Choosing your beloved tree
Here are some cool facts from NZ Arb about each of our beloved trees… Click on photo to go to...
The most rare whale in the world
Beaked whales are the largest family of whales after dolphins, yet little is known about them. They’re seldom seen at...
Closing the loop – PET recycling process at Flight Plastics Ltd
Watch the Flight Plastic Plant in Lower Hutt in action! This is the first PET Wash Plant in New Zealand.
Plastic has to go!!!!
By Rhiannon (age 13) Rhiannon, Sarah (KCC Manager), and Mackenzie attended the cyclic economy conference together. This report goes supports...
Hutton’s shearwaters
Ailsa Howard in 2018 By Ailsa Howard, Hutton’s Shearwater Charitable Trust, and Chairperson, F&B Kaikōura branch In the South Island,...
Discovering giant penguins in New Zealand
An extension from the article in Wild Things issue 135 (winter 2017) by Dr. Daniel Thomas, Senior Lecturer in Vertebrate Zoology at...
Working with spiders
From a fear of spiders to a career in them. Arachnologist, Fiona Cross talks to us about working with these...
Why do earthworms come out after rain?
Asks Amy Robinson We breathe oxygen from the air with our lungs. An earthworm breathes oxygen by absorbing it through...
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