Keeping track of your tabby
Tracking your tabby
Is a domestic cat in danger when out hunting at night if there are possum and rat traps set in its home range?
Wild Ways
Calls of the wild
Calls of the wild
Two years after the death of Emeritus Professor Ian Jamieson, postgraduate students Aishwarya Muralidhar and Luke Easton pay tribute by reporting on the continuation of his work at Orokonui Ecosanctuary.
An orchid obsession
An orchid obsession
Marie Ballagh has developed a new passion since starting her volunteer work at Orokonui Ecosanctuary: the native orchids growing there.
Fungi fills the forest
Fungi fills the forest
Orokonui volunteer Maree Johnstone delights in the magic of curious and colourful fungi she finds while working in the bush.
Camaraderie of the trap setters
Camaraderie of the trap setters
Alyth Grant goes out with a trapping team to find out what is involved in the ongoing fight against predators at Orokonui Ecosanctuary.
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.
Experience the natural world
Experience the natural world
Alyth Grant reflects on Orokonui Ecosanctuary as a place of experience and learning.
Orokonui graduates go wild
Orokonui graduates go wild
Kelly Gough describes the excitement of transferring the first group of juvenile Haast tokoeka from their temporary protected home in Orokonui Ecosanctuary's Kiwi Creche to a life in the wild.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A great leap forward
A great leap forward
Before endangered species can be moved to a safe haven such as Orokonui Ecosanctuary, some serious science has to be carried out. Zoology student Luke Easton is involved in a project assessing the feasibility of moving Hochstetter's frogs to Orokonui.
A fine feathered friend
A fine feathered friend
Sue Hensley tells the story of an Orokonui favourite , the kaka known as Mr Roto, who sadly died in an accident in late 2014.
Vegetation succession in action
Vegetation succession in action
Orokonui trustee Kelvin Lloyd reports on regeneration at the ecosanctuary.
Establishing a native forest
Establishing a native forest
People cutting down trees, people planting trees, all in the name of conservation. Matt Thomson and Alyth Grant report on work happening in Orokonui Ecosanctuary.
Saddling up to farm the birds
Saddling up to farm the birds
Saddleback farming is going on at Orokonui Ecosanctuary, as conservation manager Elton Smith reports.
Making a difference
Making a difference
Tahu Mackenzie reports on an exciting new development in her work at Orokonui Ecosanctuary.
Dressing the guardians at Orokonui
Dressing the guardians at Orokonui
Alyth Grant reports on the growth and care of the flax grove near the entrance to Orokonui Ecosanctuary.
A bird brought back from the dead
A bird brought back from the dead
In 1914, the subfossil skull of a takahe turned up at the Otago Museum. It had been dug up that year at Waitati along with kiwi and moa bones, evidence that these large flightless birds once inhabited the coastal forests and shrublands of the Dunedin region.