Wetlands |

Bittern by the matuku-hūrepo bug

Department of Conservation — 14/12/2023

‘Boom-chains’ from hide-and-seek legends with stabby beaks – matuku-hūrepo/Australasian bittern have a vocabulary all of their own.

In Native animals, Wetlands Bittern, matuku-hūrepo, matuku/bittern, Te Mātāpuna

Planting trees at Wadeson Island in Hokitika.

Hokitika project receives major boost from Jobs for Nature

Department of Conservation — 05/12/2023

A collaborative conservation project in Hokitika is restoring the largest community greenspace and bringing back native habitat for birds and whitebait through the Jobs for Nature programme.

In Jobs for Nature, West Coast, Wetlands Hokitika, Jobs for Nature, Wadeson Island

Restoring the mana, mauri and health of Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere

Department of Conservation — 22/10/2023

Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere is the fifth largest lake in Aotearoa with some of the greatest diversity of wading birds in the country. Unfortunately it is also the second most polluted.