Jackie Russell

Cooler and wetter weather can only mean one thing – it’s planting time at Tāwharanui. Throughout the years thousands of volunteers have embraced the pastime,...

The people of Aotearoa are embracing the goal to eradicate four-legged predators from our land but when it comes to green pests – we’re not...

At Tāwharanui Open Sanctuary, two decades of planting native flora have been planned and evolved into a philosophy to establish foundation bush that enables natural...

After months of restrictions, there are thousands of us who can’t wait to escape the confines of our neighbourhoods and head to the bush, beach...

Learning about the complexity and connections within ecosystems has taught me that nothing exists in isolation. If you want fish at the end of your...

When talking to Kiwis about kiwi, very few have actually seen one in the wild, but most of us would love to spot the iconic...

Searching for a small reptile in dense bush may seem like an impossible task, but when you’re grovelling about with experienced hunters it is amazing...

An initiative trialled at Tāwharanui Regional Park in 2018/19 was so successful that the troops have rallied again to increase visitors’ understanding and awareness of...

Officially speaking, the ocean isn’t within the Tāwharanui Open Sanctuary Society’s remit, but we do pay attention to the Tāwharanui coastline because you just can’t...

There is plenty of debate about climate change and often we struggle to identify how we can make a difference, but there are tangible ways...