1+ hour, 42+ min ago   (537+ words) Restoring ecosystems is the work of decades but there are opportunities to identify the wins along the way, Manaia Pearmain-Fenton writes. In an 1894 edition of the Otago Daily Times, Aparata Renata observed of the kakaruai, or native South Island robin:…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (500+ words) Hardworking helpers and committed conservationists were recognised at the 2026 Keep Dunedin Beautiful Awards. About 200 people attended the event last Friday, at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, to celebrate the city’s top environmental and community projects. Keep Dunedin Beautiful (KDB) chairwoman…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (509+ words) Bird flu has likely spread to a second seal, one day after the first mammal in Australia was confirmed to have contracted the virus. Five suspected H5 bird flu cases were recorded in South Australia on Monday, including a long-nosed fur…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (961+ words) For many years, Mike Fisk was struck by the lack of birdlife in Fiordland’s eastern valleys during fishing and deerstalking trips into the national park. He tells Guy Williams how a close encounter with a pair of whio — New Zealand’s…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (599+ words) Only one yellow-eyed penguin chick from the past season is expected to survive to join the mainland breeding population. The Star reporter Sam Henderson speaks to a conservationist trialling live satellite tracking to rescue the dying birds before the species…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (405+ words) A little penguin has died from bird flu before a vaccination programme begins, among new positive detections of the deadly disease in wild birds across two states. Victorian authorities confirmed the death of a penguin from Phillip Island on Saturday…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (342+ words) Building owners needing to gull-proof their roofs are being urged to do so before the red-billed gull breeding season begins. The native gull (tarāpunga) will soon be looking for places to nest, and any deterrents need to be in place…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (291+ words) A new $1 million community funding programme to back grassroots wilding pine control has been announced by the government. Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hoggard, speaking at the national Wilding Pine Conference in Southland on Tuesday, said the fund would be available from…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (373+ words) Dunedin cat owners are being urged to keep a close eye on their pets following the confirmation of bird flu in New Zealand. With rare seabird colonies along the Otago Peninsula and wild scavengers across rural Otago, local pet owners…...

4+ week, 3+ hour ago   (378+ words) Paul Tamagushiku has protected, nurtured and cared for Christchurch parks for 38 years — earning him the title of the city council’s longest standing ranger. The 68-year-old loves being a kaitiaki o te whenua or guardian of the land. “I was a…...