Life in Wellington, New Zealand, photos, and dogs

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Morepork and more at the Sanctuary

On a recent hot and sunny day my friend Anne and I spent some 4 hours walking at the Karori Sanctuary. It was cool under the trees, and there were not many people on the tracks we chose. We had plenty of opportunity to take our time, look and listen, and it paid off. At [...]

Read the full article ⍾ Outdoors 8 January 2008 5 comments

Tuatara powhiri

Today Ngati Koata, kaitiaki of New Zealand’s largest tuatara population on Takapourewa / Stephens Island handed over 130 tuatara into the care of Karori Sanctuary. Earlier this week Conservation scientists spent five days on remote Takapourewa in the Marlborough Sounds catching the tuatara. Then today the tuatara, with an entourage of carers, flew across Cook [...]

Read the full article ⍾ Photos 19 October 2007 0 comments