Month: March 2022

Kiwi death

In October of this year (2020), a dead Kiwi was discovered at the end of a driveway by an owner of a property on Kapowai Road. The obvious injuries showed the bird had been savaged by a dog some time during the night.It was particularly upsetting to find the dead bird at the starting point …

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Kiwi Listening Experience

Natalie Ebbers, age 9 (2020) Mum told me we might get to go Kiwi listening with Dave Howarth. We had been trying to listen for Kiwi at home on the back deck, but my sister and I hadn’t heard any Kiwi. We did hear plenty of pukeko though. It would be cool to hear a …

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Cutting a New Track

by David Innes Earlier this year, Pub Charity agreed to fund the installation of a new trapping line, which has long been needed in or-der to fill a gap in our stoat defences facing south.Work undertaken in March/April involved volunteers con-structing a new track which runs from the lower Parakau Stream, east onto the slopes …

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Queen’s Birthday Weather Bomb

by David Innes Following the major storm of Queen’s Birthday weekend which caused particular dam-age in the Kapowai Valley, Kapowai Kiwi Group (KKG) had to assess the damage to the trapping and baiting infra-structure. We lost some 16 stoat traps and several bait stations. There were also portions of two tracks that sustained damage due …

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Avian Avoidance Dog Certifiers

Practicing and participating certifiers are listed below. If you are interested in getting your dog trained please contact any of the trainers or your local Department of Conservation office. Liz Whitwell – 06 869 5639, lwhitwell@doc.govt.nz, Coromandel, DOCMalcolm MacFarlane – 027 235 8424 or 07 868 9912, Thames/ Coromandel, *PrivateChristine Friis, 07 867 9080, cfriis@doc.govt.nz, …

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