Te Ahumairangi Hill Ecological Restoration

16/10/2024

09/10/2023

16/09/2023

Find out how to look after kiwi in Wellington and what to do if there is something to report.

17/01/2023

We know our favourite hill 😉 and there are a number of more secret views and lookouts from Te Ahumairangi Hill than mentioned here ...

https://jontynz.com/2021/09/10/wellington-hills-ranked/?fbclid=IwAR3C5Q9BlTiS2JbA2klODa1i3m7KiE3NRXQNpFzcLHp3QWgEkvxKA8TjV50

New Zealand’s hilliest city, there are many places around Wellington offering spectacular views. Here is how I would rank 18 of the highest points around the city… 1. Johnston’s Hill, 3…

09/12/2022

Eco-warrior Christmas wish list 2021
Looking for a way to invest in nature this Christmas ? Here are some of our favourites. Share your favourite eco-ideas 💡 🌲 💝 below!

🎁 this Rat Trap Tunnel is too big for a stocking filler, but is a steady favourite amongst Wellingtonians of ALL ages. Better still, gift it with some non toxic paints and let the kids go wild 😜 creating a masterpiece for your garden! As a premium hands-off option, nothing says I love you like a a Goodnature A24 trap, for that someone special in your life 💓

https://shop.predatorfreenz.org

🎁 Support the the mothership! Zealandia Ecosanctuary shop has something for everyone, books and bird nerd paraphernalia! A few solid favourites : Annual membership and "the foragers treasury"

https://shop.visitzealandia.com/collections/nz-made-gifts?page=1

https://shop.visitzealandia.com/products/theforagerstreasury

🎁 For the kids; This gift keeps on giving all year round; Kiwi Conservation Club annual membership with Wild things magazine and generous gift pack.

https://kcc.org.nz/kcc-gift-packs/

🎁 on a budget ? construct a Weta hotel!

https://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/toyota-kiwi-guardians/take-action/build-a-weta-motel/

🎁 Or perhaps pekapeka earthware mug available from Forest & Bird. Kiwis love a pekapeka. 🦇

https://shop.forestandbird.org.nz/nz-icon-mugs?gn=Home&gp=2

🎁 A great option for last minute shoppers: Gift a native tree! No need for a courier! Trees That Count donated over 1000 trees to Te Ahumairangi Hill 🌳

https://grow.treesthatcount.co.nz/gift/trees/

🤩 Prefer a unique experience ? What about this nifty "Create Butterfly Habitat' course online that raises money for Moths and Butterflies Nz Trust. How long to butterflies actually live for? What’s the difference between moths and butterflies? and 'What plants do butterflies need, besides swan plants’?' All of these are answered in this cool wee course.

https://www.nzbutterflies.org.nz/product/online-course/

🐟 🦋 🦎 Little critter Posters/tea towel; these are awesome 👏 and help foster conversations about our incredible wildlife = perfect for the home, office or classroom.

https://shop.predatorfreenz.org/products/nz-lizard-poster

https://www.nzbutterflies.org.nz/product/poster-nz-butterfly/

https://shop.forestandbird.org.nz/native-endemic-freshwater-fish-of-aotearoa-t-towel?gn=Home&gp=6

More ideas in the link below

https://predatorfreenz.org/stories/christmas-gift-guide-2022/

Gift ideas for yourself or the wildlife lover in your life. Not just nature-themed, many give back to conservation, so you end up on Santa’s nice list.

26/11/2022

https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/in-depth-special-projects/story/2018868243/aotearoa-s-vanishing-species-creatures-great-and-small

Our goal is to stop human-induced extinctions by 2025. But a lot of our creatures are at the very edge of a future where they're only seen on souvenir postcards, tea towels and coasters.

15/11/2022

Have you seen wasps on te ahumairangi hill ?

Wasps are an often underestimated threat. Painful stings aside, the New Zealand population’s combined biomass is larger than that of all our rats, mice, stoats, and birds combined. Wasps destroy or seriously damage 8–9% of honeybee hives in New Zealand each year. The predation rate of wasps on some native invertebrates is also extremely high.

Wellington’s Wasp wipeout is an important initiative, to safeguard our growing biodiversity.

If you are exploring Te Ahumairangi in November you can really help our cause by keeping an eye out for German and common wasps and reporting to us either by

- private message to our Facebook
- recording the sighting on the "inaturalist app"

Information to include
- approximate location
- type of wasp if known
- number of wasps
- a photo is really helpful for the location and the wasp ID but not necessary

We are interested in all sightings and especially if you see multiple wasps at a single location

How to indentify wasps?

https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/pests-and-threats/animal-pests/wasps/

https://i.stuff.co.nz/environment/wasp-wipeout/117773524/wasp-wipeout-spreads-to-wellington-for-the-first-year?cid=app-android

A campaign against wasps - a threat to native species and the economy - is coming to the capital.

29/08/2022

Here's a pretty thing ! A local corybas - spider orchid in flower on te ahumairangi hill.
There's so much ecological diversity at our feet, and on the door step of the CBD

01/07/2022

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-30/zealandia-urban-sanctuary-helps-save-endangered-kaka/101163058?fbclid=IwAR3DzH9FPltr9Q0YnkDSo3memoN10YWMlmmtGpXFmBYDJocBz9tTpGAYQUk

In the late 90s, the kākā parrot was effectively extinct in Wellington, New Zealand. That is, until someone came up with a wild plan to bring them back.