What does the change of government mean for environmental policy and wildlife protection? Pip Wallace investigates. The environmental rollbacks have started and there are more on the horizon. Plenty of interest groups, property owners and resource users are cheering on
By Keith Woodley 1953 was an eventful year. Ed Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Everest, immediately prior to the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. There was a worker uprising in East Germany. Dwight Eisenhower was sworn in
Pūkorokoro Miranda News – February 2022 Issue 123 We hear about the realities of studying our Arctic migrants in the expanse of the Russian tundra, take a look inside the Manager’s new roost and Bob Gill looks back on the
The management programme for the Northern New Zealand Dotterel/Tūturiwhatu, which has seen the population go from a steady decline to almost doubling in 30 years, is one of our greatest conservation successes. That triumph is due to the work of scores of community volunteers, the enthusiasm of a few dedicated wildlife rangers and the strategy devised by Dr John Dowding, writes Jim Eagles.
This special godwit issue is full of the latest research on Bar-tailed godwits and insight from Keith Woodley into the strikingly different life of these birds in their northern home.
An interesting look into the New Zealand history of the Caspian Tern, the largest tern in the world, and a dive into their irregular breeding habits and vulnerabilities.
Look out for Fernbirds. – Read about Jim Eagles and his family’s search for Fernbirds along the Shorebird Coast in our February 2021 Magazine