Acoustic monitoring shows spread of toutouwai/robin
Acoustic monitoring has detected small populations of toutouwai/robin at lower elevations near the coast for the first time. While toutouwai are present in the upper
19/01/2022
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Passion for Māori world and environment combine for scholarship winner
A passion for the environment and the Māori world will provide the foundations for a career in law for the recipient of 2021’s Project
07/12/2021
Pāteke make waves at Anchorage
On Thursday 25 November, 21 pāteke /brown teal were released at the Anchorage Wetlands, bringing the number of New Zealand’s rarest duck released into the
07/12/2021
Native snails a tasty snack for weka
Native snail numbers in both our monitoring sites have been decreasing rapidly over the last three years. Two species of carnivorous land snails (Powelliphanta
23/11/2021
Awaroa dunes looking good
The major storms that hit the Abel Tasman National Park back in 2018 left a major repair bill, but three years later there is a
28/04/2021
Trapping milestone in the Abel Tasman National Park
Predator control is increasing the chances for native species to survive and thrive in the Abel Tasman National Park with a trapping milestone reached last
27/04/2021
Feral goat numbers reduced in collaborative project
A collaborative project with Golden Bay landowners is seeing feral goat numbers drastically reduce around the park’s halo. Project Janszoon is funding the Department of
27/04/2021
Persistence saves rare plant in the Abel Tasman
Check out the word persistence in the Oxford dictionary and it pretty much sums up DOC’s senior biodiversity ranger Roger Gaskell; ‘the fact of continuing
01/04/2021
2021 Conservation Education scholarship application
The Abel Tasman Youth Ambassador (ATYA) programme (formerly Student Advisory Board) provides students the opportunity to develop and grow as leaders, connect with other passionate
26/01/2021
Recovering weka taking a toll on native snail populations
Finding the right balance: Recovering weka are taking their toll on native snails By Ruth Bollongino, Project Janszoon Science Advisor At first glance, it is
16/12/2020
2020 Education scholarship recipient announced
Observing pollution in China and Europe first hand has prompted the 2020 recipient of the Project Janszoon Conservation Education Scholarship to study for a degree
16/12/2020
Tata islands have a rich history
Many visitors to Golden Bay may have kayaked or even swum the kilometre to the two islands off Tata Beach, but most don’t realise they’re
16/12/2020
Visiting the Park? Download our Abel Tasman phone app
The Abel Tasman Phone App is a free smartphone app with up-to-date information on weather, tides, points of interest, history, plants, wildlife and walking times in Abel Tasman National Park. It has a map with geolocation – so you always know where you are!
Education Tool Box
Our Education Toolbox contains lots of useful information for schools visiting the Abel Tasman.
Park Tool Box
Heading into the park? Checkout the activities, apps and info in our Park Tool Box to help you make the most of your trip.