[gdl_gallery title=”coolidge-street” width=”100″ height=”100″ ] The Coolidge Street project began 10 years ago, to reforest a degraded three acre site at the top end of the Prince of Wales Park. The steeply sloping area had been used as an informal tip site for some decades. There were very few native trees left on the site, apart from a few struggling … Read More
Colin Ryder
Colin has twenty years experience in project managing and resourcing conservation projects in the Wellington region. His experience includes: Eradication of mice on Mana Island; Convenor for 17 years of the Wellington South Coast Marine Reserves coalition which applied for the Taputeranga marine reserve in Wellington; Translocations of several bird, reptile, invertebrate and rare plants species to Mana Island. He … Read More
Human Nature
We’ve joined the hundreds of volunteers in Wellington City to help restore the balance between humans and nature…after all, we’re part of nature, and nature is part of us. Our focus is to restore the forest habitat of Khandallah Park to a point where we see native birds, once lost to the area, thriving again. Our facebook page is: https://www.facebook.com/humannaturenz … Read More
Charles Daugherty
Kia ora tātou. I’m Charles Daugherty, Professor of Ecology and Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Research) at Victoria University. I’ve been keenly involved in conservation for a while, so I’m thrilled that Victoria is able to provide evidence-based research to underpin the Halo Campaign. After gaining my PhD in Zoology in 1979 at University of Montana, I moved to New Zealand in 1982 … Read More
Trelissick Park Group
The Trelissick Park Group work in conjunction with the City and Regional Councils. Over the last 22 years, the Park has been transformed, with around 85,000 trees planted, large areas of weeds eradicated, new tracks/signage, seats, tables and bridges built and possum bait stations/mustelid traps established and serviced. The Group are helped by local volunteers, bi-monthly working bees, an “adopt-a-spot” … Read More