Eels keeping secrets to themselves
A delightful little pond at Orokonui Ecosanctuary is home to a mystery fish. Neville Peat reports.
Wild Ways
Food for thought
Food for thought
Volunteer Brenda Ives reports on the shopping list behind the daily routines and needs of the wildlife at Orokonui Ecosanctuary.
The not-so-private life of Sirocco the kakapo
The not-so-private life of Sirocco the kakapo
The relationship between humans and birds is about to get a whole lot closer at Orokonui Ecosanctuary, Karin Ludwig reports.
Robins just flitting along nicely
Robins just flitting along nicely
There are South Island robins in Orokonui Ecosanctuary - scores of them, writes Robert Schadewinkel.
Bird feeders were never like this
Bird feeders were never like this
Many people put food out for the birds in winter. But at Orokonui Ecosanctuary supplementary feeding is a more complex affair.
Song to start the day
Song to start the day
It is 4.45am at Orokonui Ecosanctuary and still dark. Cars approaching along Blueskin Rd form a stream of lights. So much traffic at this hour of the morning? Yes, everyone wants to be here for this special event for our volunteers.
Corporate help secures future
Corporate help secures future
Orokonui Ecosanctuary's Alister Robinson pays tribute to the many supportive Dunedin businesses that sponsor the work done there.
The weasels of Dons Creek
The weasels of Dons Creek
In New Zealand, the weasel population is thinly spread, with trapping generally yielding a ratio of stoats to weasels of 20 to one. But there are weasel hotspots. The ecosanctuary boundary is one of those. Michael Fay sets the traps.
Elusive creatures of the streams
Elusive creatures of the streams
Orokonui Stream boasts a treasure trove of mysterious and elusive native freshwater species that have previously evaded the public eye, as Lan Pham reports. Tragically, most of them are disappearing from waterways throughout the country.
Top results with tokoeka
Top results with tokoeka
The Orokonui Ecosanctuary kiwi creche is back in business. Four of the juvenile Haast tokoeka, which were temporarily removed after a stoat was observed in the ecosanctuary, are back and thriving. Alyth Grant heard their life story from DOC ranger Sian Bent.
Experience the natural world
Experience the natural world
Alyth Grant reflects on Orokonui Ecosanctuary as a place of experience and learning.
A dog's life
A dog's life
Orokonui Ecosanctuary conservation manager Elton Smith pays tribute to the work done by dogs in the protection of native wildlife.
Playing hide and seek in the undergrowth
Playing hide and seek in the undergrowth
New Zealand's elusive fernbird can be found flitting about the Orokonui Ecosanctuary, writes Paul Sorrell.
Takahe together at last
Takahe together at last
Two large flightless birds, ambassadors for an endangered species, are winning hearts and minds at Orokonui Ecosanctuary, as Neville Peat reports.
Nest best thing
Nest best thing
Alyth Grant recently visited Bush Haven, near Invercargill, a private aviary run by dedicated couple Russell and May Evans. In the past couple of years they have raised and forwarded to Orokonui Ecosanctuary four young kaka now living there in the wild.
Preparing a classic kiwi meal
Preparing a classic kiwi meal
Wildlife management student Leon Berard reports on his work volunteering at Orokonui, when extra help was needed to care for juvenile kiwi.
One prominent parrot
One prominent parrot
Ahead of his visit to Orokonui, Bronwyn Jeynes, of the Kakapo Recovery team, tells how Sirocco came to be the survivor and remarkable personality he is.
Wild Ways: Not just for the birds
Wild Ways: Not just for the birds
Native vegetation and plant species at Orokonui Ecosanctuary are worth valuing in their own right, as Kelvin Lloyd explains.
The very rarest of rare birds
The very rarest of rare birds
Sirocco is coming back to Orokonui to get you hooked on kakapo conservation, writes Karin Ludwig.
The tale of a stoat
The tale of a stoat
Orokonui conservation manager Elton Smith tells the story of the 2015 battle against stoats at the ecosanctuary.