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The Brook Waimarama Sanctuary is a community-based initiative working to create a pest-free wildlife sanctuary close to Nelson, New Zealand. It applies a model first developed at Karori Sanctuary in Wellington. Enclosing an area with a pest-proof fence and eradicating all the pest mammals within it, allows the re-creation of a New Zealand which today is only found on a few offshore islands. Resident birds, reptiles and invertebrates will flourish and species previously lost from the area can be re-introduced. The project was launched in 2004 and is gaining strong support.
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TREE OF LIFE UNVEILED
On Saturday 29 November we celebrated the eagerly anticipated unveiling of the tree of life.
If you would like to sponsor a bird on the tree of life please click the link below to download the sponsorship form, print it out, fill it in and send it back to us.
END OF YEAR BARBECUE A GREAT SUCCESS It is good to see the recycling of the pests in the Sanctuary.
Over the Weekend of 14 & 15 June we were privileged to offer the public an opportunity to meet the Kakapo Chicks. We would like to say a BIG thank you to all who were involved in the event and to the 5000+ people who came along and 'Met the Chicks'. It was an extraordinary occasion and at one stage we had all 6 chicks on display, which is 5% of the entire Kakapo species! We would like to thank the Department of Conservation for the opportunity to host the chicks and the support that they provided us.
TEACHER FOR SANCTUARY A full time teacher, Shine Kelly, has been appointed through funding from NMIT and the Cawthron Institute Trust Board. She was raised in the Nelson area and graduated from the University of Otago with a degree in physicalanthropology. Shine, also a primary teacher, has spent most of her teaching career in Timaru and has recently returned to Nelson following a year’s stint at Karori Normal School in Wellington where she spent much of her recreational time enjoying the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary. Click here to view Shines Blog
NELSON CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTS $1 MILLION FUNDING REQUEST BASED ON STRONG COMMUNITY SUPPORT What does this mean? Well the cheque is not yet in the post! We requested $1 million in funding as four annual contributions of $250,000 beginning from 2008/09 onwards. This was to give us a year to complete some key processes, particularly obtaining resource consent for the fence.
PROJECT COORDINATOR
Project Coordinator Rick Field PROJECT MANAGER FOR FENCE We have secured the services of Alastair Wiffen (Wiff), known to some of you as the builder who coordinated the completion of our entrance building, to advance the Pest-proof Fence Project. He has RARE RED CROWNED PARAKEETS PHOTOGRAPHED IN THE BROOK
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A forest alive with birdsong, crawling with reptiles and insects, and enjoyed by all in the Nelson region. An accessible and inspiring wildlife experience only a few kilometres from Nelson's CBD which is a major visitor attraction bringing significant resources into the region. A place where you can play a practical role in safeguarding your natural heritage. A major resource for education and training. A nursery for wildlife that will spread north and west into nearby towns and south and east into the large wilderness of Mt Richmond. |
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