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 | Jan 8, 2021 | Publications
2020 was a challenging year for some, but Russell Landcare stalwarts refused to be daunted and still achieved amazing results! Project Coordinator Eion Harwood, reflects on the achievements to date and highlights of 2020: Russell Landcare Trust’s “Russell Kiwi...
by Predator Free Russell | Apr 8, 2020 | Publications
A project aiming to restore the natural environment on the Russell Peninsula has eradicated rats from 200ha of bush and wetland, paving the way for the reintroduction of locally extinct species. Russell Eco-sanctuary celebrated the milestone with an event at...
by Predator Free Russell | Apr 1, 2020 | Publications
On a warm Saturday in March, bunches of people could be seen walking around part of 200 hectares of forests and wetlands bordered by the Te Wahapu and Pipiroa streams, the clump of forested land roughly between Okiato and Russell. There was a good reason: they were on...
by Predator Free Russell | May 10, 2019 | Publications
A “chubby” little kiwi was last thing Patrick Murphy expected to see when popping into his local Four Square for a bottle of milk. But see it he did. The ferry driver was chatting to his mate by the wharf in...
by Predator Free Russell | Jul 8, 2018 | Publications
Up around the Russell Peninsula, in the Bay of Islands, they have a healthy kiwi population that most parts of New Zealand would envy. “You’re far more likely to see a kiwi running across the road than a possum,” says Eion Harwood, co-ordinator of Russell Kiwi...
