Kiwi Coast Fact Sheets
We are developing the Kiwi Coast Education Kit with our partners, Tiakina Whangarei and Kiwi North. Download modules below complete with information and hands-on activities.
Transform Your Back Yard into a Native Bird Cafe
Before you start encouraging native birds into your backyard, it is important to make sure it is a safe place for them to visit. Find out how to keep them safe, which trees to plant to attract birds, which native birds eat what and what not to feed native birds. Activities include fruit strings and a sugar feeder.
Northland Insects (Mini-Beasts & Micro-Monsters)
Northland has a hidden world of incredible insects! Some of them are found nowhere else on the planet. Mini-beasts and micro-monsters lurk all around us – foraging in leaves, hiding in trees, burrowing in logs and flying overhead. Find out what they are, what makes them so special and what to plant to help them thrive. Learn how to make a weta hotel.
Bittern Fact Sheet
A secretive bird with a fog-horn like booming call, they are more often heard than seen. They live in shallow, densely vegetated wetlands and have been seen at the wetland edges, in drains, flooded paddocks and on roadsides. Find out how you can help bring bittern back from the brink...