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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.

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

Second kākā nest found

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.

Kākā breed in the Abel Tasman

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.

Ka kite ano Helen

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.

Down the Bay

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 2^nd and 3^rd 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.

New conservation education scholarship

06 February 2018 | Janzsoon » All News

It’s all in a name – Pikikiruna Range

24 January 2018 | Janzsoon » All News

Locals helping grow endangered pepper cress

20 December 2017 | Janzsoon » All News

Young Leaders Hui – report from May Takahashi

20 December 2017 | Janzsoon » All News

Thanks to Devon McLean

20 December 2017 | Janzsoon » All News

Rare snails radio tracked at night

19 December 2017 | Janzsoon » All News

Welcome to new trustee

12 December 2017 | Janzsoon » All News

Storms a good test of dune restoration work

02 December 2017 | Janzsoon » All News

Abel Tasman National Park 75th anniversary celebrations a success

27 November 2017 | Janzsoon » All News

Smartphone app named “most useful” in district

11 October 2017 | Janzsoon » All News

It’s all in a name – Richardson Stream

24 August 2017 | Janzsoon » It’s all in a name » All News

Hadfield Clearing planting day – Sunday 3 September

16 August 2017 | Janzsoon » All News

Top of the South kaka captive breeding programme launched

17 July 2017 | Janzsoon » All News

Rare native ducks released into Abel Tasman

29 May 2017 | Janzsoon » All News

Over 50 kakariki now released into the Abel Tasman

18 April 2017 | Janzsoon » All News

1,000 less “killing machines” in Abel Tasman

11 April 2017 | Janzsoon » All News

It’s all in a name – Tinline Stream

24 January 2017 | Janzsoon » It’s all in a name » All News

It’s all in a name – Huffam Stream and Rock

24 September 2016 | Janzsoon » It’s all in a name » All News

Pete’s Tweet – Good things don’t always come easily

28 May 2016 | Janzsoon » All News

It’s all in a name – Taupo Point

24 May 2016 | Janzsoon » It’s all in a name » All News

Pete’s Tweet – A transfer of robins

20 March 2016 | Janzsoon » All News

Pete’s Tweet – Pāteke/brown teal

06 March 2016 | Janzsoon » All News

It’s all in a name – Onetahuti

24 February 2016 | Janzsoon » It’s all in a name » All News

Department of Conservation Training Courses to the Public

27 October 2015 | Janzsoon » All News

It’s all in a name – Canaan

24 October 2015 | Janzsoon » It’s all in a name » All News

Pete’s Tweet – Mohua

04 October 2015 | Janzsoon » All News

Pete’s Tweet – Toutouwai/robin

03 July 2015 | Janzsoon » All News

Pete’s Tweet – Tomtit

29 June 2015 | Janzsoon » All News

Pete’s Tweet – Pukeko

15 March 2015 | Janzsoon » All News

Abel Tasman Youth Ambassador applications open

19 September 2014 | Janzsoon » All News

Pete’s Tweet – Tieke/South Island saddleback

19 September 2014 | Janzsoon » All News

Search for rare orchid successful

22 June 2014 | Janzsoon » All News

Students earn NCEA credits for work in Abel Tasman

19 June 2014 | Janzsoon » All News

Pete’s Tweet – Kākāriki

07 June 2014 | Janzsoon » All News

First kākāriki released into Abel Tasman National Park

07 May 2014 | Janzsoon » All News

Kākāriki begin journey to Abel Tasman National Park

23 April 2014 | Janzsoon » All News

Pete’s Tweet – Rifleman

22 February 2014 | Janzsoon » All News

Schools “adopt” areas of Abel Tasman National Park

19 February 2014 | Janzsoon » All News

Pete’s Tweet – Kiwi in ATNP—were they ever?—are they now?

17 February 2014 | Janzsoon » All News

Pete’s Tweet – Weka

09 February 2014 | Janzsoon » All News

Pete’s Tweet – Shags or cormorants

19 January 2014 | Janzsoon » All News

Largest private stoat trapping network nears completion

15 January 2014 | Janzsoon » All News

Abel Tasman National Park goes “live”

19 December 2013 | Janzsoon » All News

First survey of little blue penguins in Abel Tasman National Park

05 December 2013 | Janzsoon » All News

Pete’s Tweet – Canaan dawn chorus

25 November 2013 | Janzsoon » All News

Kahikatea forest restoration to start

31 October 2013 | Janzsoon » All News

Pete’s Tweet – Little penguins

30 September 2013 | Janzsoon » All News

Google steps onto the wild side

19 August 2013 | Janzsoon » All News

Sound system to attract birds to Abel Tasman National Park

14 August 2013 | Janzsoon » All News

Pete’s Tweet – Oystercatchers

27 July 2013 | Janzsoon » All News

Pete’s Tweet – Brown creeper—a forgotten bird

22 June 2013 | Janzsoon » All News

Pete’s Tweet – Bellbird and tūī

25 May 2013 | Janzsoon » All News

Pete’s Tweet – South Island fernbird

20 April 2013 | Janzsoon » All News

Pete’s Tweet – Sooty shearwater and fluttering shearwater

17 April 2013 | Janzsoon » All News

Pete’s Tweet – We need your observations

28 February 2013 | Janzsoon » All News

Pete’s Tweet – The rarest bird in Abel Tasman

25 January 2013 | Janzsoon » All News

Pete’s Tweet – Western weka

20 January 2013 | Janzsoon » All News

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