Projects

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.

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

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.

Community members are finding out how many pairs of kororā (Little Blue Penguin) nest in the Otago Peninsula and how successful they are at having and rearing chicks.

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.

How many moths are there? Where are they found? Are they affected by artificial light and, if so, how? Students in Otago take a look at our butterflies of the night.

Schools, local groups and scientists are monitoring sites, collecting data and photographing marine communities in the Otago Harbour area. Over time this will show any changes to the species and habitats after dredging.

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

How can we restore the mauri of the Ngāti Ōtara Creek, moana and awa -
and in so doing re-establish the pride and reconnection of the community to the land?