by Evita Zarina | Apr 21, 2025 | Flora & Fauna, Publications
Pāteke Brown Teal By Annie HillThe original article in Russell Lights | Ngā Mārama o Kororāreka April edition 2025 New Zealand’s Rarest Duck: Not the One You Think Did you think that the rarest duck in New Zealand is the whio blue duck’? It is, in fact the pāteke...
by Predator Free Russell | Mar 27, 2025 | Flora & Fauna, Publications
Why We Need to Get Rid of Wasps By Annie HillThe original article in Russell Lights | Ngā Mārama o Kororāreka March edition 2025 While I might have my work cut out convincing people of the virtues of weka, and that sweet little hedgehogs are a nightmare for our...
by Predator Free Russell | Mar 27, 2025 | News, Publications
Saving Cliff the kiwi Original article by Sandy Myhre – 27 March 2025, New Zealand Herald, Northern Advocate In a combined community effort, a little kiwi has been rescued from Tapeka Point near Russell and has been given sanctuary. It was a saga to find and...
by Predator Free Russell | Oct 1, 2024 | Flora & Fauna, Publications
Project Areas Update by Annie Hill for Russell Light’s October 2024 edition While many people know about the extinction of moa, huia and laughing owls, a surprising number of are unaware of the many bird species teetering on the brink of extinction. Part of the...
by Predator Free Russell | Sep 13, 2024 | Publications
Russell local Tabatha Bird had an unexpected encounter when her cat flap became the entranceway for a kiwi. After a skirmish with a frog her feline friend had trapped the previous night, the sounds of scuffling last week weren’t exactly welcome. “I thought...
by Predator Free Russell | Jun 12, 2024 | Flora & Fauna, Publications
Myrtle rust’s arrival and spread in New Zealand by Annie Hill for Russell Lights June 2024 edition Native myrtles include pohutukawa, northern and southern rata, rata vines, ramarama, manuka and kanuka. Introduced myrtles include eucalypts, feijoas, lily pilly/ monkey...
