by Save the Kiwi | Sep 5, 2023 | Chasing Zero, Jobs for Nature, John Bissell, Predator Control
“Who ya gonna call?” when you experience a significant predation event has now been answered. In late July a small group of proven predator hunters gathered at Blue Lake in Rotorua for what was the first Predator Response Team hui. The team was handpicked...
by Save the Kiwi | May 19, 2023 | Chasing Zero, Jobs for Nature, John Bissell, Predator Control
Kia ora team, There is always much to discuss around the trap line. This month, I want to discuss what I call the ‘trap and hope’ epidemic. Everywhere we are working in the predator control front, we are increasing the hectares under control and the species targeted....
by Save the Kiwi | Feb 9, 2023 | Case Studies, Jobs for Nature, Kiwi Champions
Miro Parsonson hasn’t heard a kiwi calling near his family home for at least a decade. As a child, the 29-year-old remembers falling asleep to the shrill calls of kiwi in the forest that surrounds the home his parents built from scratch deep in the Far North’s...
by Save the Kiwi | Jun 22, 2022 | Case Studies, Jobs for Nature, Predator Control
“When people start to understand each other’s projects and become part of something bigger at a regional level, the dynamic changes. Having that regional focus makes a big difference.” The Coromandel has a long, strong, and very proud history of kiwi conservation....
by Save the Kiwi | Jun 19, 2022 | Jobs for Nature, John Bissell, Predator Control
Kia ora team, This month I want to touch on a subject that has many people have avoided. You probably all know the subject I am referring to just by reading those few simple words. Yep, that’s right: feral cats. Now let’s be clear on a couple of points. I grew up with...
by Save the Kiwi | Apr 8, 2022 | Jobs for Nature
Kristy Owens has always been interested in conservation. After studying zoology at the University of Waikato then doing a year-long internship with the Department of Conservation’s rowi kiwi team in Franz Josef, she was hooked. From there, Kristy landed a job with the...
