Myrtle Rust

Myrtle Rust

Waitakere Ranges Protection Society president John Edgar said it’s probably just a matter of time until Myrtle rust infects the native forest on Auckland’s west coast. Myrtle rust has been discovered in a Kerikeri nursery. Myrtle rust is a plant pathogen...
New Zealand Dotterels

New Zealand Dotterels

NZ dotterels need your help at North Piha Volunteers wanted A group of nationally vulnerable tuturiwhatu pukunui, or Northern New Zealand dotterels, nested at North Piha last summer. Auckland Council put measures in place to protect the nests and the chicks managed to...