Archives For World Wetlands Day

World Wetlands Day 2019: Bitterns without borders

Department of Conservation —  02/02/2019

For World Wetlands Day, we’re taking a look a the matuku/Australasian bittern which is a potential indicator of wetland health.

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Bittern chicks at Tiwai spit in 2017.

The bittern/matuku: A national wetland treasure

Department of Conservation —  02/02/2018

It’s World Wetlands Day. Jack van Hal takes us behind the scenes of a research programme underway to learn more about the conservation needs of the Australasian bittern/matuku. 

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Te Waihou Springs. Photo: Adrienne Grant.

World Wetlands Day 2016

Department of Conservation —  02/02/2016

To celebrate World Wetlands Day DOC’s Jackie van Hal reflects on the status of New Zealand’s protected wetland areas.

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