Projects

Ahi Pepe MothNet – Aotearoa is citizen science that aims to engage teachers, tamariki (children), and whanau with moths, ecology and how science is conducted and connected to everyday life.

Expanded and extended for a second season, Project Hotspot is capturing even more local knowledge on coastal threatened species in Taranaki in an effort to better protect these special animals and their habitats.

A local hapū, the Waitara community and marine scientists have joined forces to survey the health of marine life on the Airedale reef, off the Taranaki coast.

Project Hotspot captures local knowledge on coastal threatened species in Taranaki and uses this information to better protect these animals and their habitats.

Students will be identifying the burrow areas and exploring potential issues within little blue penguin habitats.

The project whānau will be exploring the characterisation and connectivity of taonga species inside and outside Tapuae Marine Reserve and Ngā Motu/Sugar Loaf Islands Marine Protected Area.

Investigating how domestic cats interact with sensitive natural areas and ways of altering cat behaviour to allow positive outcomes for pet cat welfare and endangered species conservation.

What makes the subtidal reefs of South Taranaki unique? Locals in Hawera and Pātea are discovering and documenting the subtidal rocky reef communities found in the South Taranaki Bight.

Has the Egmont National Park Kiwi Conservation Programme successfully increased North Island brown kiwi numbers and survival? Students, conservationists and trampers investigate this together.

Local rural schoolchildren explore the Long Tailed Bat population in Eastern Taranaki hill country to try and what is affecting the bats' preferred habitats and what impact human activity has on on these habitats.