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Waipahihi Gully in collaboration with TLDC and Wildland Consultants

Waipahihi Gully is currently getting a makeover! As part of a local subdivision development project above Waipahihi Gully, the developers have put a large sum of money into restoring and conserving native habitat in the local gully. This will not only improve local native biodiversity, but it will also improve the wellbeing of the community surrounding the gully.

Read the full article on the Kids Greening Taupo website…

Posted: 7 September 2021

Lizard Management Turitea Wind Farm

Wildland Consultants has been undertaking lizard management for Mercury for their 60 turbine Turitea Wind Farm, Aotearoa/New Zealand’s largest wind farm to date. We have worked closely with Rangitāne o Manawatū to implement the lizard management programme. It has been pleasing to deliver the programme in full, which has included pre-construction lizard surveys, lizard management planning, and a lizard salvage and relocation programme. We are now working with Mercury on their next wind farm development, at Puketoi.

https://youtu.be/LXS2SUUGXFw

Posted: 15 June 2021

Fearless fowl heading for retirement

A further update to the chickens on Great Barrier Island

https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/articles/news/2019/06/fearless-fowl-heading-for-retirement/

Posted: 11 June 2019

Endangered long-tailed bats found in Rotorua reserve

Rotorua residents may be able to check out a threatened species of native bats while they stop by the supermarket, after a new discovery that bats are using urban areas in the city.

See the article with Kerry.

Article from NZ Herald with Sarah.

Posted: 15 April 2019

Chickens unleashed against Australian skink plague bring Christmas cheer

An update to an earlier article (detailed below)

Posted: 6 March 2019