Project Janszoon: Looking back on five years in the park
SAMANTHA GEE – March 3 2018 www.stuff.co.nz A stainless steel boat skims across the turquoise waters off the coastline of the Abel Tasman National Park.
03/03/2018
New conservation education scholarship
Project Janszoon is delighted to launch a new conservation education scholarship which will support future environmental leaders from the Nelson / Tasman region. The scholarship
06/02/2018
The shape of conservation to come
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
02/02/2018
It’s all in a name – Pikikiruna Range
Pikikiruna has given its name to the main range along the western side of the Park, and to the major faultline that has split the NW Nelson mountains
24/01/2018
Rare native ducklings spotted in the Abel Tasman National Park
SAMANTHA GEE – January 10 2018 www.stuff.co.nz For the first time in “living memory”, pāteke ducklings have been spotted in the Abel Tasman National Park. More
10/01/2018
Project Janszoon Newsletter – December 2017
An exciting year ahead Five years into Project Janszoon it is a good time to reflect on the great progress we have made with our
23/12/2017
Radio tracking our carnivorous snails – Radio NZ interview
Dr Brian Lloyd has been monitoring New Zealand’s carnivorous snail, Powelliphanta hochstetteri in the Abel Tasman National Park for Project Janszoon. He’s the only person to
20/12/2017
Radio tracking reveals more rare snails in the Abel Tasman National Park
Nelson Mail If you want to see one of New Zealand’s rare Powelliphanta snails, your best chance is near Harwoods Hole in the Canaan Downs. Radio tracking of
20/12/2017
Locals helping grow endangered pepper cress
Gardeners in the Nelson Tasman region are pitching in to help save a plant on the brink of extinction in the wild. Coastal peppercress Lepidium banksii was
20/12/2017
Young Leaders Hui – report from May Takahashi
The Young Leaders Hui that Ihaka, Tamu, Maddie and I were given the amazing chance to go to was absolutely amazing. Getting to meet our
20/12/2017
Thanks to Devon McLean
After five years as Project Janszoon director, Devon McLean has now handed over the role to Bruce Vander Lee, while continuing as a trustee with
20/12/2017
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.