By Annie HillThe original article in Russell Lights | Ngā Mārama o Kororāreka, June 2026 editionThe word ‘predator’ conjures up an image of a wolf or tiger, or maybe a stoat or ship rat but it seems...
Is a Goat a Predator?
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June Monthly Update
Tēnā koutou Kororāreka 👋 The Russell Landcare Trust team is back with an update for June and the first half of 2026!🐭 RAT UPDATE We did see a light but not unexpected increase in rats caught...
May Monthly Update
Kia ora Russell, we’re back with our monthly update! May is now done and dusted, and the RLT team has been heads down, thumbs up, doing the mahi. With 3,399 traps checked across last month, we’re...
April Monthly Update
Tena Koutou Kororāreka, here’s our April 2026 update! April 2026 was packed to the brim for the Trust, with another successful AGM under our belt, more Habitat Restoration Strategy consultations,...
Kākā
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 than rewarded for my efforts in the Brook Waimarama Sanctuary in Nelson, the Botanical gardens in Wellington, and on Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari.
Kōkako – Grey Ghost of the Forest
The first white settlers in Aotearoa New Zealand, must have been singularly devoid of poetry to have named these sublime birds, ‘wattled crows’.