Morepork
Birds call out 1080 silent forest claim
The use of 1080 for pest control is supported by a range of conservation and farming organisations, but opponents claim forests fall silent when the poison is dropped, saying this is evidence of harm… Audio
Protecting NZ's native birds of prey
Debbie Stewart has spent the last 3 decades protecting, and rehabilitating New Zealand's threatened birds of prey. She set up the Wingspan National Bird of Prey Centre in Rotorua where she pioneered… Audio, Gallery
Let's Get Trapping
In order to control rats, stoats, possums and feral cats on Banks Peninsula, ecologist Alison Evans has started a library in Little River that loans traps and cages to locals free of charge. She also… Audio, Gallery
Citizen science: giving ruru a helping hand
The ruru, or morepork, is our only surviving native owl and locals living on Banks Peninsula are giving them a helping hand by providing luxury accommodation. Audio
Ruru
Listen to our native owl, seen in Māori tradition as a watchful guardian belonging to the spirit world. Audio