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Oldest recent visitor does slow streak through skies
Comet C/2024 G3 (Atlas) sliced through the skies mid-January, slowly fading on its first visit to the Sun and planets in 180.000…
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Setting up to catch the Noctourism wave
Nocturnal + tourism equals a new and leading trend in world tourism, rated the No. 1 new attraction and reported by the…
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Pingao – the little coastal sand sedge miracle?
Fifty tussock-like plants covered in wire mesh boxes sit in the sand well along the beach-front at Lake Ferry’s Okorewa Lagoon. Few…
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Great Planetary Alignment at end of February
Stump up with binoculars, telescope, mobile phone app or bare eyes at month’s end (February 28) for a (hopefully) star-lit night to…
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Introduced predators decimate coastal and forest birds, wildlife
My journey into conservation has been a short one, prompted by a lifelong love for our wild South Wairarapa coastline and our…
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Aorangi Forest Park: Dark Heart of Wairarapa’s Dark Sky Reserve
Aorangi Forest Park, long celebrated for its rugged beauty and ecological significance, has taken on a new role as the “core” of…
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Canada geese problem takes off – who’s doing anything?
By Martin Freeth South Wairarapa farmers resumed their cull of canada geese this summer _ but bird numbers are ever-increasing and so…
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Farewell to a native species dying in the lake?
Freshwater kākahi – native mussels once a key food source in Lake Wairarapa – face potential extinction as they pay the cost…
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Green energy buffs living Off the Grid
Up on the heights of Martinborough, Frank and Lisa Cornelissen have built their new home. Wanting to conserve energy and be as…
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Martinborough hosts Wairarapa’s first regional park – a plantation forest
Hiwinui, Wairarapa’s first regional park, could be set up and ready for visitors within three years – just 10 minutes drive from…
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Spades, shovels, grubbers, wheel barrows – Spring cleaning
Piles of mulch several cubic meters in size, gumboots, tools and saplings – some up to four meters high after four years’…
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Dark Sky group sees national lighting controls protecting heritage
Martinborough’s founding dark sky reserve group had an early lucky break – streetlights across Wairarapa’s towns were about to be changed in…
