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Not very long ago robins were widespread and common throughout this national   park.  They have gone from coastal forests in the last 30 years and

The pāteke was once widespread throughout freshwater and estuarine wetlands of mainland New Zealand but has been close to extermination due to predation. Two other

DOC offers a number of training courses to the public to encourage community participation in conservation.  These include online courses that can be done by

This small forest dwelling bird has only ever been known from the South Island.  It belongs to an ancient endemic family which includes the brown

For most of us an encounter with a robin in the forest will be close-up and endearing.  This is because these small birds are insectivores,

The tomtit (Petroica macrocepha) is a small forest and scrub dwelling bird found only in New Zealand. It has evolved into different subspecies in the North

It is thought that pukeko first arrived in Aotearoa during the Pliocene (3-5 million years ago).  Finding a land with abundant food and no mammalian

Applications for the 2018 Abel Tasman Youth Ambassadors are now open. The Abel Tasman Youth Ambassadors (ATYA) programme gives students from all of the Adopt

In early September I was involved with the work of Abel Tasman Birdsong Trust in transferring 40 saddleback from Motuara Island to Adele.  This work is likely to

Ever since he heard the rare mycoheterotrophic orchid Danhatchia (Yoania) australis, grew in the South Island under nikau at Kaihoka Lakes in Golden Bay and