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Locals doing the mahi

A big thanks to Pest Free Kaipatiki for hosting this vegetation planting morning in a stream gully at Beachaven. We even get people come to these events from GreyLynn! And thanks to our Kaipatiki Local Board for supporting these initiatives. Getting like minded people togeth...
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Ecology Drinks

August 25, 2023

Ecology Networks

A big thanks to Dr. Abbas Akbaripasand and the crew at Tonkin and Taylor for organising and hosting last nights Ecology Drinks in Auckland at the T&T workplace. It was a good opportunity to meet with fellow ecology practitioners and discuss current challenges we deal wit...
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Bio what?

A biodiversity credit system may be with us in the future. A number of models are proposed, nothing is set in concrete yet but we need to be cautious about how it would work and who would govern it. To many of us the commodification of nature is perverse and what dollar or c...
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What you need to know

The National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity comes into effect on 4th August. This document directs Councils to protect, maintain and restore indigenous biodiversity requiring no further decline nationally. Significant Natural Areas (SNA) feature and guidance is...
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Low tech, great idea!

We have begun a stormwater sampling regime for Carterton District Council's urban stream environments. The photo shows a cool low tech way to capture the first flush event. As the stream rises , more stormwater is entering the system  and the bottle attached to the wara...
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Manawatu Rainbow

I extracted this fish using a technique called fly fishing!!...
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A Great Day For Community Engagement

The Awataha Greenway opening occurred on Saturday April 1st. Despite average weather conditions there was a good turn out of people (likely to be in the thousands). It provided the opportunity for the Northcote community to celebrate the daylighting of over 1 km of stream wi...
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