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A "few" kea die as a result of poison pest control operations but there is a longer term benefit overall to protecting the parrot, DOC says.

Having a tent pecked and shredded to pieces by a flock of juvenile kea is actually a positive, a conservation group manager says.

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Found on the South Island's West Coast, Ōkārito Lagoon is a paradise for bird lovers.

New Zealand dogs and their handlers showed dogged determination to remove rats from Australia’s Lord Howe Island in the face of Covid-19 restrictions.

Frank Film07:00, May 28 2021 FRANK FILM The West Coasts Ōkārito Lagoon is an ancient and pristine wetland, but New Zealand’s largest unmodified wetland is on fragile ground. Sunrise over the Ōkārito Lagoon. It is an ancient and pristine landscape, stretching 3200 hectares across estuary waters and brackish inlets, home to more than 70 species of birds, many threatened. On a flat-bottomed boat Paula Sheridan and Swade Finch, owners of Ōkārito Eco Boat tours, slide through watery channel...

Film Synopsis Community-led projects are leading the charge to halt biodiversity decline, while researchers make break-throughs in ways to remove predators and prevent reinvasion. Tāwharanui Open Sanctuary planting day, north of Auckland Photo: Peter Young / Fisheye Films While bird song is receding across New Zealand’s mainland, hundreds of community-led projects are leading the charge to turn things around. On the North Island’s East Cape the government answers the call from iwi for he...

Friday, 16 April 2021, 3:15 pm | Predator Free NZ Predator Free 2050 Limited has announced new investments in predator free projects around the country. Existing projects in Taranaki, Waiheke and Dunedin, a new project in Te Urewera, and a feasibility study on Aotea Great Barrier Island will benefit ... More >> Tuesday, 11 June 2019, 2:41 pm | Predator Free NZ We are pleased to announce the addition of 10 communities to our Kiwibank Predator Free Community programme — taking the total numb...