News
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Project partners team up with electric fishing
Date:Categories:NewsAs part of Te Hoiere Project, the Department of Conservation and Marlborough District Council teamed up to learn about electric fishing, a research technique used around the world.
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The Seed Pod
Date:Categories:NewsCheck out this podcast, featuring Connor Wallace of Forest & Bird. This is a must-listen for any budding conservationist or anyone interested in the long-tailed bats of Te Hoiere.
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Te Hoiere Project protects Pelorus catchment
Date:Categories:NewsTe Hoiere Project is supporting the planting of native seedlings on 13 sites, totalling 7.2 hectares this planting season.
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Te Hoiere Project accelerates Pelorus planting
Date:Categories:NewsMore than 7.2 hectares of native seedlings are being planted throughout Te Hoiere/Pelorus catchment this autumn and winter as part of a project to improve freshwater quality from mountains to sea.
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BBC Earth showcases conservation efforts at the top of the south
Date:Categories:NewsConservation partnerships in the Marlborough Sounds have hit the international stage thanks to BBC Earth.
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Daria heads Pekapeka Project
Date:Categories:NewsWelcome to Daria Erastova who recently joined Forest & Bird’s Te Hoiere Pekapeka/Bat Recovery Project as manager.
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Pelorus People: Don Pointon
Date:Categories:NewsDon Pointon brings a big picture perspective to the Te Hoiere Catchment Project.
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Bat Boost
Date:Categories:NewsA colony of pekapeka has been discovered in the Rai Valley, Marlborough, bringing hope for this rarely seen species.
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Column: Volunteers give endangered bats a chance to thrive
Date:Categories:NewsMore than a decade of volunteer mahi by Marlborough and Nelson locals to protect and restore the Te Hoiere/Pelorus catchment is giving the critically endangered long-tailed bat a chance to thrive.
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Climate Action Week: Restoring the mauri to our special places
Date:Categories:NewsTe Hoiere Project Te Pou Hapai Taiao Ruihana Lewis (Ngāti Kuia) has shared what motivates him to protect his environment as part of Marlborough’s Climate Action Week.
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Scientists gain greater insight into rare bat populations
Date:Categories:NewsAfter five years, scientists have gained a better understanding of the population of long-tailed bats that live at the Pelorus River thanks to Te Hoiere Pelorus Bat Recovery Project.
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Searching for bats in Pelorus
Date:Categories:NewsFor the last month, a team has been tracking long-tailed bats at Te Hoiere / Pelorus between Nelson and Blenheim.
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Iwi returns weed-choked site to native wetland
Date:Categories:NewsWillows and pines are being drilled and injected with herbicide, as a Ngāti Kuia initiative focused on Ruapaka Wetland beside SH6 near Canvastown begins.
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Te Hoiere in the DNA for conservationist Waihaere Mason
Date:Categories:NewsTe Hoiere is in the DNA of Te Hoiere Kaitiaki Trust chairman, Waihaere Mason, raised by Ruapaka Stream near Canvastown. Read about his childhood in the region.
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Jobs for Nature | Cleaning up the Te Hoiere Catchment
Date:Categories:NewsRivers and native habitats are under restoration thanks to the $7.58 million Te Hoiere/Pelorus catchment Jobs for Nature project at the top of the South. A story by the Ministry for the Environment.
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Pelorus People: Wendy Sullivan
Date:Categories:NewsGrassroots conservation is the passion that drives NZ Landcare Trust Marlborough catchment coordinator, Wendy Sullivan.
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Te Hoiere community shows strength
Date:Categories:NewsThe Te Hoiere Project focus has shifted from building new fences and planting seedlings to supporting people and helping fix damage from the August floods.
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Te Hoiere Pelorus ecological restoration kicks into gear
Date:Categories:NewsWhile Forest & Bird have had a dedicated trapping network in the Pelorus Bridge Scenic Reserve for years, this is the first concerted effort to protect and restore the area's pekapeka habitats.
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Drone reveals wetland's human history
Date:Categories:NewsHuman influences included an urupā where Ngāti Kuia tūpuna are buried, a tramline embankment from the 1880s to a sawmill in Blackball, historic drainage channels, and commercial forests.
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Beetling up the valley
Date:Categories:NewsA scheme covering an environmentally sensitive valley in the Marlborough Sounds is using dung beetles to reduce the emissions impact of cow dung.
