Articles tagged with: birds
Air New Zealand team up with DoC and iwi to support bird biodiversity project in Abel Tasman
Source: Air New Zealand
Air New Zealand, the Department of Conservation (DOC) and Golden Bay’s Manawhenua ki Mohua iwi have today announced a new joint biodiversity project on the Abel Tasman Great Walk.
The project will support the …
DOC and China’s conservation agency agree to protect migratory birds
Go DoC! – Happyzine
NZ Department of Conservation
Date: 18 March 2016
The Department of Conservation (DOC) and the State Forestry Administration (SFA) of China have agreed to work together to protect wetlands visited by red knots and …
Kiwi fishing industry seek to show they take bird life seriously
A new tool for monitoring seabirds in fishing
Cameras placed on board fishing boats have been shown to be an effective way of counting seabird deaths during fishing. A recent trial on a vessel that fishes …
Mohua crowned Bird of the Year
Tuesday 29 2013 – Wellington
Forest & Bird media release for immediate use
Mohua crowned Bird of the Year
The mohua (yellowhead) has been crowned Bird of the Year Forest & Bird’s ninth annual poll.
This year over 12,925 votes …
Kiwi bird of the year poll opens today!
Radio broadcaster Hayley Holt, singer Barnaby Weir, United Future leader Peter Dunne, and TV personality Wallace Chapman will be just a few of the New Zealanders going into battle for their favourite native bird in …
Positive steps forward for New Zealand’s at-risk seabirds
A new government plan to help save New Zealand’s seabirds has been welcomed as a positive first step that will now need to be translated into “on the water gains” by global conservation organisation WWF.
Primary …
Eight new arrivals a boost for Kahurangi National Park whio
The fortunes of rare whio/blue ducks in Kahurangi National Park’s Wangapeka-Fyfe area have been boosted by the arrival of eight young ducks last week (Friday 8 March).
The eight whio, aged around three to four months, …
Locals and DoC bringing threatened heart-leaved kōhūhū back back to Murchison
Media release – Department of Conservation
8 February 2013
Love your endangered trees – Heart-leaved kōhūhū
Murchison is becoming known as a haven for rare and endangered tree species and locals are being invited to help another rare …
NZ falcon wins Bird of the Year
The New Zealand falcon (karearea) has been crowned Bird of the Year in Forest & Bird’s eighth annual poll.
This year 10,292 votes were cast in this fiercely contested poll, with the karearea snatching 1261 votes …
Bird of the Year poll open
Monday 10 September 2012 – Wellington
Forest & Bird press release for immediate use
Bird of the Year poll open
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TV personality Te Radar, comedian Raybon Kan and actress Jennifer Ward-Lealand will be championing their favourite native …
Bird of the Year – Polls Open
Thursday, 20 October 2011, 3:28 pm
Press Release: Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Thursday, October 20, 2011 – Wellington
Forest & Bird media release for immediate use
Bird of the Year – polls open today
Singer Hollie Smith, actress …
DoC Announce Winners of Remix the sounds of New Zealand – Featuring Native Birds
New Zealand Department of Conservation
Announcing the winner of our New Zealand Music Month competition: Remix the sounds of New Zealand
‘Bird call’ is the winner in our remix the sounds of New Zealand competition. Shayne …
Migration Patterns Linked to Genetic Differences in New Zealand Seabirds
NIWA & The University of Auckland EMBARGOED UNTIL 31 MAY 2011
Migration patterns linked to genetic differences in New Zealand seabirds
Ground-breaking research by NIWA and The University of Auckland, investigating the annual movements of New …
Love birds, save trees: Kereru Discovery Project takes flight with fresh funding in the Year of Forests
A project to help Kereru and native forests thrive once more throughout the Wellington region has received new funding today from the Nikau Foundation with the generous support of the Willscott Endowment Fund, …
Ekodo: Birdsong
By Sean Weaver
As he screamed at me I noticed that his face became slightly twisted, with furrows in his tanned brow like delicate wavy patterns on an untouched sandy beach. The bellbirds still sang sharply, …
100% Hatch Rate for Albatross Chicks
Original Source: DoC
All the albatross chicks at Taiaroa Head have hatched without problems – the first time the Royal Albatross Colony has achieved a 100 percent success rate in 16 years.
But the difficult time is …
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