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Recent news, insights & articles from around the Island.

What does best-practice biosecurity look like for Hauturu?

Te Hauturu-o-Toi / Little Barrier is home to a delicate ecosystem where adding or removing one species can have a knock-on effect with huge impact.  Should a pest arrive on…

Recovery opportunity for scallop fishery

One of the measures that Hauturu Supporters Trust advocated for has come to fruition. Under emergency measures the Hauturu Scallop Fishery was closed by Oceans and Fisheries Minister David Parker…

Hauturu lingers in the heart

Trustee Kate Waterhouse reflects on the Working Weekend, 28-30 October 2022. It’s strange that the bird that stays with me when I leave Hauturu-o-Toi is the most numerous of all…

‘Charismatic Megafauna’

Chair’s report by John Clark I love the term “charismatic megafauna”. It describes endangered animal species that are large (relative to other species of the same category) and that arouse…

Manta Ray Hotspot

By Kate Evans Did you know that New Zealand is home to oceanic manta rays? Ngāti Manuhiri call them whai rahi, and they have special significance for the seafaring hapū…