Snail sanctuaries being deployed to protect against wily weka
Project Janszoon is building two fenced snail sanctuaries in the Abel Tasman National Park, to investigate whether protection from weka will help two at-risk
29/04/2022
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Abel Tasman’s changing face thanks to decade-long wilding pine project – Nelson Mail/Stuff
March 31 2022 ANDREW MACALISTER Dying wilding pines at Shag Harbour in the Abel Tasman National Park as part of a decade-long project to remove
31/03/2022
Historic Tomorrow Accord signing ensures Abel Tasman’s invasive conifers are gone for good
A community-led project to rid priority areas of Abel Tasman National Park of wilding conifers had a boost on Friday 25 March 2022 as
26/03/2022
Abel Tasman Kākā chicks are bringing the forest to life
Project Janszoon Ornithologist Ron Moorhouse and Project Director Bruce Vander Lee were interviewed by independent Auckland radio station 95bFM about the recent breeding success of
21/03/2022
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
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
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
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