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John Stewart
Environment – Nurturing nature
As the year end approaches many of us look back over the past 12 months and recall the events which characterised the year. It’s been...
Environment – Sharing Shakespear’s spaces
Shakespear Regional Park includes three major bays, each with features offering visitors a range of experiences. Army Bay is sandy, north-facing and the most exposed...
Environment – Long walks for little penguins
I was recently reminded of the ancient joke which starts ‘Why did the chicken cross the road?’ although my prompt was from a visitor who...
Environment – A night listening for kiwi
There has been some interesting recent comment in the press regarding the treatment of a young kiwi hatched at Miami Zoo where visitors could pay...
Environment – Feather formation
Those of you with a keen eye may have noticed recently that some of the forest birds in Shakespear Regional Park are looking rather scruffy. ...
Environment – Deluge impacts park
The severe rainfall events of late January certainly had some impacts on Shakespear Regional Park. The pest-proof fence has a ‘blow-out’ zone at the rear...
Environment – Nesting anxieties
For many nature watchers this spring and summer will be an exciting and anxious time in Shakespear Regional Park. We know that the invading stoats,...
Environment – When is a fence not a fence?
For the past 11 years, the pest-proof fence constructed between Army Bay and Okoromai Bay has provided the means to exclude invasive mammalian predators from...
Environment – Bring the family to planting days
Now that winter is almost upon us, temperatures are dropping and we’re having more rain, the ranger team at the Regional Park are planning for...
Environment – Varied diet courtesy of nature
This is a great time of year to appreciate some of the significant links between plants and the animals that rely on them for food. ...
