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Family fun event showcases Wānaka urban wetland
Bullock Creek Hatchery Springs, a unique urban wetland, will be the focus of a family fun event to celebrate World Wetlands Day, in Wānaka on Sunday, February 2, 2025 The 2-hectare…
- Otago Conservation Fresh Water
- 14/01/2025
Once Bittern twice shy – the mission to count the shy and secretive Australasian bittern
A large, secretive and shy, wetland heron – the Australasian bittern (matuku hūrepo) – isn’t easy to find which makes it hard to count them but a committed group has…
- 2/09/2024
- Maggie Tait
Spawning monitoring – measuring to manage
Fish & Game staff throughout the country are busy conducting spawning surveys for trout and salmon to ensure there are sustainable fisheries for the future and to check up on…
- 8/08/2024
- Maggie Tait
Trustee retires after a lifetime of protecting wetlands
After 57 years out in the wild John Cheyne is home to roost after retiring as a trustee for the NZ Game Bird Habitat Trust (GBHT).
- 15/07/2024
- Maggie Tait
Appointments to the New Zealand Game Bird Habitat Trust Board
The Minister for Hunting and Fishing, Hon. Todd McClay, has appointed board members to the New Zealand Game Bird Habitat Trust.
- 11/07/2024
- Maggie Tait
Reports show why ORC must lead the way out of troubled waters
Otago Fish & Game is deeply concerned about the state of the region’s environment, with recently released Otago Regional Council reports suggesting many of its freshwater bodies are in serious…
- Otago
- 11/03/2024
- Bruce Quirey
Crested grebe focus of lots of searching over the weekend
The pūteketeke Australasian crested grebe, announced the Bird of the Century in 2023 was the focus of lots of searching over the weekend.
- 5/02/2024
ReWilding the north for World Wetlands Day - wetland a paradise for wildlife
The completion of the second stage of an ambitious project to rewild a once grazed Northland valley into a lush wetland has been celebrated with an event to mark World…
- 5/02/2024
Walking tour showcases wetland values
All aspects of human wellbeing are tied to the health of the world’s wetlands.
- Otago
- 24/01/2024
