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Blue Ducks air-dropped into Abel Tasman: Nelson Mail
03 March 2022 | Media » All News
The latest release of whio into Abel Tasman National Park were flown in via helicopter longline for the first time, to access more remote inner reaches of the park.
Generous gift will leave a lasting legacy
21 June 2024 | Janzsoon » All News
Project Janszoon was established in 2012, with a generous gift of up to $25 million from Neil and Annette Plowman, to transform the ecological prospects of the Abel Tasman National Park.
18 June 2024 | Newsletters » Janzsoon » All News
Welcome to Winter. Check out our Autumn-Winter newsletter for a round up of our recent conservation and education achievements in the Abel Tasman National Park.
Abel Tasman kākā population keeps on growing
12 March 2024 | Janzsoon » All News
The 2023-24 kākā breeding season has finished and the population has continued to grow. With five chicks known to have fledged this year, we are making steady progress towards a sustainable population of these amazing birds in the park.
06 January 2024 | Newsletters » Janzsoon » All News
Happy Holidays! Check out our summer 23-24 newsletter for a round up of our conservation achievements 2023 in the Abel Tasman National Park.
Trampers’ favourite bird makes a comeback in the lowlands of the Abel Tasman National Park
22 June 2023 | Janzsoon » All News
Have you heard the kākā calling?
29 May 2023 | Janzsoon » All News
The Project Janszoon 2022-23 breeding season for kākā has resulted in six fledged juveniles flying from their nests, and our forest bird acoustic monitoring has recorded kākā calls in more locations across the Park.
The Pou Whenua of Ngāmamaku-Wī Parana
28 April 2023 | Video » All News
This video tells the story of the Pou Whenua of Ngamamaku-Wī Parana, which can be seen on the Abel Tasman Coast Track at Marahau. The story is told by his descendants Ropata Taylor and Ngawaina Joy Shorrock.
‘A real win for biodiversity’ – Endangered whio set free
27 February 2023 | Media » All News
Several whio or blue ducks were successfully released into Abel Tasman National Park this week by Project Janszoon
We love wetlands – World Wetland Day 2023
01 February 2023 | Janzsoon » All News
On World Wetlands Day 2023, we celebrate the wetlands of the Abel Tasman National Park, from the rare kahikatea swamp forest at Hadfields Clearing, to the red tussock wetland ecosystem at Moa Park on Canaan Downs, the harakeke swamps and lagoons at Anchorage and Awaroa and the estuarine habitats at Onetahuti, Totaranui and Bark Bay.
25 January 2023 | Media » All News
Conservationists are celebrating the success of a wild kākā breeding programme at the top of the South Island.
Abel Tasman student gains valuable experience from youth observer role
11 January 2023 | Janzsoon » Education » All News
Highlights from our 10th Anniversary Celebrations
19 December 2022 | Janzsoon » All News
Highlights from Project Janszoon’s 10th Anniversary celebrations, photo exhibition, guided walks and volunteer thank you event this year
Celebrating 10 years of Project Janszoon
09 December 2022 | Video » All News
This video celebrates the progress made by Project Janszoon and its partners over 10 years towards a biodiversity rich ecosystem in the forests, coastlines and rivers of the Abel Tasman National Park.
Overseas Magazine Springtime Article
19 September 2022 | Media » Janzsoon » All News
The September issue of the Royal Overseas League magazine, Overseas, featured an article on Springtime in the New Zealand Forest, featuring Project Janszoon Director Philip Simpson talking about his favourite springtime plants in the Abel Tasman National Park.
10th Anniversary Feature in the Motueka Guardian
14 September 2022 | Uncategorized » Media » Janzsoon » All News
The Guardian Motueka ran a three page feature on Project Janszoon and its partners to launch our 10th Anniversary Celebrations
13 July 2022 | Media » Janzsoon » All News
An unbanded kākā was spotted in gardens and reserves in Richmond and Wakefield.
22 May 2022 | Video » Janzsoon » All News
A distinctive landmark in Mārahau greets visitors approaching from the South—a carved waharoa (entranceway).
Hares and Hoar Frost – restoring Hadfield Clearing
29 April 2022 | Janzsoon
Restoration work involved battling against browsing hares and frosty winters to get plants to a point where they could survive.
Abel Tasman’s changing face thanks to decade-long wilding pine project – Nelson Mail/Stuff
31 March 2022 | Media » Janzsoon » All News
Historic Tomorrow Accord signing ensures Abel Tasman’s invasive conifers are gone for good
26 March 2022 | Media » Janzsoon » All News
A community-led project to rid priority areas of Abel Tasman National Park of wilding conifers had a boost on Friday 25 March 2022 as it was handed over to the Department of Conservation (DOC) to ensure invasive conifers do not re-establish.
Abel Tasman Kākā chicks are bringing the forest to life
21 March 2022 | Media » Janzsoon
Project Janszoon Ornithologist Ron Moorhouse and Director Bruce Vander Lee were interviewed by an independent Auckland radio station about the recent breeding success of kāka in the Abel Tasman National Park.
Kāka chicks boost Abel Tasman population
14 March 2022 | Media
A flock of young kāka chicks have fledged in the Abel Tasman, boosting the population of native parrots in the national park.
Blue Ducks air-dropped into Abel Tasman: Nelson Mail
03 March 2022 | Media » All News
The latest release of whio into Abel Tasman National Park were flown in via helicopter longline for the first time, to access more remote inner reaches of the park.
Passion for Māori World and Environment Scholarship Winner: Motueka Guardian
01 December 2021 | Media
Wilding pine removal a community effort – Abel Tasman Magazine
13 October 2021 | Media » All News
It seems strange to celebrate dying trees in a national park but the grey skeletal remains you see on the skyline of the Abel Tasman National Park are a tribute to a community project that has stopped a huge green tidal wave from changing the park’s landscape forever.
Teenage change-maker says board life far from boring : Nelson Mail
08 July 2021 | Media » All News
16-yeqr-old Motueka High School student, and Abel Tasman Youth Ambassador has joined the board of Project Janszoon.
Bay huntsmen get their goats : Golden Bay Weekly
07 May 2021 | Media » All News
A passion for hunting has allowed local huntsmen to realise their dream of making a hobby into a job, as DOC rangers culling feral goats as part of a trial funded by Project Janszoon.
Trapping milestone in the Abel Tasman : Motueka Guardian
04 May 2021 | Media » All News
The 2,000th stoat was trapped in the Abel Tasman National Park recently, giving native species more chances to thrive.
28 April 2021 | Janzsoon » All News
The major storms that hit the Abel Tasman National Park back in 2018 left a major repair bill, but three years later there is a silver lining at Awaroa beach, also known as the Peoples beach, with the dunes looking better than they have in many years.
Feral goat numbers reduced in collaborative project
27 April 2021 | Janzsoon » All News
Feral goat numbers are being reduced in the halo of Abel Tasman National Park in a collaboration between landowners, Project Janszoon and DOC.
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.
2020 Conservation Education scholarship awarded : Motueka Guardian
04 February 2021 | Media » All News
Observing pollution first hand in China and Europe prompted Project Janszoon’s 2020 Education Scholarship recipient to study for a degree in marine biology.
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.
More native ducks released in Abel Tasman National Park : Motueka Guardian
16 January 2021 | Media
Chances of visitors to the Abel Tasman National Park coming across a rare native duck have increased with 50 0f the endangered species released recently.
Tākaka teen captures rare pūweto bird on camera : Seven Sharp
07 December 2020 | Video » Media » All News
The spotless crake, or pūweto, is a highly secretive bird and almost never caught on camera. Bradley Shields managed to prove that it has a home in Abel Tasman National Park.
Trapping milestone reached with 40,000 rats eradicated from Abel Tasman : Nelson Mail
24 November 2020 | Media » All News
Prints lead to teen’s discovery in Abel Tasman National Park : Nelson Mail
21 November 2020 | Media » All News
Kākā in the Abel Tasman : Abel Tasman Magazine
16 October 2020 | Media » All News
The Abel Tasman National Park has a new bunch of residents. They’re loud, noisy, mischievous and like to party – but no-one is complaining.
Rare Nelson green gecko spotted in Abel Tasman
15 October 2020 | Media » All News
One of the country’s rarest animals, a Nelson green gecko, has been spotted hanging out in the Abel Tasman National Park.
Mārahau trapping group expand predator control efforts around Abel Tasman | Nelson Mail
27 August 2020 | Media » All News
A Mārahau trapping group established during lockdown aims to build on the predator control work in the Abel Tasman National Park and create a “pest free halo” around the southern entrance.
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.
Monitoring carnivorous snails in the Abel Tasman
03 August 2020 | Video » All News
This video looks at the fantastic work being undertaken to monitor native snails in the Abel Tasman.
Drought conditions and weka giving Abel Tasman’s snails a hard time | Nelson Mail
01 August 2020 | Media » All News
There may be fewer tourists walking the Abel Tasman track, but a group of carnivorous snails that call the park home are getting a hard time from a booming weka population.
Youth ambassadors back in Abel Tasman | Motueka Guardian
22 July 2020 | Media » All News
Abel Tasman Youth Ambassadors returned to the park in the last week of term, excited to be back after an enforced absence due to the Corona virus.
Conservation work starts in Abel Tasman | Motueka Guardian
03 June 2020 | Media » All News
Motupipi School’s year began with a mercy dash to Wainui Bay sandspit where over the past few years they have been planting trees in partnership with Project Janszoon.
More pāteke released in Abel Tasman – rare duck population now in the hundreds | Nelson Mail
26 May 2020 | Media » All News
There might be less people flying around the country, but a plane carrying 49 rare pāteke made a special flight to Nelson, as part of the journey to their new home in the Abel Tasman National Park with Project Janszoon.
Rare white weka spotted in the Abel Tasman | Nelson Mail
24 May 2020 | Media » All News
It might look like a seagull fossicking in the undergrowth, but it’s a white weka captured on film deep in 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.
Motupipi Enviro School in action | Golden Bay Weekly
06 March 2020 | Media » All News
Motupipi School’s year began with a mercy dash to Wainui Bay sandspit where over the past few years they have been planting trees in partnership with Project Janszoon.
05 March 2020 | Janzsoon » All News
Call of the wild – Kia Ora magazine
01 February 2020 | Media » All News
Air New Zealand’s Kia Ora magazine delights in the kākā being returned to the coast of the Abel Tasman.
Mount professor gets back to nature in New Zealand bird study – recordonline.com
08 January 2020 | Media » All News
Abel Tasman conservation taking to the sky in style – Motueka Guardian
07 January 2020 | Media » All News
An eye catching depiction of conservation in the Abel Tasman is proving a talking point for people flying around Nelson/Tasman.
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.
Local woman wins conservation award – Motueka Guardian
10 December 2019 | Media » All News
Project Janszoon’s restoration supervisor Helen Lindsay has won a prestigious conservation award.
The dawn chorus that heralds fresh hope for New Zealand’s wildlife – Guardian UK
20 November 2019 | Media » All News
The success of a scheme to reintroduce endangered parrots to the forests of the Abel Tasman National Park in the South Island by Project Janszoon augurs well for wider efforts to restore native wildlife – Guardian UK.
2020 Abel Tasman Youth Ambassadors welcomed – Motueka Guardian
06 November 2019 | Media » All News
Abel Tasman Youth Ambassadors for 2020 were welcomed at Te Awhina Marae, whilst 2019’s cohort were farewelled.
2020 Conservation Education scholarship applications open
04 November 2019 | Janzsoon » All News
Applications for Project Janszoon’s 2020 Education Conservation scholarship are now open.
Kākā return to Abel Tasman coast
17 October 2019 | Video » All News
Kākā have been returned to the Abel Tasman National Park coast with 24 of the native parrots released at Bark Bay/Wairima.
Motueka community conservation nursery boosts native planting – Nelson Mail
15 October 2019 | Media » All News
First recipient of conservation education scholarship announced
11 October 2019 | Janzsoon » All News
Twelve curious kākā flock back to Abel Tasman coastline
26 September 2019 | Media » All News
A flock of inquisitive kākā have returned to the coastline of the Abel Tasman National Park, another step in the vision towards re-populating the park with bird species that once lived there.
Kākā go gaga in Abel Tasman National Park – RNZ
24 September 2019 | Media » All News
A record number of threatened native New Zealand parrots have been released into the Abel Tasman National Park by Project Janszoon.
Tourists warned not to fall for charms of curious kākā – One News
24 September 2019 | 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.
Rare native ducks will see out their twilight years at Tōtaranui
27 August 2019 | Media » All News
Nelson Mail story about rare native pāteke seeing out their twilight years at Tōtaranui.
DOC rangers doing hard yards for conservation
01 August 2019 | Media » All News
World Ranger Day this week acknowledged the critical work of rangers on the front-line of conservation across the globe.
It’s all in a name – Te Matau / Separation Point
16 July 2019 | Janzsoon » It’s all in a name » All News
Abel Tasman cleared of wilding pine pest – One News story
17 June 2019 | Video » Media » All News
Local conservation efforts have achieved what seemed impossible in the picturesque Abel Tasman National Park. As TVNZ reports all mature wilding pines have now been controlled.
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.
Discussions begin to bring kiwi back to Abel Tasman
26 April 2019 | Media » All News
Kiwi could be coming back to the Abel Tasman thanks to successful predator control programmes like an upcoming aerial 1080 drop.
Down the Bay – A natural and cultural history of the Abel Tasman National Park
18 April 2019 | Video » All News
Author and botanist Dr Philip Simpson has written a book about the natural and cultural history of the Abel Tasman National Park called Down the Bay. He talks about the book and shows us some of the special species in the Abel Tasman National Park.
Protecting pāteke in the Abel Tasman National Park
18 April 2019 | Video » All News
Pāteke/brown teal are New Zealand’s rarest dabbling duck. Since 2017 over 100 pāteke have been released at Hadfield Clearing in the Abel Tasman. They are doing very well and breeding. You can help Project Janszoon protect the ducks when you are visiting the park.
Inland solitude – Wilderness Magazine
01 April 2019 | Media » All News
While thousands walked, kayaked and camped around the Abel Tasman coast this summer, Kathy Ombler found solitude and serenading bellbirds on the park’s Inland Track
Abel Tasman offshore Islands declared predator free
26 March 2019 | Media » All News
The islands off the coast of the Abel Tasman National Park have been declared free of predators once again.
Wild and captive-raised kākā successfully breed in Abel Tasman
19 March 2019 | Media » All News
Four new kākā in the Abel Tasman National Park have boosted hopes of re-establishing a wild population.
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.
Project Janszoon webcams used to keep eye on boatie behaviour at Awaroa, Anchorage
16 January 2019 | Media » All News
Images from Project Janszoon webcams at Anchorage and Awaroa in Abel Tasman National Park are being used to keep an eye on boatie behaviour.
What makes the Abel Tasman a jewel in national park crown
05 January 2019 | Media » All News
The squeaks of young kākā chicks can be heard at Natureland, as a group are being hand-reared in a bid to boost the population of native parrots in the Abel Tasman.
Pāteke a gift for Abel Tasman National Park
23 December 2018 | Media » All News
The squeaks of young kākā chicks can be heard at Natureland, as a group are being hand-reared in a bid to boost the population of native parrots in the Abel Tasman.
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.
Kākā chicks hand-raised to boost native parrot population
20 December 2018 | Media » All News
The squeaks of young kākā chicks can be heard at Natureland, as a group are being hand-reared in a bid to boost the population of native parrots in the Abel Tasman.
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.
Down the Bay – Radio NZ interview
18 December 2018 | Media » All News
Abel Tasman National Park is New Zealand’s smallest national park. Ecologist and Project Janszoon director Philip Simpson was born and raised right beside the wilderness reserve and the park’s flora and fauna has always fascinated him. He writes of this and much more in his new book – Down the Bay – a natural & cultural history of Abel Tasman National Park.
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.
Project Janszoon bring opportunities for cross-cultural learning
15 November 2018 | Media » All News
For the past six years, Motueka High School has been privileged to be a part of the restoration and preservation of the Abel Tasman National Park, which is the major focus of Project Janszoon – a trust which is working to reverse the ecological decline of one of the most beautiful natural resources that is patronised by so many local and international visitors.
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.
Prince Harry and Meghan visit Abel Tasman National Park
29 October 2018 | Media » All News
Four whio were released in Abel Tasman National Park for the first time last week in a bid to establish the threatened birds there.
Pou whenua of Hohaia Rangiauru – Medlands beach
13 October 2018 | Video » All News
Descendants of Hohaia Rangiauru of Te Ātiawa, whose pou whenua stands at the entrance to Medlands Beach in the Abel Tasman National Park, kōrero (talk) about his legacy and efforts to ensure the title to customary land was recognised
First whio released into Abel Tasman
13 October 2018 | Video » All News
Follow the story of four rare whio / blue duck that were released into the Abel Tasman National Park In September 2018
Four to the fore as whio introduced to new home
27 September 2018 | Media » All News
Four whio were released in Abel Tasman National Park for the first time last week in a bid to establish the threatened birds there.
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.
Wilding pine control in Abel Tasman
19 August 2018 | Video » All News
In May 2017 20 rare pateke / brown teal were released into the Abel Tasman National Park by Project Janszoon and DOC. This is only the 2nd mainland site in the South Island where pateke are found and if the ducks do well up to 300 will be released over 7 years.
Award for couple who donated $25m to restoration of Abel Tasman National Park
24 June 2018 | Media » All News
An “extremely private” Auckland couple who have committed $25 million to restoring biodiversity in the Abel Tasman National Park have been recognised with a national award.
Neal and Annette Plowman were revealed in 2014 as the funders behind Project Janszoon, a comprehensive bid to restore the flora and fauna of the Abel Tasman over 30 years.
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.
A volunteering job with all the trappings
17 May 2018 | Media » All News
If you can’t help but feel a twinge of envy as you watch the tourists pass through town on their way to the striking wilderness of our national parks, the Abel Tasman Birdsong Trust might just have the antidote. The trust is looking to bolster its volunteer force and is calling on locals to register their interest to assist with recording predator data and clearing traps within the national park.
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.
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.
The shape of conservation to come
02 February 2018 | Media » All News
By Dave Hansford, Wilderness Magazine Feb 2018
A conservation project in Abel Tasman National Park has struck a new agreement which will ensure environmental gains are guaranteed by future governments.
Radio tracking reveals more rare snails in the Abel Tasman National Park
20 December 2017 | Media » All News
Natureland nurturing little blue penguin back to full health and home by Christmas
18 December 2017 | Media » All News
Project Janszoon – the first 5 Years
10 December 2017 | Video » All News
Project Janszoon is a private trust working with DOC, the Abel Tasman Birdsong Trust, iwi and the community to transform the ecology of the Abel Tasman National Park. This video looks at the first five years (from 2012 to 2017) of the projects’ 30 year journey.
Abel Tasman National Park 75th anniversary celebrations a success
27 November 2017 | Janzsoon » All News
A tree for every child in Golden Bay planted at a rare kahikatea forest in Abel Tasman National Park
07 September 2017 | Media » All News
Top of the south kaka breeding programme launches at Nelson’s Natureland Zoo
11 July 2017 | Media » All News
Pāteke release at Awaroa inlet
06 June 2017 | Video » All News
In May 2017 20 rare pateke / brown teal were released into the Abel Tasman National Park by Project Janszoon and DOC. This is only the 2nd mainland site in the South Island where pateke are found and if the ducks do well up to 300 will be released over 7 years.
Yellow crowned kakariki flown to freedom in Abel Tasman National Park
14 April 2017 | Media » All News
Phone app enables trampers to help with restoring Abel Tasman National Park
24 November 2016 | Media » All News
It’s all in a name – Huffam Stream and Rock
24 September 2016 | Janzsoon » It’s all in a name » All News
Robin Release at Pitt Head by Abel Tasman Birdsong Trust
14 May 2016 | Video » All News
The Abel Tasman Birdsong Trust transfer 34 south island robin from Motuareronui Adele Island in the Abel Tasman National Park to Pitt Head on the mainland on 30 May 2016. Extensive rat control on the mainland means the birds will have every chance to thrive.
Bush robin population boosted on the mainland in Abel Tasman National Park
02 May 2016 | Media » All News
New Zealand’s forests threatened by a ‘tidal wave of pines’
04 April 2016 | Video » Media » All News
Project Janszoon gaining ecological footholds in Abel Tasman National Park
01 January 2016 | Media » All News
Technology could make great New Zealand walks even more enjoyable if new app proves popular
27 December 2015 | Media » All News
Kākā return to the Abel Tasman National Park
22 December 2015 | Video » All News
Project Janszoon and DOC plan to release up to 100 kaka in the Abel Tasman National Park. This video documents the background, release and subsequent monitoring of the first four birds in November 2015.
Endangered birds put under surveillance in battle against extinction
07 December 2015 | Video » Media » All News
How Project Janszoon is restoring Abel Tasman National Park – Nine to Noon interview
05 October 2015 | Media » All News
Aerial 1080 operation in the Abel Tasman National Park
06 November 2014 | Video » All News
In August Project Janszoon and DOC completed an aerial 1080 operation in the Abel Tasman National Park. It was undertaken in response to a beech mast which saw a huge increase in rat numbers. This video documents the drop and gives background on the operations and how 1080 works and where it comes from
Campbell Live story on Adele Island tīeke / saddleback release
05 October 2014 | Video » All News
There are only just over 600 South Island Saddleback left in New Zealand. In September 2014 40 were transferred from Motuara Island in the Marlborough Sounds to Adele Island in the Abel Tasman National Park by the Abel Tasman Birdsong Trust. This story which featured on TV3’s Campbell Live follows their journey.
Project Janszoon releases the first kākāriki into the Abel Tasman National Park
18 June 2014 | Video » All News
Rare look at baby banded rail at Marahau Estuary
23 March 2014 | Video » All News
Rare look at baby banded rail at Marahau Estuary at the start of the Abel Tasman National Park. Video taken by Wendy from Project Janszoon
Project Janszoon stoat trapping network – One News story
26 February 2014 | Video » Media » All News
First survey of little blue penguins in Abel Tasman National Park
05 December 2013 | Janzsoon » All News
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