by Alex Ough Dealy | Jul 9, 2026 | Flora & Fauna, Publications
By Annie HillThe original article in Russell Lights | Ngā Mārama o Kororāreka, June 2026 edition The word ‘predator’ conjures up an image of a wolf or tiger, or maybe a stoat or ship rat but it seems an extreme description for a goat, particularly “invasive...
by Alex Ough Dealy | May 15, 2026 | Flora & Fauna, Publications
By Annie HillThe original article in Russell Lights | Ngā Mārama o Kororāreka, May 2026 edition I recently went away for a holiday, and I will remember it mostly for my encounters with Kākā (Nestor meridionalis). Admittedly, I went looking for them, but I was more...
by Predator Free Russell | Apr 23, 2026 | Flora & Fauna, Publications
By Annie HillThe original article in Russell Lights | Ngā Mārama o Kororāreka, April 2026 edition The first white settlers in Aotearoa, New Zealand, must have been singularly devoid of poetry to have named these sublime birds, ‘wattled crows’. Anything more different...
by Predator Free Russell | Mar 21, 2026 | Flora & Fauna, Publications
By Annie HillThe original article in Russell Lights | Ngā Mārama o Kororāreka, March 2026 edition It’s fair to say that weasels (mustela nivalis) drew the short straw when they were introduced to Aotearoa, New Zealand. The smallest mustelid in the country, they were...
by Alex Ough Dealy | Mar 19, 2026 | Flora & Fauna, News, Publications
By Dr Vicky FroudeThe original article in Russell Lights | Ngā Mārama o Kororāreka, March 2026 edition Russell Landcare Trust has made amazing progress in eliminating possums, rats, and most stoats from nearly 1000 ha of the 3000 ha Russell Peninsula. Map 1 shows...
by Alex Ough Dealy | Feb 9, 2026 | Flora & Fauna, Publications
By Annie HillThe original article in Russell Lights | Ngā Mārama o Kororāreka, January 2026 edition Our town of Russell was originally named for these little birds: Kororāreka, means ‘sweet penguin’ and while, regrettably, this is a culinary reference, if any penguin...
