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Jenny Hanwell
Environment – Reflections on 2025
As we come to the end of the year, the Pest Free Hibiscus Coast Project staff team and I often reflect on the year as...
Environment – Spring into Life
Our local Forest & Bird team have enjoyed seeing the signs of spring in nature this week. From vibrant kōwhai blooms to mysterious green orchids...
Environment – I’m in a serious relationship…
It’s one I’ve been in all my life, and I expect you are engaged in something similar; it’s the relationship we all have with our...
Environment – State of Extinction Report
Recently Forest & Bird’s chief executive Nicola Toki (you might know her from TVNZ’s Endangered Species Aotearoa) commented that the latest State of the Environment...
Environment – Possum control protects our forest
Most people only see these nocturnal troublemakers when they end up squashed on the road, not thinking anything of it and definitely not seeing the...
Environment – Conservation generation
As part of Forest & Bird’s Pest Free Hibiscus Coast Project, the team have been working with schools across the Hibiscus Coast for several years,...
Environment – Have a wild time this summer
We are so lucky here on the Hibiscus Coast to live in a place where so many people around the world dream of going on...
Environment – Feathering your nest
When it comes to our top priorities when choosing a home, where does nature fit in? We know that nature benefits us all, but how...
Environment – Celebrating nature’s champions
With the Paralympic games about to start this week, here on the Hibiscus Coast spring is already off the starting blocks. Did you know that...
Environment – Strange fungi to watch for
This is the season when nature lovers get very excited about the emergence of some of the strangest residents of our forests and grasslands. There...
