Meet Mark Mackenzie – Golden Bay High School
Seven years ago Mark Mackenzie arrived for a ten-week fixed-term contract as a teacher at Golden Bay High School. He spent those ten weeks finding
16/12/2019
Meet Heidi James – Motueka High School
Motueka High School teacher Heidi James is not a person to sit on the fence and worry. She believes in focusing on the issues where
16/12/2019
Conservation taking to the skies
Conservation in the Abel Tasman National Park is taking to the sky, with an eye catching depiction of the park proving to be a talking
16/12/2019
2020 Conservation Education scholarship applications open
The Abel Tasman Youth Ambassador (ATYA) programme (formerly Student Advisory Board) provides students the opportunity to develop and grow as leaders, connect with other passionate
04/11/2019
First recipient of conservation education scholarship announced
We are delighted to announce Ihaka Griffith has been awarded the first Project Janszoon conservation education scholarship. Ihaka is Onetahua marae’s Abel Tasman Youth Ambassador
11/10/2019
It’s all in a name – Te Matau / Separation Point
Te Matau / Separation Point is the point that marks the separation between Tasman and Golden Bays. Explorer Dumont D’Urville named it the very practical
16/07/2019
Second kākā nest found
A second nest has now been found where a captive raised female and wild male have hatched two chicks in the Canaan area. In March we
26/05/2019
Kākāriki population being studied
Ask an evolutionary biologist what his idea of the ultimate holiday is, and if it’s Professor Doug Robinson, he will say; trudging the tracks of
23/05/2019
Rare ducks now call the Abel Tasman home
The Abel Tasman National Park is now playing a major role in the survival of New Zealand’s rarest duck, the pāteke / brown teal.
16/05/2019
Keeping the heart of the park beating
The A24 trapping networks in the park are proving to be so highly effective in keeping rat numbers down that the network of self re-setting
16/05/2019
Effects of drought in Abel Tasman National Park
The Abel Tasman National Park experienced a substantial drought in the summer of 2018/19, with virtually no rain for nearly three months. The impact is
08/05/2019
Kākā breed in the Abel Tasman
For the first time in living memory kākā chicks have been hatched, and successfully fledged, in the Abel Tasman National Park. Until recently the charismatic
18/03/2019
Visiting the Park? Download our Abel Tasman phone app
The Abel Tasman Phone App is a free smartphone app with up-to-date information on weather, tides, points of interest, history, plants, wildlife and walking times in Abel Tasman National Park. It has a map with geolocation – so you always know where you are!
Education Tool Box
Our Education Toolbox contains lots of useful information for schools visiting the Abel Tasman.
Park Tool Box
Heading into the park? Checkout the activities, apps and info in our Park Tool Box to help you make the most of your trip.