Well, what a Conservation Week... I'm looking forward to DoC being able to return to its primary purpose of protecting our unique animals, plants and wild spaces - not only to the extent that they bring tourism dollars here, but in recognition that these things actually help to define us.
Dave and I also gained our canopy access certificates, so we're qualified to climb forest giants like these 20 metre rimu and tawa on the Waipapa forest loop.... nesting season here we come!
*19 January 2018* 16 kokako have been re-sighted. Not bad at all!
*4 October 2017* 20 kokako were caught at Waipapa and released safely at Mt Pirongia. This is the first attempt at reestablishing a population on the maunga since the last few old birds were lifted out in the 1990s.
*20 June 2017* The Waikato Times covers the release of the first pair of kokako at Pirongia, handsome boy Rongomau (below) and Rangimarie: https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/93882074/the-first-kokako-have-returned-to-mount-pirongia
