Puketotara Landcare requested a 'Women's Trapping Workshop' and Kiwi Coast was only too happy to oblige! Twenty-three keen women from Whangarei, Utakura, Umawera, Kaeo and Waimate North attended the workshop on November 4th, kindly hosted by Bridget King of Puketotara Landcare. While Kiwi Coast holds a range of different types of local and … [Read more...]
Kiwi Coast Groups Trap 708,536 Pests in 10 Years!
Northland’s native forests and wildlife are a lot better off without 708,536 pests trapped by groups and projects linked into Kiwi Coast over the last ten years. Kiwi Coast Trust’s annual collation of trap catch data shows the huge positive impact of Northlanders working collaboratively to reduce pest animals that know no boundaries. Kiwi Coast … [Read more...]
Marunui Conservation – Safeguarding Kiwi and Their Chicks
Marunui Conservation got underway 1987 and in 2013, returned kiwi to their 421 ha block. Working collectively with the Piroa-Brynderwyns Landcare group to carry out pest control across the wider landscape has proven very successful - not only safeguarding the kiwi and their chicks, but helping the native coastal forests of the area flourish once … [Read more...]
Piroa-Brynderwyns Pest Control Reaps Rewards
Increasingly intensive pest control by Piroa-Brynderwyns Landcare is reaping rewards for native forests and wildlife over a 25,000 ha area between Bream Tail, Waipu Cove and Marunui. Kiwi were observed in several new locations in 2021 and other rare species including Hochstetter’s Frogs, kākā and koromiko/bellbird were also seen or recorded. … [Read more...]
Welcome to Waipu West Kiwi!
Another community-led project is up and running - a warm welcome to Waipu West Kiwis! The group has immediately linked into Kiwi Coast to join the ever-growing cloak of protection and care extending throughout Northland as more and more people take up the charge of looking after their local area and helping native forests and wildlife thrive once … [Read more...]