This blog covers the ins and outs of New Zealand’s ever-growing online forum for the nature community, iNaturalist NZ – Mātaki Taiao, previously known as NatureWatch NZ.
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Conservation dog handler Cody Thyne shares a little of what the Conservation Dogs Programme is all about.
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Laura Boren dances, runs, kayaks, makes jewellery, cooks Swahili, helps kids in East Africa and, at DOC, helps marine mammals by providing robust science advice. Come behind the scenes and into Laura’s world today on the blog.
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Today’s photo of the week is a boulder copper butterfly — one of the many endemic species of butterfly found in New Zealand.
Boulder copper butterflies can be found throughout the South Island and in central areas of the North Island, but are more commonly encountered in the upland areas like the Southern Alps and the central plateau.
This beauty was photographed in Canterbury’s Craigieburn Forest Park by Jon Sullivan | CC BY-NC 2.0
Happy New Year! Welcome to our very first photo of the week for the year.
Did you welcome in 2014 with fireworks? We missed the pyrotechnic displays but have taken some inspiration from the flowering tī kōuka/cabbage tree which we think are the botanical equivalents of an exploding fireball lighting up the sky.
Tī kōuka are one of the most distinctive trees in the New Zealand landscape, especially on farms. They grow all over the country, but prefer wet, open areas like swamps.
This photo was taken by Jon Sullivan | CC BY-NC 2.0
