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
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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
Project Janszoon Newsletter – Summer 2020/2021
Challenges getting nature in balance, Kākā ‘off the boil’, scholarship recipient announced, new ATYA crew, more native ducks in the park, new board member and
18/12/2020
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
Tākaka teen captures rare pūweto bird on camera : Seven Sharp
A 17-year-old in Tākaka is ruffling feathers in the conservation community because of his talent for ornithology, or bird-spotting — he’s already considered something of
07/12/2020
Trapping milestone reached with 40,000 rats eradicated from Abel Tasman : Nelson Mail
Conservation workers and volunteers have reached the milestone of removing more than 40,000 rats from the Abel Tasman National Park. Figures from Project Janszoon show
24/11/2020
Hadfield Clearing – the quest for the spotless crake
Abel Tasman Youth Ambassador from Golden Bay High School Bradley Shields writes about his personal quest to prove that spotless crake live at Hadfield Clearing.
23/11/2020
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.