Archive for September, 2009

Pukawa Wildlife Group

September 23rd, 2009

The Pukawa Wildlife Management Trust consists of a small number of dedicated residents who check rat and stoat traps on a weekly basis in the settlement of Pukawa on the shores of Lake Taupo.  The group have also established a comprehensive network of rat bait stations to assist in keeping rat numbers at a low […]

Blue Duck Project Charitable Trust

September 11th, 2009

Three Hundred dead predators and counting … This has being the success to date since Turangi business people lead by Garth Oakden, Nick Singers and Craig Morey set up the Blue Duck Project Charitable Trust to protect Blue Duck (or “Whio”) on the Tongariro River.  This is a great local project which sets out to protect […]

Conservation Award for Moerangi Station

September 2nd, 2009

  Late in 2008 Barry Pope, manager of Moerangi Station was awarded with a Tongariro Taupo Conservation Award for the work which has been completed in planting the riparian sections of the station. Moerangi Station is located between Lake Otamangakau and Kuratau, and comprises a large part of the upper catchment of the Kuratau River. The award […]