Project Janszoon Newsletter – September 2018
Whio release, kiwi in the Abel Tasman, exciting find after Cyclone Gita, scholarship announcement, encouraging predator control results, beech planting update, new team members and
18/09/2018
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Applications open for Project Janszoon Conservation Education scholarship
The Project Janszoon Conservation Education scholarship aims to support former ATYA (or SAB) students to pursue relevant development opportunities. The Scholarship is worth $1,000. The
13/09/2018
Kiwi returning to the Abel Tasman?
It was only a few years ago that experts were predicting kiwi would become extinct on mainland New Zealand and now they are considering returning
11/09/2018
Do you want to work with the DOC/Project Janszoon education programme?
Can you get others engaged and active in supporting conservation? Are you keen to do your bit to protect New Zealand and encourage students and
11/09/2018
Kākā to be sourced from around the region
Kākā are one of the noisiest and most sociable birds in the forest and Project Janszoon is working on different ways to increase the numbers
10/09/2018
Aerial predator control results encouraging
Birds and snails in the upland areas of the park are going to enjoy two consecutive years of low rat numbers, thanks to last year’s
10/09/2018
Beech planting project expanding
The eroded hills behind Anchorage and on Motuareronui Adele Island are not what nature intended. What we should be seeing is a low forest of
10/09/2018
New “Toolboxes” give access to expert advice on Abel Tasman National Park
Have you ever wondered where to find glowworms in the Abel Tasman? Which are the best walks for people with babies or toddlers? Or needed
07/09/2018
Wilding pine control in Abel Tasman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYzstSYT7Gk/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYzstSYT7Gk Take a look from the air at the work that has gone on in the Abel Tasman to control wilding pines. You can get
19/08/2018
Award for couple who donated $25m to restoration of Abel Tasman National Park
By Samantha Gee, Nelson Mail – June 24 2018 www.stuff.co.nz An “extremely private” Auckland couple who have committed $25 million to restoring biodiversity in the Abel Tasman
24/06/2018
Pāteke / brown teal are doing well, so far
DOC senior biodiversity ranger Jim Livingstone has a way with words when it comes to our latest Abel Tasman residents. As of today, all were
06/06/2018
A volunteering job with all the trappings
By Elise Vollweiler, Nelson Mail – May 17 2018 www.stuff.co.nz If you can’t help but feel a twinge of envy as you watch the tourists
17/05/2018
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.