Our Oldest Inhabitants by Alex Wall Tuatara are sometimes referred to as ‘Living Fossils’ because the oldest fossils of Tuatara are found in rocks from the Jurassic age – 180 million years ago. That means that the ancestors of Rewa and Taku were around at the time...
5 Native Plants Used In Māori Medicine by Helen Cordery The tangata whenua of our forest is known as Rangitāne o Wairarapa, and they are one of many iwi across Aotearoa New Zealand. The forest is their domain and is often described as a ‘living pantry’, a place to...
5 Ways To Get Your Team Involved in Conservation by Helen Cordery We often write about the ways people can get involved with conservation, but what about on a corporate level? The truth is social and environmental responsibility is now an important component of...
Meet Kahurangi the Kōkako by Helen Cordery If you walk along the Pūkaha aviary track, you may hear something strange. A sound, like a person speaking, or was it a wolf whistle? But when you look around, you see no-one there. If you are standing near aviary 02, chances...
What’s In Your Garden: Tītipounamu by Helen Cordery Imagine this: you are walking through the forest on a cool, damp day. There is dew hanging from the fern fronds, a deep ‘squelch’ underfoot and nothing but the distant screech of kākā and flapping of heavy...
Walking the Pūkaha Loop Track by Helen Cordery Aotearoa New Zealand. A place that intrigues visitors from all over the world who come here searching for their very own slice of “Lord of the Rings” paradise. There is a lot more to New Zealand than Middle Earth,...
