This morning Steve Sawyer saw a flock of about six pōpokotea (whiteheads) in Longbush Reserve. Its wonderful that these rare little birds - whiteheads and tomtits (miromiro) - are returning to Waikereru. Now we’re waiting for our solitary toutouwai (North Island robin) to find a mate…
You can find out more about Whiteheads / Pōpokotea and listen to their songs at ebird.org.
It was great to welcome Pest Free NZ and their ‘state-of-the-art’ trapping workshop to Waikereru.
Te Wharau school students standing on Pā Hill and looking at Motukeo, ancestral mountain and leaping off place of spirits.
The Claude Glass works its magic - planting Puriri for Jem, April 2024.
Mayor Rehette Stoltz visited the Wild Lab recently with Motu school. Pete Jarratt was running a workshop on the 1769 Garden, as our Kereru character told th...
