The Kea Conservation Trust is at the tail end of a massive push to remove lead from buildings in kea habitat. We talked to the Project Coordinator Peter Fraser about how he got involved with kea, the work that has been going on and why it is important.
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Connecting with nature has been shown to improve mental health and wellbeing, so here’s a little mental health boost, our top 5 stories from the last year or so that show the lighter and funnier side to nature, it’s guaranteed to make you feel good!
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Kea love tinkering. They often turn on taps, and one managed to lock a mountaineer in a toilet. Unfortunately, sometimes the kea’s curiosity and intelligence work against the bird.
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In the world of conservation, species management at a population level is very different to that at an individual level — especially when it comes to our beloved alpine parrots and their notorious curiosity. This is a deep dive into our programme of work for kea and the evidence-based decision making that sits within it.
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After a month of care and rehabilitation, our staff had the privilege of releasing Tiaki the Kea back to his mountain home in Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park.
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