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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.
The first white settlers in Aotearoa New Zealand, must have been singularly devoid of poetry to have named these sublime birds, ‘wattled crows’.
Kia ora, here’s our update for March! The new season means adapting our trapping efforts to the change in season and predators on the move! Many landowners alerted us to sightings and a volunteer...
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...
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...
Kia ora Russell Landcare Trust Community, Last month was jam-packed with interviews with the NZ Herald/ Northern Advocate, a trappers exchange with the Whangarei team and over 3000 traps checked....