News
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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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Te Hoiere Project Newsletter January 2023
Date:Categories:NewslettersRachel Russell appointed Te Hoiere Project Programme Manager, Rai Valley stream side planting, Ruapaka Wetland transformation begins.
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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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Te Hoiere Project Newsletter December 2022
Date:Categories:NewslettersChristmas came early for Forest & Bird’s top of the South Bat Recovery Project with the appointment of Clare O’Rourke as new ecological field team lead.
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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 Project Newsletter October 2022
Date:Categories:NewslettersTe Hoiere Project focus has shifted from building new fences and planting seedlings to supporting people and helping fix damage, since 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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Te Hoiere Project Newsletter August 2022
Date:Categories:NewslettersFloods at Te Hoiere. From August 17 to 20, over 1000mm of rain fell at Tunakino, 744.4mm at Rai Falls, 415mm in the Wakamarina at Twin Falls and 258.9mm in the Kaituna at Higgins Bridge.
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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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Te Hoiere Project Newsletter June 2022
Date:Categories:NewslettersTe Hoiere Project has a new look. Stephanie Holt from RubyFive designed the logo around dominant colours in the Te Hoiere environment and Ngāti Kuia traditional imagery.
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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.
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Te Hoiere Project Newsletter April 2022
Date:Categories:NewslettersChildren are becoming the experts on water quality in Te Hoiere streams.