Predator-Free Taranaki Project Manager Toby Shanley says. Taranaki Mounga Project have led an intensive rat trapping program in a 1000 hectare block on the north eastern side of Mount Taranaki below North Egmont, with 2160 self-resetting A24 gas powered traps, creating a safe environment for Robin to survive and breed. Almost 100 robin have now been released in this safe area through 2017 and 2018. “The sighting at Pukeiti, around 15 kilometres away, shows that with predator control robins are breeding and
In this issue: All about BioBlitzes. Tēnā koutou katoa. This edition of SITE focuses on an educational activity called a BioBlitz. The main aim of a BioBlitz is to identify as many species as possible in a defined location over a set period of time. You can think of it as a scientific race against time and it is heaps of fun! A number of Taranaki schools ran BioBlitzes (tinyurl.com/PFBioblitz) last year in areas of local bush, parks and school grounds linking with Towards Predator-Free
(1.5 MB pdf) TRC Annual Report 207/2018 - background info & audit report (1.3 MB pdf) TRC Annual Report 2017/2018 - community outcomes (1.1 MB pdf) TRC Annual Report 2017/2018 - financial statements (1.6 MB pdf) Annual Report 2016/2017 The Taranaki Regional Council remains acutely aware of the need to be both efficient and effective as it works to support livelihoods, improve lifestyles and take Taranaki forward. So we're pleased to report that we've completed our full range of planned programmes
tourStudents will experience and learn about the diverse range of native animals and plants that live in the rainforest and the action being taken to protect them through the Towards Predator-Free Taranaki programme. The tour incorporates the following components: Native fish
Tree-top look out
Tree houses
We will spend approximately an hour and a half exploring the rainforest and then return to the Rainforest Centre for lunch. After-lunch activitiesAfter lunch, you can choose one of the following
to this state were the networks of traps everywhere on the island, all maintained by volunteers for years. Now they are down to catching one rat per year.” Since this trip, Clive and Libby have visited Tiritiri Matangi in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf and Taranaki’s own Lake Rotokare. Libby has also spent a night on Kapiti Island off the Wellington coast. “I loved sleeping in a tent listening to the noises of the nocturnal birdlife,” says Libby. With the start of Towards Predator-Free Taranaki and then
Twelve-year-old Monica Joyce’s love of native birds is infectious. The Omata School student is passionate and steadfast in her determination to protect her favourites - kereru, kotare (king fisher) and tūī – from being killed by rats, possums and stoats, which threaten to wipe out New Zealand’s native birdlife. Monica is leading trapping efforts at her school and on her family’s Omata dairy farm. She’s encouraging other Taranaki residents to help by also trapping on their property. The
A Taranaki grandmother who bought 12 rat-traps for her mokopuna says she wants them to give the koha back to taio (the environment) this Christmas. The grandmother, who asked not to be named so the gifts were still a surprise to her family, says her twelve mokopuna will find their traps unwrapped under the Christmas tree or on an outdoor treasure hunt. “They won’t be wrapped because that’s more waste in our environment. It’s important we’re teaching our mokopuna the importance of looking after
helped assemble 100 rat-trap boxes, Mr Crawford says. Oākura resident and community champion Sam Mortensen is challenging other suburbs to try to be among New Zealand’s first communities to be free of rats and possums. She set up community group, Restore Oākura, which so far has about 80 active members. “I’m convinced Oākura can be the first in New Plymouth District to get rid of rats and possums. We’re already well on the way”, says Mortensen. Towards Predator-Free Taranaki is supported by about $11
Yarrow Stadium will be remodelled to suit a broader range of regional and community sports while continuing to be the premier regional venue for top-level sport in the post-COVID era. The East Stand will be replaced under a revised project whose Master Plan was revealed today by the venue’s owner, the Taranaki Regional Council. “It’s Yarrow Stadium Plus,” says the Council Chair, David MacLeod. “We’re going for a venue that’s fit for a wider range of users and scale of uses.
“The rebuilt main
A willingness to help his Pā has seen Ngā Māhanga hapū member take on a fun role of Pā pest protector. For the last four months Ray MacDonald (Rangitane, Taranaki Iwi and Te Atiawa) and his daughter Waimirirangi have been regularly monitoring eight rat traps along Matanehunehu Stream next to Puniho Pā in Warea on Highway 45. “We love spending time at the Pā and thought why not help the Towards Predator-Free Taranaki cause while we’re out there,” says Ray. “We went to our Trustees Hui to see if