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Seed Island Story - Gisborne Herald

Nice story about the seed island project in the Gisborne Herald. Great to have so much local support for this experiment.

Stockyard Creek 20 years on

This video shows how important it is to have some woody debris in streams and rivers - just not the huge rafts we’ve been getting from forestry operations up...

New Pest and Weed Management Plans

We now have two excellent new plans for pest and weed control at Waikereru, by Steve Sawyer from Ecoworks and Marley Ford from Manaaki Whenua. With experts ...

Kereru stripping a kowhai in front of Motukeo

Kereru stripping a kowhai in front of Motukeo

Cyclone Gabrielle cleanup continues

Helicopter hauling logs out of the Waimatā river at Waikereru - cleanup after Cyclone Gabrielle:

O2 Landscapes: 1769 Seed Archive

Great to see this story about the 1769 Seed Archive from Phillip Smith, 02 Landscapes, with glorious photos by Malcolm Rutherford.

Waikereru in 1988

Check out this historic image of Waikereru in 1988, bare as a baby’s bottom - except of course for Longbush Reserve alongside the Waimatā River.

Pest Free NZ Workshop

It was great to welcome Pest Free NZ and their ‘state-of-the-art’ trapping workshop to Waikereru.

Te Wharau School visit

Te Wharau school students standing on Pā Hill and looking at Motukeo, ancestral mountain and leaping off place of spirits.

Claude Glass Magic

The Claude Glass works its magic - planting Puriri for Jem, April 2024.

Mayor meets Kereru at the Wild Lab / Tiaki Taiao

Mayor Rehette Stoltz visited the Wild Lab recently with Motu school. Pete Jarratt was running a workshop on the 1769 Seed Archive, as our Kereru character t...

Waikereru on Restor

Waikereru has been added to the Restor online map of international restoration projects. Restor is an exciting global project that records data from ecologi...

Inspiring TED talk

Check out this inspiring Ted Talk about how indigenous forest restoration can help us save the future for our children and grandchildren.

Seed Islands going from strength to strength

Our seed island project, funded by Lotteries, is going brilliantly. We’re planting ‘seed islands’ of fruit and berry-bearing trees in natural clearings in th...

Carnivorous snail found!

Extremely rare carnivorous snail found at Waikereru: our eagle-eyed ecologist/trapper Guido spotted this very rare indigenous snail up in the hills, the firs...

1769 Seed Archive glorious in the mist

Malcolm Rutherford took these shots of the 1769 Seed Archive in the mist, looking glorious - kereru everywhere.

How much carbon is stored in Kew’s trees?

It would be fascinating to know how much carbon is stored in our trees at Waikereru. The scientists at Kew Gardens in London have used LIDAR, a laser 3D ima...

Wild Lab Tiaki Taiao is up and running again!

The Wild Lab Tiaki Taiao is up and running again! Now that the road is fixed, local school kids are back at Waikereru, having a wonderful time - along with ...

Call to end clear-fell harvesting on erosion-prone land

Our Chair, Dame Anne Salmond, has been deeply involved with the Mana Taiao Tairāwhiti submission to the Ministerial Inquiry into forestry slash and land use ...

RNZ report: Matthew Rosenberg in Gisborne

Listen to this RNZ report from Matthew Rosenberg on the current state of affairs at home in Tūranga - and so awesome to hear him talking about the impact of ...

Waimatā catchment devastated

The start to 2023 has been a nightmare, with Cyclone Hale in January bringing forestry slash down the river, and Cyclone Gabrielle in February blocking the r...

Farewell to Jeremy

A very sad start to 2023.

Biodiversity survey of Waikereru

A superb botanical survey of Waikereru by Marley Ford, Mark Smale and Kelly Gilbride has just been published in the New Zealand Botanical journal.

Motukeo reflected in the Claude Glass

This beautiful image from Simon Devitt captures the ancestral maunga Motukeo as reflected in the Claude Glass at Waikereru, designed by Sarosh Mulla.

Seed Islands racing ahead

Our ‘seed islands’ project is racing ahead, based on expert botanical and geomorphological advice. The idea is to plant ‘seed islands’ of diverse native tre...

The Geomorphology of Waikereru

It’s fascinating to see the landforms at Waikereru through the eyes of an expert geomorphologist.

Wild Lab Tiaki Taiao secures funding

The Wild Lab Tiaki Taiao is celebrating a major success, securing funding from the Ministry of Education for its workshops for students, and for teachers for...

Gisborne District Council - please fix Riverside Road…

After a terrible job of grading the surface in the wake of the big winter storms, Riverside Road has become very dangerous. Potholes, ruts, no gravel, lots ...

Longbush Reserve, Gisborne

Lovely comments about Longbush Reserve on the Gisborne District Council website: https://gisbornecity.co.nz/gisborne-blog/longbush-reserve-gisborne/

Waikereru regeneration timelapse

Here’s a short timelapse showing the regeneration at Waikereru over the past 60 years.

Harakeke used for river restoration

On 20 April, Robyn Wilkie from Ecoworks hosted a biodiversity restoration workshop on the banks of the Waimata river at Longbush Reserve. The workshop was we...

Seed Island Plantings

We’re figuring out how to use strategic ‘seed island’ plantings in manuka-kanuka regenerating shrublands on the Waikereru Hills to speed up the restoration o...

Wetland Plantings Underway!

Robyn Wilkie and her team planting up the wetland at Waikereru - many thanks to Gisborne District Council for funding and Lois Easton for organising this pro...

Seed Collection Workshop

The Women’s Native Trees Trust had a seed collection workshop in the 1769 Seed Archive, taking seed from some of our plants for other restoration projects in...

Team Building Time

A new one for Waikereru. The Wild Lab team helped to facilitate a team building exercise for the local office of BDO Spicer. The birds sang, they climbed P...

Planning Wetlands Plantings

Robyn Wilkie and Lois Easton working out how best to plant up the pond and our wetlands at Waikereru, funded by a grant from the Gisborne District Council Co...

After the Deluge

For the first time in 20 years, both the Waitui and Waikereru stream culverts were completely blocked with wood, rocks and silt. A huge family effort got th...

Robyn’s riverside plantings

After the huge April flood, Robyn’s checking out our riparian plantings to make sure they survived the deluge.

Dave Hughes, legend

Dave Hughes, who’s in his nineties, is a legend at Waikereru. He’s been planting trees here and populating the streams with eels for the past twenty years, ...

Bringing life back to the Awa

More good things happening on the Waimatā River:

Wild Lab Tiaki Taiao Evaluation Report

Many thanks to Shaun Akroyd (Ngāti Porou, Ngati Maru/Rongowhakaata) for his highly supportive and meticulous independent review of the Wild Lab Tiaki Taiao p...

Waikereru Falls

The North stream waterfall was absolutely pumping after torrential rainfall (two months of rain in 36 hours)!

Bunnies Rule!

We’ve had a plague of rabbits at Waikereru during lockdown. Ginny Penn, who helps to take care of the gardens, is a gifted artist (like her daughter Brigdhe...

Ngutu kākā mā & Motukeo

The marvellous gift of 20 ngutu kākā mā - rare white kākā beak plants - from Ngāi Kohatu and Ngāti Hinehika, and artist Raewyn Atkinson is now in its full gl...

How to plant a river bank

Robyn Wilkie knows how to hold a river bank together - harakeke at the eroding edges, mānuka, kānuka, totara and cabbage trees further back.

‘I am the river, the river is me’ - Gisborne Herald

Fabulous to see our ‘Let the River Speak’ research team out on the Waimatā River with the Horouta waka ama paddlers; and to have such a great turn-out at the...

Let the River Speak - Radio NZ article

Here’s another great article (this time from Radio NZ) on the ‘Let the River Speak’ team visit and public meeting:

Let the River Sing - Gisborne Herald

A terrific article on the Waimatā project from the Gisborne Herald.

Wild Lab Tiaki Taiao is pumping!

The Wild Lab Tiaki Taiao is pumping. Here’s a group of Eastern Institute of Technology (Tairawhiti) teacher trainees at the Welcome Shelter.

Article: New and ancient lens for healthy rivers

An excellent article on the rivers project from the University of Auckland.

O Tātou Ngāhere - Pure Advantage

It was a pleasure for our Chair to speak at the launch of ‘O Tātou Ngāhere’ campaign at Te Papa, recently, advocating a major expansion of native afforestati...

Let the River Sing

After a formal presentation to Gisborne District Council and an exciting series of meetings with iwi and community leaders, we had a fantastic field day at W...

Harriers making tracks

Kudos to the Harriers who helped Tim (centre) to start forming a new running track at Waikereru. Its going to be a beauty!

Improving Waterways

A great way to start the New Year! The Waimatā River restoration project wins $850,000 from the Freshwater Improvement grant to fence and plant alongside the...

Jovellana Sinclarii

Wow - Jovellana Sinclarii (native harebell) popping up everywhere along the Waitui stream, beside the new board walk. Lovely to see this rare plant thriving...

Reflecting on Motukeo

Fantastic to see Sarosh Mulla’s Claude Glass installed at Waikereru, reflecting Motukeo. (A scaled up version of a convex obsidian mirror named after the 18...

Welcome Shelter wins national Design Award

Sarosh Mulla’s Welcome Shelter at Waikereru has won a national Design Award from the NZ Institute of Architects - congratulations!!

Fencing upgrade

Hooray! The fence at Waikereru is being upgraded to exclude deer and goats, to protect our rare plants and the birds that rely on them. Many thanks to the L...

Stinky The Stoat

Meet ‘Stinky the Stoat’, for our Pesky Predators Wild Lab workshop. How many wilderness education programmes have costumes made by the costume designer for D...

Third Annual Harriers Run at Waikereru

Fantastic to see the Harriers back at Waikereru for their third annual run to date. Terrific fun.

Welcome Shelter wins design award

A big bouquet to Sarosh Mulla for the Welcome Shelter, which has just won an NZIA design award.

Waimatā Catchment Map

Check out this map of the blocks and ancestral place names in the Waimatā catchment, drafted by Hamish MacDonald from nineteenth century Native Land Court ma...

Brighde Penn’s beautiful thesis

Brighde Penn, who was brought up on Cave Road in the Waimatā Valley, has written this beautifully illustrated and thoughtful thesis on the mask workshops she...

Waitui Walkway

Waitui Walkway - our second lockdown project, with the proud bridge builder. Once the weeds were cleared away we discovered this beautiful little ampitheatr...

Pōpokotea in Longbush Reserve!

This morning Steve Sawyer saw a flock of about six pōpokotea (whiteheads) in Longbush Reserve. Its wonderful that these rare little birds - whiteheads and to...

Waimatā Catchment Restoration Project up and running!

The Waimatā Catchment Restoration Project is up and running, with funding from the Erosion Control Fund, Lois Easton (former Head of Science at Gisborne Dist...

Waterway tracks in lockdown

Jeremy and Anne have been making tracks in lockdown. First effort - a 800 metre track up the Waikereru Stream. Absolutely beautiful, with clouds of pīwaiwa...

Bag moth - the original self-isolator

A common bag moth or pū a Raukatauri (Liothula omnivore) found climbing the wall of the house – a variation on incy-wincy-spider, and clearly very determined...

Pā Harakeke on the move!

Janine Te Reo, kai-tiaki of the Rene Orchiston pā harakeke, has pointed out that the flax plants are being crowded by the trees in the Arboretum, and suggest...

Waikereru Wetland Concept

Led by trustee Lois Easton, we’re planning to create a new wetland around the old farm pond at Waikereru.

Wild Lab Tiaki Taiao - ANZET Report

With heartfelt thanks to Pete and Elle Jarratt, Wild Lab Tiaki Taiao, our wilderness programme for kids, had a brilliant year in 2019. Here’s our report to ...

Robyn spots a Robin!

Robyn Wilkie spotted a toutouwai (N. Island robin) from our relocation programme some years back towards the north end of Longbush Reserve; and Malcolm Ruthe...

New Wild Lab / TT Costumes

Homage to Brighde Penn from Waimatā, and Ruby from Wales for these spectacular costumes of a kereru and mayfly (and a mayfly puppet) for the Wild Lab / Tiaki...

Kosmos Lecture, Berlin

Our chair delivers the last Kosmos lecture in Berlin, thinking about environmental challenges outside the modernist square.

Waimatā River restoration project funded!

The Waimatā River restoration project led by Lois Easton and managed by Laura Savage under the umbrella of the Longbush Ecological Trust has just been funded...

1769 Seed Archive talk @ FCBG

Malcolm Rutherford’s recent talk on the 1769 Seed Archive to the Friends of the Christchurch Botanical Garden was much appreciated. See the report on Malcolm...

What Hugh Wilson thinks about using pine trees to tackle climate change

During a visit to Akaroa last weekend, we met the botanist Hugh Wilson, star of the film Fools and Dreamers, ​who is restoring much of the Akaroa peninsula t...

Who says it’s too expensive to plant natives?

Here’s another great story about Waikereru, this time from Pure Advantage, describing how ​we’ve used seed islands of fruit- and berry-bearing native trees a...

A feast fit for the manu

A wonderful flowering of plants this year has resulted in crowds of birds taking advantage of Nature’s generosity. Tūī, Korimako and Tauhou have been raidin...

Turn Back Time

A marvellous story about the 1769 Seed Archive and its people (Philip Smith, Malcolm Rutherford, Graeme Atkins) in the latest New Zealand Gardener ​magazine.

Tahitian visitors

Such a pleasure to host some of the Tahitian delegation to Moana Nui and Tuia 250 at Waikereru, and show them the Tupaia mistletoe in the 1769 Seed Archive -...

1769 Seed Archive in full bloom

The 1769 Seed Archive is in full bloom, with kowhai and kaka beak and other more retiring, less dramatic flowers appearing in time for our Tuia 250 visitors.

Absolutely gutted!

Bad news from DoC’s Community Conservation Fund. No ongoing pest and weed control funding for Waikereru. Not sure how our Trust could do more to support bio...

The future of East Cape forests

Our joint presentation about the state of Tairāwhiti forests (Trust chair Anne Salmond, trustee Graeme Atkins and Natalie Robertson) at the Environmental Def...

Strategic Planning Session

Awesome strategic planning session for Longbush Ecological Trust, with Malcolm Rutherford, Graeme Atkins, Jennie Harre-Hindmarsh, Lois Easton, Steve Sawyer, ...

DOC Working Bee at Donner’s Bush

Ka mau te wehi! Anna Barber from DOC and Hawaiiki Hou kura kaupapa working bee at Donner’s Bush. Can’t wait to see those plants springing up out of the gro...

Where the wild things are

Awesome, Wild Lab! Great story in the Gisborne Herald.

​I Too am in Paradise

Such a pleasure to have artist Raewyn Atkinson come to Waikereru with 20 kowhai ngutu kākā mā​ (white kaka beak) after her successful exhibition ‘I Too am in...

​Harriers Club Trail Run

The Gisborne Harriers descended on Waikereru for their annual Longbush run, in support of the Gisborne Stroke Foundation. Brilliant turnout with 86 runners ...

​So this is what used to happen on our land at Waikereru

A load of wool from Hegarty’s, Riverside Road, about to go to Napier, 1938.

Dreams can become real

Anne and Jeremy are in Munich, Germany, where they’ve had inspiring meetings with local foresters and river restoration experts.

Tohunga Taiao at work

Graeme Atkins brings plants from the Tairawhiti heartland and puts them in the 1769 Seed Archive, where the Wild Lab / Tiaki Taiao introduces them to local k...

1769 Seed Archive from the Air

Great to see the 1769 Seed Archive looking amazing - thanks to Malcolm Rutherford, Philip Smith and Graeme Atkins​ (and David Bergin, who took the photos). I...

Latest Pest-control Technology

Anne and Jeremy are in Germany, where they checked out the latest local pest control technology:

Wild Lab: Makaraka School

Thanks to funding support from Air NZ Environment Trust, the Sunshine Trust and UNESCO, the Wild Lab / Tiaki Taio wilderness programme for local kids is goin...

BGANZ visit the 1769 Seed Archive

Fantastic to see the experts turning up to inspect the 1769 Seed Archive. Malcolm Rutherford, its curator, showing the Garden off to delegates from BGANZ, Bo...

Wild Lab: Makauri School

The Wild Lab / Tiaki Taiao wilderness programme for local kids is taking off like a rocket, thanks to Pete and Elle Jarratt. Waikereru is full of their laugh...

Farm Forestry group share ideas

Great to welcome the local Farm Forestry group, and share our experience and theirs with the restoration of steep, erodible hill country and its use for carb...

The Swedish Ambassador visits Waikereru

​It was a pleasure to host Pär Ahlberger, the Swedish ambassador, to Waikereru. He was fascinated by the 1769 Seed Archive, with its plants collected by Jos...

NZIA Gold Medal

Great news - our founder Jeremy Salmond has been awarded the NZIA Gold Medal, and the citation includes his design work at Waikereru.

Waimatā River Hui

Two exciting, jam-packed community meetings in Gisborn​e last week to discuss the current state and future of the Waimatā River, followed by an excellent mee...

Harriers test track upgrades

Many thanks to the Eastland Community Trust for funding an upgrade to our signage and the tracks around the Welcome Shelter.

Hawkes Bay DOC visit

Pete and Elle Jarratt talking about the Wild Lab with our visitors from Hawkes Bay DOC & Cape to City.

1769 Seed Archive update

The 1769 Seed Archive is only a couple of years old, but it’s starting to look great!

Torrent Fish in Waimatā River

How exciting. A torrent fish has just been discovered in the Waimatā River by the Gisborne District Council science team - the first of its kind in the catch...

Ruru at Waitui Bridge

Steve and Tim Salmond were standing on the Waitui bridge at midday when this ruru flew under the bridge and perched on a nearby tree.

Longbush Ecological Trust AGM

Guess who attended the Longbush Ecological Trust AGM last week? Our most ancient member, Kura the Tuatara.

Donner’s Bush Restoration Update

What a team! EIT and YMCA students have restored another long stretch of Donner’s Bush. Great to see the weeds disappearing and the ground cover and lower ca...

Our Changing World: The 1769 Seed Archive

Another story about Waikereru / Longbush and the fabulous people who help us to make it such a special place.

Visit by DOC Director-General

We’ve had an exciting time at Waikereru lately, with a visit by Lou Sanson, Director-General of the Department of Conservation. He took this photo of Charles...

Wild Lab Workshop at the 1769 Seed Archive

Great to see Pete and Elle work their magic in another Wild Lab workshop, this time inspiring local children to engage with the plants in the 1769 Seed Archi...

Queen Elizabeth II Trust’s 40th birthday at Waikereru

Such a pleasure to host QEII’s 40th birthday party at the Welcome Shelter, along with many other covenant owners. The 1769 Seed Archive and the Welcome Shelt...

We’re changing our name!

The trustees have decided to change the name of the Ecosanctuary to its original name, Waikereru. The Kereru is our guardian bird, which features on our seal...

Longbush Poplars

After losing a massive Poplar at Longbush, it’s humbling (and slightly worrying) to gaze up at the survivors as they negotiate their personal space and deal ...

David Bergin from Trees that Count

Great to host David and Susan Bergin at Longbush, to discuss the possibility of setting up a trial native plantation at Longbush. An exciting prospect.

Kids’ art in Longbush

Pete and Elle Jarratt work their magic with kids, art and the bush. A great art exhibition in Longbush Reserve!

Artefact at Longbush

Fantastic fun having the Artefact documentary team shooting at Longbush - with Janine Te Reo and her students at the Pa Harakeke / Rene Orchiston collection.

Pa Hill footbridge

Clearing the site for the new bridge at the foot of Pa Hill, watched by two curious tomtits - male and female. Looking forward to clutches of baby tomtits at...

Poplar Uprising

Nature takes its course… of course. A poplar gives up the ghost at Longbush - a harbinger of things to come? These trees are showing signs of age and we’re c...

Taking care of the Waimatā River

Its great to be working with local researchers Sheridan Gundry, Murray Palmer and Mike Marden, and University of Auckland scientists Dan Hikuroa, Carola Cull...

Conservation boards visit

It was great to welcome the East Coast and Chatham Island Conservation Boards to Longbush lately, including some old friends. Such an enjoyable visit.

Its Oi time again at Longbush

This year we’re translocating 16 oi chicks from Young Nick’s Head to the inland colony at Longbush. They’re flourishing, and 6 have already flown off on thei...

Wild Lab hits town

The Wild Lab had another workshop at Longbush on Saturday, this time featuring the koura (native crayfish). Pete and Elle Jarratt with Murray Palmer, freshwa...

Botanical Bling

Give Papa-tuanuku half a chance, and she produces wonders - like these native orchids, discovered by Malcolm Rutherford at Longbush. Thanks to the Clark Trus...

Donner’s Bush comes back to life

DOC, EIT, Longbush Trust and Riverside Road residents have got together to restore Donner’s Bush. What a brilliant initiative. Hats off to Charles Barrie at ...

Getting their rocks on at the 1769 Seed Archive

Last week Phillip Smith and James Fischer from 02 Landscapes joined Jeremy Salmond and Malcolm Rutherford, Curator at the 1769 Seed Archive, building the sto...

More fun at Longbush

The Wild Lab programme for kids and teachers has kicked off, with Pete and Elle Jarratt running two highly successful workshops at the Ecosanctuary. See this...

Welcome to Longbush

Check out Ian Ruru’s fabulous drone video of Longbush!

A New Year at Longbush 2016

What a magic summer at Longbush! A kids’ art exhibition with Pete and Elle Jarratt in Longbush Reserve; 11 titi installed in artificial burrows up in the Wai...

Snowy Hills

Check out the Longbush Alphine Resort - cottage and hills in snow! First time in decades. Ski lift coming soon. (Courtesy Colin McNab)

1769 Seed Archive Planting Starts

Philip Smith (landscape designer) and Malcolm Rutherford (QEII) chat as planting of the 1769 Seed Archive gets under way in early June.

Kiwi Courtship

Anne and Jeremy’s kiwi namesakes, Ani and Jem, have been found together in their burrow at Whinray Reserve, Motu. According to Steve Sawyer, “Jem is an extre...

The 1769 Seed Archive is coming!

Philip Smith of 02 Landscapes has produced this brilliant plan for the 1769 Seed Archive at Longbush, to be planted in front of the Welcome Shelter. This gar...

Welcome Shelter Open!

The Longbush Welcome Shelter has been formally opened by Meng Foon, the Mayor of Gisborne, and is creating a big buzz in architectural circles and in the loc...

Welcome to the Welcome Shelter

After a year of marvellous effort and unstinting, warm-hearted contributions from a wide array of volunteers and sponsors, Sarosh’s master work, the Welcome ...

The Bridge Club

We’ve just christened the new bridge in Longbush Reserve with the Eastland Institute of Technology carpentry students who built it, and their tutor Ben Steve...

Tomtit at Longbush

Amy England from Ecoworks just spotted this miromiro (tomtit) in the Waikereru Hills at Longbush - looks as though they may be breeding. Great to have a safe...

Freshwater survey report

Many thanks to Murray Palmer for an excellent report on the freshwater ecosystems at Longbush, which we aim to make a haven in the region for freshwater spec...

A bridge in the bush

Matt Evans and his team at the Eastland Institute of Technology are building this bridge in Longbush Reserve, funded by the Williams Trusts and the Eastern a...

Welcome Shelter update

It’s time for an update on the Longbush Welcome Shelter. As we head into winter, preparations are being made at Longbush for the onset of some wetter weather...

Earth to Longbush

Institute of Landscape Architects visit

Last weekend a host of landscape architects arrived at Longbush, and spent the morning exploring the Ecosanctuary. The Longbush team - Sarosh Mulla, Megan Wr...

Welcome Shelter update

Sarosh Mulla and his fabulous team of volunteers have spent the summer break erecting the Welcome Shelter at Longbush - a ground-breaking exercise in collabo...

Landcare botany report

Dr. Mark Smale of Landcare Research has written an excellent report on the botany of Longbush Ecosanctuary by landform, including the surrounding Protected M...

Introducing the Welcome Shelter!

The Welcome Shelter at the Longbush Ecosanctuary is the brainchild of a remarkable young architect, Sarosh Mulla. Read all about the project here.

After 150 years, robin chicks at Longbush

Our robin couple, whose courtship is described below, have produced two chicks. Dog Gully Guy now has a family! sFor the first time in 150 years, robin chick...

The Flight of the Titi

Another flock of 10 titi took off from Longbush on their journey across the Pacific this Christmas. They are attracted by bright lights, but luckily, decided...

Welcome Shelter / Workers’ Shed

Sarosh Mulla, a PhD student in Architecture at the University of Auckland and a brilliant, award-winning young designer, is designing a Welcome Shelter for L...

Christmas at Longbush

Christmas at Longbush this year was special, with long, hot blue days and bursts of rain - the plantings seemed to grow before our eyes! Ten titi chicks fled...

Hot News from Longbush - a Robin Courtship

Patsy Matthews from Ecoworks has been forwarding reports from the front line at Longbush, where a female native robin has just been released and teamed up wi...

Bat Chat

A few nights ago, Patsy confirmed the presence of long-tailed bats in Longbush Reserve. As they flew around chasing moths, they clicked, using sonar to try ...

The Waimatā turns to a river of mud

Recent flooding of the Waimatā River caused the banks to collapse, and the river turned to liquid mud. As a result, our Chairperson Dame Anne wrote a plea to...

World first at Longbush

The amazing Ecoworks team have created a world first by establishing and successfully rearing the first inland colony of Titi (grey Petrels). These were tran...

Donner’s Bush

We had an excellent meeting with Andy Bassett, head of the DOC office in Gisborne, to discuss Donner’s Bush, the DOC Scenic Reserve south of Longbush. Donner...