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Wellington

Birds

  • Birds' nests (Pointers for identification of birds' nests) - Mar 2024
  • Bitterns in New Zealand (Australasian Bittern, Botaurus poiciloptilus, Matuku-Hūrepo) - Oct 2023, Aug 2024 
  • Black-fronted dotterel (Elseyornis melanops) - Aug 2024
  • Karearea/NZ Falcon - Jan 2022
  • Kōtuku/White Heron (Ardea alba modesta) - May 2024
  • New Zealand Dotterel (Charadrius Obscurus) - Jul 2021
  • Ruru/Morepork - Nov 2021
  • Shining Cuckoo/Pīpīwharauroa (Chrysococcyx lucidus, Chalcites lucidus) - Oct 2024

Plants

  • Climbing asparagus (invasive plant Asparagus scandens) - Oct 2023
  • Five finger (Pseudopanax arboreus, Whauwhaupaku) - Jul 2022
  • Kohekohe (Dysoxylum spectabile, now Didymocheton spectabilis) - Jun 2024
  • Kōtukutuku (Fuchsia excorticata, tree fuchsia, often misspelled "fuschia") - Sep 2024
  • Kōwhai (Sophora microphylla) - Sep 2023
  • Miro (Pectinopytis ferruginea) - Mar 2023
  • Toetoe and introduced pampas (Austroderia toetoe, Cortaderia selloana, Cortaderia jubata) - Jul 2023
  • Purple Loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria (invasive plants) - Jan 2024
  • Raupō/Bullrush (versatility and usefulness) - Mar 2024

Critters

  • Beech honeydew - Dec 2023
  • NZ Copper butterflies (pepe para riki) - Jan 2023
  • Brown beetle from grass grub - Feb 2024
  • Peacock Moth (Northern Wattle/Old Lady Moth, Pepe kehue/atua, Dasypodia cymatodes, Owl moth) - Feb 2023
  • Pepe tuna (Pūriri moth, Aenetus Virescens) - Aug 2023

Conservation

Citizen science

  • 5-minute bird count, Garden Bird Survey, eBird.org - Apr 2023
  • Cat management - Jun 2024
  • Climate change action for the home garden - May 2022
  • Encouraging lizards at home - Feb 2024
  • Feeding birds in winter (sugar water, energy balls) - Jul 2024
  • Fish ladders, barriers to native fish - Jul 2024
  • Matauranga Maori & Western Science, Te Reo Maori names of species and their meaning - May 2023
  • Rock Lobsters, kina barrens, crayfish, overfishing - Feb 2023

Other topics covered in editorials

Walks

Book reviews

  • The teachings of plants "Braiding Sweetgrass" and "Gathering Moss" by Robin Wall Kimmerer - Mar 2024
  • "Angry Weather" by Friederike Otto - Jul 2024
  • "The High House" by Jesse Greengrass - Sep 2024

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