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The stoat was spotted by a thermal camera not long after two stoats were trapped in January. A stoat was first detected at Shakespear sanctuary at the end of 2020, prompting the council to enlist the help of the Cacophony Project, a technology collective working towards the elimination of predators threatening birdlife, and its subsidiary 2040, a not-for-profit that develops equipment to monitor bird and predator populations. Matt Maitland, Auckland Council’s senior ranger at the sanctuary, said the stoat later gave birth, with typical stoat litters ranging between two and nine kits. Department of Conservation/Supplied Stoats pose a significant risk to threatened native birds and lizards. (File photo) ....
DNA evidence from scat and swabs from killed birds suggest there are more stoats than previously thought running rampant on the Hauraki Gulf island. ....
“We have started getting complaints all across Auckland recently,” said Manikantan. Bernadette Basagre/Stuff Significant number of complaints have led to the Wasp Wipeout campaign to begin in Auckland. Rangitoto Island, Motutapu Island and Motuihe Island are wasp hotspots in the Auckland region, along with the Waitākere Ranges. Wasps are invasive pests that are endangering New Zealand’s biodiversity as they compete for native bird food and attack lizards. Manikantan said that wasps also attack “chicklets because they can’t fly and have liquid on them when they are born”. Liz St George/Stuff The first Wasp Wipeout campaign in Auckland begins in Motutapu Island. ....
Auckland iwi joins DOC in restoring Motutapu Island 10 Mar, 2021 11:00 PM 4 minutes to read Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki and DOC set to restore the mauri (life essence) on Motutapu a Taikehu. Photo / Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki and DOC set to restore the mauri (life essence) on Motutapu a Taikehu. Photo / Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Reporter, NZ Herald Auckland iwi Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki have joined Te Papa Atawhai (the Department of Conservation) and Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) to restore the mauri and life force of Motutapu Island. ....
Auckland holidays: Tiritiri Matangi, a wonderland of the Hauraki Gulf 9 Mar, 2021 02:22 AM 5 minutes to read The joy of watching korimako (bellbirds) plunging in and out of the water on Tiritiri Matangi island is something that will stay with Michelle Langstone for a long time. Photo / Getty Images The joy of watching korimako (bellbirds) plunging in and out of the water on Tiritiri Matangi island is something that will stay with Michelle Langstone for a long time. Photo / Getty Images NZ Herald By: Michelle Langstone The Hauraki Gulf is a wonderland. Growing up on boats we experienced so much of Tāmaki Makaurau s coastlines from the sea-side of things, anchoring in bays off Waiheke and rowing ashore to explore, fishing around the Noises and off Motutapu Island, taking in the heart-shaped cone of Rangitoto as we sped by in our little Pelin Empress. But it s recently come to my attention there are quite a few of our little islands I ve never been ashore ....