IMG_0659 North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) Dr Isobel Castro and David are two members of a Massey University kiwi research team. Here they radio track kiwi through forest habitat on Ponui Island. Brown kiwi introduced onto this island have a mixed ancestry of both 'Northern' and 'Western' provenance *
DSC_6655 Stoat (Mustela erminea) trapping for predators. Mike Camm coordinates a group of Northland landowners who all keep their properties 'predator free' through the use of Fenn Mk IV traps placed in wooden tunnels to catch stoats, ferrets, and weasels. Trapping benefits local ground nesting birds such as vulnerable brown teal, and Northland brown kiwi *
IMG_1617 Stoat (Mustela erminea) trapping for predators. Andrew Penniket coordinates a group of volunteers who assist with 'predator control' in Aspiring National Park. They use DOC 250 predator traps, re-baited monthly with hen's eggs, and placed in wooden tunnels to catch stoats, and weasels in particular. Such trapping benefits 'crevice nesting' forest birds, like yellowhead, parakeet and rifleman, which are all present in reasonable numbers in this area. Makarora Valley *
