Tuatara Day

I must admit, I’ve nev­er actu­al­ly seen a tuatara in the flesh (in the scales?) before. So the Karori Wildlife Sanc­tu­ary are hav­ing a spe­cial Tuatara Day to allow me and the no doubt many oth­er urban­ites who haven’t seen our most famous lizard the chance to check out their res­i­dent rep­tile — Oliv­er — […]

Somes Island Weeding Mission

The ongo­ing effort by the Depart­ment of Con­ser­va­tion, the Coun­cil, and ordi­nary peo­ple like you and me to regen­er­ate native flo­ra and fau­na around the city con­tin­ues next month with a bit of a weed­ing mis­sion out on Somes Island (aka Matiu). DOC are call­ing for vol­un­teers for a big weed-bust­ing day on Sat­ur­day March […]