Read our Whiringa-Ā-Rangi – Huitānguru (November 2021 – February 2022) newsletter here, which features a farewell from Christine who supported the volunteer team throughout 2021, a kōkako update, pest monitoring results, a funding win, and the Ark’s...
It’s been a busy summer with lots of news to share – we’ve completed last year’s baiting round, reached the milestone of over 2000 rat catches recorded since 2015, and have been safely working throughout the Red restrictions to protect the...
Read our Pipiri – Hiringa-ā-nuku (June – October) newsletter here, which features an introduction from our new Volunteer Coordinator Eduardo, the latest trapping results, kōkako korero, photos from around the Ark including ducklings and September storm...
It’s been a few months since our last biosecurity update, and before lockdown hit we were over 80% of the way through ‘baiting the other way around’ as well as trialling an alternative bait DoubleTap in a quarter of our bait stations. We...
Kia ora koutou! Despite lockdown interrupting the kōkako census for a second year, after a 6 week break the Auckland Zoo team are masked up and back out in the field tracking down our kōkako. Getting up early pays off for those keen to hear kōkako. While the...
We’re well on our way through 2021, and it’s been a year of change both at the Ark and across Aotearoa. One thing that hasn’t changed is how amazing the Ark team is – you’ve donated an incredible amount of time to protect our ngahere!...
