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Aorangi Restoration Trust – The Matuku Muster
We had our annual citizen science outing to count the booms of the Australasian bittern – Matuku-hūrepo in the Boggy Pond wetlands…
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Down to Earth: November in the Martinborough Garden
As spring hits its stride across the South Wairarapa, November brings a noticeable shift, the soil temperature reaches that sweet spot where…
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Masterton set to join Dark Sky Reserve
Expansion would bring almost the entire Wairarapa under a single internationally accredited night sky reserve. Eight years after work began to protect…
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Wetlands Kaitiaki Honoured at the Freshwater Champion Awards
Water is the lifeblood that connects places and people. Through our waterways, our whānau has connected deeply not only to our home…
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Aorangi Restoration Trust Annual General Meeting
The AGM will be held on Sunday the 4th of October from 4pm to 5 pm at the Ruakokoputuna Hall, at 480…
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Penguins, Planting and Pirinoa School
It was a fun day out at Ōkorewa Lagoon on the south coast in mid August, as the mahi of nine local…
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Have you seen this plant?
Madagascar ragwort has recently been found growing in southern Wairarapa. This invasive pest plant is highly toxic to livestock and can significantly…
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Aorangi Restoration Trust appoints their Development Lead and seeks new Trustees
The Aorangi Restoration Trust is delighted to announce the appointment of Anna Burrows as their Development Lead. Anna brings to the Trust…
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Traplines
On 27 April, the new Ruamāhanga trapline volunteers set out twenty DOC200 traps near the river just south of Martinborough. The group…
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Young astronomers train under Wairarapa’s Dark Skies
Martinborough’s dark skies recently hosted a group of New Zealand’s most promising young astronomers as part of the national selection process for…
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“Nature at Night Wairarapa:” no bright torches please
When the sun goes down, Wairarapa lights up! For the fortnight April 13–27, star-gazers are inviting you to step out and look…
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Schools join dark sky science project
Hundreds of kids from eight regional schools are about to join a Wairarapa Dark Sky Reserve network of night lighting measurement and…
