 2025
  - Zealandia
  - 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 ...
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- What’s the buzz on wasps?
  - 3 Feb 2025
  - Zealandia
  - 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 ...
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- Saving New Zealand's birds: Conservationists keep species from going extinct
  - 15 Jan 2025
  - 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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- Take action: Plastic in the cemeteries
  - 10 Jan 2025
  - 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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- Hungry hihi hatchlings
  - 10 Jan 2025
  - 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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- Summertime in the sanctuary
  - 10 Jan 2025
  - 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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- Ngā mihi o te wā Kirihimete me te Tau Hou Pākehā!
  - 10 Jan 2025
  - 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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- Caring for kākā
  - 10 Jan 2025
  - 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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- Diurnal missions
  - 10 Jan 2025
  - 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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- Caring for wildlife
  - 12 Dec 2024
  - Zealandia
  - 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 ...
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- Skink surveying
  - 12 Dec 2024
  - Zealandia
  - 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, ...
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- Zealandia fundraising appeal
  - 12 Dec 2024
  - Zealandia
  - “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 ...
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- But who's counting (we are!)
  - 12 Dec 2024
  - Zealandia
  - 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? ...
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- The way to woo her
  - 12 Dec 2024
  - Zealandia
  - 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, ...
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- Te Ohu Kaiwharawhara
  - 27 Nov 2024
  - Zealandia
  - 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 ...
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- A generation of restoration
  - 27 Nov 2024
  - Zealandia
  - 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 ...
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- Tanglewood House
  - 27 Nov 2024
  - Zealandia
  - 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 ...
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- A fresh(water) start
  - 27 Nov 2024
  - Zealandia
  - 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 ...
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- Zealandia Annual General Meeting and a sit down with Rt Hon. Helen Clark
  - 7 Nov 2024
  - Zealandia
  - We are excited to share the incredible stories of impact made possible by your support over the past year in our 2023/24 Annual Report . As a valued member of the Karori Sanctuary Trust ...
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- Dialectical dilemmas
  - 29 Oct 2024
  - Zealandia
  - 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 ...
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- Show me the green
  - 29 Oct 2024
  - Zealandia
  - 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 ...
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- Noticing nature
  - 29 Oct 2024
  - Zealandia
  - “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 ...
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- Farewell to Orbell
  - 10 Oct 2024
  - Zealandia
  - 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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