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Tākaka teen captures rare pūweto bird on camera : Seven Sharp
07 December 2020 | Video » Media » All News
The future of the endangered kākā received a boost today, with the biggest ever release of the native parrots into the wild in the Abel Tasman National Park.
Persistence saves rare plant in the Abel Tasman
01 April 2021 | Janzsoon » All News
A 30 years championing rare and threatened plants in the Abel Tasman National Park and other conservation areas of Nelson/Tasman DOC botanist Roger Gaskell is retiring.
2021 Conservation Education scholarship application
26 January 2021 | Janzsoon » All News
The Project Janszoon Conservation Education scholarship aims to support former or current ATYA (or SAB) students to pursue relevant development opportunities.
Mārahau halo protecting Abel Tasman’s southern gateway
20 August 2020 | Janzsoon » All News
Mārahau locals are getting behind a new trapping project creating a pest free halo around the southern entrance to the Abel Tasman National Park.
Argentine ant surveys in the Abel Tasman National Park
06 May 2020 | Janzsoon » All News
DOC’s annual Argentine ant surveillance programme has found no evidence of Argentine ants in the Abel Tasman National Park in 2020.
06 May 2020 | Janzsoon » All News
Hans Stoffregen reckons he is lucky to work in a field where he can make a difference. “Ten or 20 years ago I planted trees, now they’re a forest.”
From Scotland to the Abel Tasman National Park
01 May 2020 | Janzsoon » All News
Growing up on the eastern edge of Scotland’s Glasgow, James Livingstone realised early on he had two choices in life. We are glad he chose the one that took him to the Abel Tasman.
It’s all in a name – Whariwharangi
15 April 2020 | Janzsoon » It’s all in a name » All News
How did Whariwharangi, in the north of the park, got its name? Could it be a reference to a rare tree, a nod to a former resident, or a name to remember an awe-inspiring battle between Māori and Europeans?
Opportunities beyond the park for youth ambassador
15 April 2020 | Janzsoon » All News
Being an Abel Tasman Youth Ambassador is providing opportunities beyond the Abel Tasman National Park for avid bird watcher and photographer Bradley Shields.
15 April 2020 | Janzsoon » All News
Project Janszoon is working with the AviaNZ project to enable computer programmes to identify birds from acoustic recordings and ensuring any optimisation of the stoat trapping network, does not impact on our ability to keep predator numbers down.
Abel Tasman Youth Ambassador showing environmental leadership
24 March 2020 | Janzsoon » All News
A former Abel Tasman Youth Ambassador is the first recipient of a new award recognising Golden Bay High School students’ work to enhance environmental awareness.
05 March 2020 | Janzsoon » All News
Conservation taking to the skies
16 December 2019 | Janzsoon » All News
A chopper pod depicting scenes of conservation in the Abel Tasman National Park is proving to be a talking point.
2020 Conservation Education scholarship applications open
04 November 2019 | Janzsoon » All News
Applications for Project Janszoon’s 2020 Education Conservation scholarship are now open.
First recipient of conservation education scholarship announced
11 October 2019 | Janzsoon » All News
It’s all in a name – Te Matau / Separation Point
16 July 2019 | Janzsoon » It’s all in a name » All News
26 May 2019 | Janzsoon » All News
A second nest has now been found where a captive raised female and wild male have hatched two chicks in the Canaan area.
Kākāriki population being studied
23 May 2019 | Janzsoon » All News
Ask an evolutionary biologist what his idea of the ultimate holiday is, and if it’s Professor Doug Robinson you are talking to, he will probably say; trudging the tracks of the Abel Tasman, listening for the call of the kākāriki.
Rare ducks now call the Abel Tasman home
16 May 2019 | Janzsoon » All News
The Abel Tasman National Park is now playing a major role in the survival of New Zealand’s rarest duck, the pāteke / brown teal.
Keeping the heart of the park beating
16 May 2019 | Janzsoon » All News
The A24 trapping networks in the park are proving to be so highly effective the network of self re-setting traps is being doubled in 2019 to create a ‘Heart of the Park’ sanctuary.
Effects of drought in Abel Tasman National Park
08 May 2019 | Janzsoon » All News
A study on the effects of 2018/19’s substantial drought on the Abel Tasman National Park’s ecosystem, and what it means in terms of ecological restoration such as planting and species reintroduction.
18 March 2019 | Janzsoon » All News
For the first time in living memory kākā chicks have been hatched, and successfully fledged, in the Abel Tasman National Park.
Abel Tasman Education programme expands
10 March 2019 | Janzsoon » All News
More young people will connect with the Abel Tasman as the education programme expands.
22 December 2018 | Janzsoon » All News
It’s not farewell it’s ka kite ano to Helen Young who has been involved with the education programme since it started back in 2014.
Predicted beech mast good news …. and a challenge
20 December 2018 | Janzsoon » All News
While next years predicted beech mast will mean a huge increase in predator numbers it’s not all bad news for the park’s birds.
Early Christmas present for Abel Tasman
18 December 2018 | Janzsoon » All News
Forget about Christmas turkey. The Abel Tasman National Park has had a surprise gift of rare native ducks for Christmas.
Ambassadors present to Freshwater conference
18 December 2018 | Janzsoon » All News
This month the Abel Tasman Youth Ambassadors from Motueka High School got to present the results from their research of Anchorage lagoon to the New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society.
Iwi representative Bev Purdie an amazing mentor
10 December 2018 | Janzsoon » All News
Manaaki whenua, Manaaki tangata, Haere whakamua – Care for the land, care for the people, go forward
Manawhenua ki Mohua representative Bev Purdie consistently brings the sentiments from this Māori proverb to the education programme, donating her wisdom and time to the rangitahi / young people.
01 December 2018 | Janzsoon » All News
Dr Philip Simpson, author, botanist and Project Janszoon director, has written Down the Bay – a natural and cultural history of the Abel Tasman National Park.
Cyclone Gita reveals park secret
08 November 2018 | Janzsoon » All News
When Project Janszoon got underway five years ago one of the first tasks was to find out more about the interior, so a team was despatched to look at the vegetation. Way up top, a single individual of a species never before seen in the park, a perching orchid called ‘little spotted moa’, Drymoanthus flavus, was found growing on the trunk of a hall’s totara. Read how Cyclone Gita, revealed another secret.
Applications open for Project Janszoon Conservation Education scholarship
13 September 2018 | Janzsoon » All News
The Project Janszoon Conservation Education scholarship aims to support former ATYA (or SAB) students to pursue relevant development opportunities. The Scholarship is worth $1,000.
Kiwi returning to the Abel Tasman?
11 September 2018 | Janzsoon » All News
It was only a few years ago that experts were predicting kiwi would become extinct on mainland New Zealand and now they are considering returning them to the Abel Tasman.
Do you want to work with the DOC/Project Janszoon education programme?
11 September 2018 | Janzsoon » All News
Can you get others engaged and active in supporting conservation? Are you keen to do your bit to protect New Zealand and encourage students and teachers to see the value of conservation and get involved?
We are looking for a committed and energetic person to provide input to the DOC/Project Janszoon education programme and help maintain and further develop school and student-group partnerships that promote conservation in Abel Tasman National Park.
Kākā to be sourced from around the region
10 September 2018 | Janzsoon » All News
Kākā are one of the noisiest and most sociable birds in the forest and Project Janszoon is working on different ways to increase the numbers of these charismatic native parrots in the Abel Tasman.
With a beech mast predicted for 2019 we are looking at taking kākā eggs from the wild, hatching them in captivity, and then releasing them into the park.
Aerial predator control results encouraging
10 September 2018 | Janzsoon » All News
Birds and snails in the upland areas of the park are going to enjoy two consecutive years of low rat numbers, thanks to last year’s aerial predator control.
Monitoring results show that, in August this year (nearly a year after the October aerial predator control operation), rats above 600m altitude were still tracking at less than 10%. Experts say this is a level below which native bird species will be largely relieved of predation pressure.
Beech planting project expanding
10 September 2018 | Janzsoon » All News
The eroded hills behind Anchorage and on Motuareronui Adele island are not what nature intended. What we should be seeing is a low forest of kanuka, along with hard and black beech. Instead, fire events over the last 200 years (sometimes planned, sometimes not) have left exposed ridgetops ripe for colonisation by introduced weeds like hakea. Restoration supervisor Helen Lindsay updates us on the beech planting project aiming to bring beech back to the hillsides.
New “Toolboxes” give access to expert advice on Abel Tasman National Park
07 September 2018 | Janzsoon » All News
Project Janszoon is delighted to launch two Abel Tasman “Toolboxes” designed to give locals, visitors and education providers access to expert advice, activities and helpful information about visiting the Abel Tasman National Park.
Pāteke / brown teal are doing well, so far
06 June 2018 | Janzsoon » All News
DOC senior biodiversity ranger Jim Livingstone has a way with words when it comes to our latest Abel Tasman residents.
As of today, all were accounted for – fit and well…… Perhaps too fit and too well….
Gregarious in habit, with a large splashy, unruly, feathery raft of around 60 individuals frequently paddling up, and then drifting down the river.
72 new pāteke welcomed to Hadfield Clearing
04 May 2018 | Janzsoon » All News
We were delighted to welcome 72 new pāteke at Hadfield Clearing on Thursday 3 May.
They were released on the banks of the lower Awapoto River, at Hadfield Clearing, near Awaroa. The translocation follows a successful release of 20 of the ducks by Project Janszoon and DOC last year. 90% of the ducks released in 2017 have survived their first year, with two pairs breeding and hatching 12 ducklings. There are only 2,500 pāteke left in the wild, mainly in the North Island.
Red represents hope – good news for a rare species
19 April 2018 | Janzsoon » All News
Like a bloodhound, sniffing out an elusive prey DOC biodiversity ranger Steve Deverell has been out hunting. And the results of his efforts is good news for a rare species in the upper reaches of the Park. His prey? Native mistletoe. Until recently only 24 red mistletoe plants have been found at Moa Park and Canaan. Steve’s survey has doubled that to 50 plants – an indication the forest is recovering as a result of sustained pest control.
Education in Action – enthusiastic start
19 April 2018 | Janzsoon » All News
It has been a busy start to the year for our education team who report that students are really enthused about heading into the Park.
DOC education ranger Brooke Turner says Motueka High School has had a range of students studying in the Abel Tasman in term 1, including Design, Outdoor Education, Geography and Science classes. Some of the students are returning to the Park for their 2nd and 3rd years as part of their adopt-a-section classes.
It’s all in a name …. Hadfield Clearing
19 April 2018 | Janzsoon » All News
As part of our series on place names in the Park author Dave Hansford takes a look at Hadfield Clearing and the family whose name Is forever entwined with it.
On January 21st, 2004, a strand in a 146-year bond was broken when Bill Hadfield passed away. The last of five generations to farm the Awapoto Valley, Bill came to the 790-hectare Golden Bay property in 1950; Bill came to the 790-hectare Golden Bay property in 1950; settled into the homestead where his grandfather William brought his bride Adele in 1878.
Reducing fire risk and dune planting in the Abel Tasman
03 April 2018 | Janzsoon » All News
The objectives of Project Janszoon’s planting projects on the foreshore in Abel Tasman National Park are to reduce the fire risk to the national park and to help build resilience in native foreshore ecosystems. Some area of foreshore can be stable for long periods of time, but it is a dynamic ecosystem and will always be subject to damage in extreme weather events.
Abel Tasman National Park 75th anniversary celebrations a success
27 November 2017 | Janzsoon » All News
It’s all in a name – Huffam Stream and Rock
24 September 2016 | Janzsoon » It’s all in a name » All News
First survey of little blue penguins in Abel Tasman National Park
05 December 2013 | Janzsoon » All News
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