Think Global - August 2011

The adventures of a wayfaring kiwi

For more than 10 years, Motuora Island has been used as a nursery for kiwi chicks hatched at the Auckland Zoo from eggs taken from the wild in Northland.

At the end of June, four women on Motuora on a Department of Conservation five-day Volunteer Program found a kiwi cowering under a rock on the beach below the cliffs.

Good time to kill invasive cherry tree

It’s pretty pink flowers are viewed by some as a welcome sign of spring’s approach, but Taiwan cherry poses an invasive risk to native bush.

Stoat study tracks pest migration

Auckland Council is funding research into stoats to offset a significant threat to Hauraki Gulf islands. A $30,000 grant made to the University of Auckland helps fund two years’ work by PhD student Andrew Veale to conduct research into stoat migration.

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