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Community conservation in action. Help us save Coromandel kiwi
The results of the 2025 large-scale listening surv The results of the 2025 large-scale listening survey are in! We repeated our 10-year survey over the MEG kiwi sanctuary area of mustelid trapping. Last winter, volunteers sat out on three nights for two hours on dusk, recording kiwi calls. Kiwi are now widespread from Moehau maunga down to Kapanga/Coromandel town, heard at 80% of listening sites, indicating to us that the trapping is vitally important to continue. At 16 sites monitored from 2005, numbers increased 36% in first 10 years, but kiwi have not increased at those sites from 2015 to 2025 and this could indicate the habitat is reaching carrying capacity or kiwi are dispersing further away. At 22 sites in common from 2015 - 2025, the estimated number of birds is up 30% and two areas of decrease were identified for investigation. We’ll be continuing our annual surveys to keep an eye on the trends over time and check our kiwi are still thriving. Huge thanks to all the volunteer listeners and trappers and other predator control groups in the rohe who contribute their time to catching mustelids. We are so lucky to live in real kiwi country! Estimated Kiwi Numbers The map shows numbers of kiwi heard - green sites listened at by humans, red sites had acoustic recorders. 51 sites heard kiwi (80%) Average call rate per hour = 2.3 Estimated adult calling kiwi = 1442 in the operational trapping area. #kiwiconservation #kiwimonitoring #citizenscience
Let's try again for some worthwhile volunteering! Let's try again for some worthwhile volunteering! The next kahili ginger bash is on Sat 21 March 2026. Meet at the Driving Creek car park at 9am. Please wear some protective clothing and shoes that can go through a creek crossing, all other equipment provided. A few hours of weeding time and coffee afterwards, thanks to Driving Creek. If its heavy rain we might have to postpone so please check the facebook page on the day or email info@meg.org.nz if you're not sure. Look forward to seeing you! @drivingcreeknz
This summer I got to meet a gecko 😃 and so many This summer I got to meet a gecko 😃 and so many awesome kids and parents enjoying some fun nature-inspired activities 🥰 We couldn't put on a summer holiday programme without our sponsors support so a huge thank you to you all. Especially @shellybeachtop10 and @drivingcreeknz and Waikawau bay DOC Campground for hosting some of our events. Please support the businesses who help us if you can. See you again next year! 📷 @anna_sephton_ Blair Dance, Steph Parkyn, Katharina Hecht
Anyone else being woken up by these guys at 4.30 i Anyone else being woken up by these guys at 4.30 in the morning?? The cicadas are breaking out! They are loud at this time of year because the males are calling out for mates and they only have a couple of weeks to live after transformation from pupae to adult. The ones around us in the bush are most likely Chorus cicada or Kihikihi wawā And they make the high pitched sound using a vibrating membrane on the side of their body called a tymbal. FUN FACT Females lay their eggs in grooves they cut in branches and the nymphs fall to the forest floor where they burrow down and live for 2-3 years!! But does anyone know why they "sing" together in the early morning, then have a bit of a rest before starting up again for the day?? Let us know 👇 Lots of great info about cicadas on the Te Papa website, thanks @te_papa
Save the Date! Saturday 28 Feb 2026. We'll be gett Save the Date! Saturday 28 Feb 2026. We'll be getting together again to tackle invasive wild ginger hosted by the Driving Creek Team. Meet at 9am in the Driving Creek Railway carpark dressed with long sleeves and pants for protection and footwear suitable for crossing a creek. For more details info@meg.org.nz Look forward to seeing you soon!
Last Saturday we hosted a Kiwi Avoidance Training Last Saturday we hosted a Kiwi Avoidance Training for dogs. Thank you to all the caring dog owners who came along 🙏💚 and to fabulous trainers Christine and Sheila, what a great success and so important for the kiwi in our region! @savethekiwinz #kiwiconservation
Look at this gorgeous gecko from our recent BioBli Look at this gorgeous gecko from our recent BioBlitz at the MEGa Pest Attack! 🦎😃 This brilliant green gecko is known as the Elegant gecko or moko kākāriki, Naultinus elegans. Huge excitement in the team of herpetologists who were out searching for geckos and frogs in our trapping area. This gecko species is a wonderful climber, their tail is prehensile (like a monkey) and these tree-dwellers are often up in the top of the canopy so we were very fortunate to see one. And this species is only found in the north of the North Island. Can you see it's blue mouth? It has a bright blue mouth gape to scare off predators. Did you know that green geckos can bark? Their noises were described by Māori to Europeans as like laughter, a repetitive call between a bark and a squeak. Fun facts: they can live up to 25 years and possibly more, they give birth to live young, one or two per year, eat a mix of insects, berries and nectar, and have to lick their eyeballs to keep them moist! 👀 Sadly their Conservation Status is At Risk - Declining due to introduced predators BUT the good news for this little moko kākāriki, we are doing intensive trapping for rats, possums, feral cats, mustelids and more. Let's hope this one lives a long, happy life in the MEGa Pest Attack! NB: only herpetologists with the correct permit were able to handle the gecko. 📷 Holly Madden RMA Ecology Our thanks to the @drivingcreeknz conservation team for organising the visit from herpetologists from the Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in NZ And thanks to our funders who keep these special creatures safe particularly Waikato Regional Council and Lotteries NZ and our trappers for all the mahi! @ourwaikato #gecko #conservationaotearoa #MEGaPestAttack
We're postponing the planned ginger weeding event We're postponing the planned ginger weeding event with Driving Creek this weekend due to the recent weather events causing road closures, high streams and wet conditions under foot. Stay safe and dry everyone and we will see you at the next event in February! Thank you for your mahi team, and hope all is well at your own homes. @drivingcreeknz Driving Creek
Its been a wet and wild week up here and we hope e Its been a wet and wild week up here and we hope everyone is safe and drying out! Unfortunately the camp and road closures and the wet conditions in the bush have made it impossible for us to continue with two of our advertised events. Paint a Rat Trap and Kiwi Night Adventure have been cancelled and we hope to see you again next summer! Thank you to everyone who had helped or come along on one of our events, we loved meeting with you all. Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou
We had to change the date of Kiwi Avoidance Traini We had to change the date of Kiwi Avoidance Training due to bad weather, so if you can make this new date - Sat 7th Feb - with your dog, please check out the www.kiwiavoidancetraining.nz to book your spot! Thank you for helping protect our kiwi #awesomedogowners
Happy memories of sunshine! Thanks for the pics @a Happy memories of sunshine! Thanks for the pics @anna_sephton_ and @kitekaha 🙏One more weekend of activities and adventures to come. Let's hope this awful weather passes soon. Take care everyone! 💦 #summerholidayprogramme
Today's the day to learn about the skilled conserv Today's the day to learn about the skilled conservation dogs like Flint who can track rats by scent and watch him in action! Fascinating for children and adults. At two locations - Shelly Beach Top 10 Holiday Park at 11am and Waikawau Campground at 2pm. Free but donations appreciated. Hope to see you there!
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