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January 2007
Karori Sanctuary achieves twin tourism triumphs
Karori Wildlife Sanctuary was recently voted as one of the top ten experiences the New Zealand public wanted to see added to AA’s existing list of 101 Kiwi Must-Dos, and is also now licensed to carry the Qualmark® - New Zealand Tourism’s official mark of quality. (More...)
Unexpected audience at Wellington’s Soundshell Concerts
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| Kaka eating Photo by Tom Lynch |
Performers at the evening events at Wellington’s Botanic Gardens may be getting a rather unexpected audience this summer. At least 18 nationally endangered North Island kaka have been regularly seen frolicking in the trees nearby at dusk. (More...)
Who’s your daddy? An easy summer ahead for the Shining Cuckoo.
While most birds will be spending their summer frantically flying round after their hungry broods, the shining cuckoo (pipiwharauroa) can look forward to a long, lazy holiday before heading back off to the winterless West Pacific. (More...)
2007 Off To A Blooming Great Start
As its scientific name would suggest, the northern rata (Metrosideros robusta) is a close relative of the pohutukawa, and produces a similarly dramatic display of crimson flowers in December and January. (More...)
Summer in the Sanctuary: Picnics and Poohsticks
Saturday 13 January 2007 11am-3pm
Pack a picnic, work up an appetite and listen to Maria Grenfell’s charming arrangement Four Pooh Stories accompanied by flute, here in Wellington’s very own ‘100 Aker Wood’.
Play poohsticks on the Te Mahanga stream and learn all about the pest species we have eradicated from the Sanctuary while you look for ‘Where the Woozle Wasn’t’. This will be a fun day out for kids of ALL ages!
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