Our final issue of the year has a health and wellbeing theme. We look at the latest research about how being out in nature makes us feel better mentally and physically. Apparently, trappers are the happiest and healthiest conservationists!
Four-wheel drive vehicles are destroying fences aimed at protecting nesting birds and driving over entire areas of beach, after a bylaw to ban vehicles from a stretch of Marlborough's coastline south of Marfells Beach has failed to progress.
Are you considering managing a bird campaign for Te Manu Rongonui o te Tau/Bird of the Year? Not sure if you’ve got the skills or talents required to help your bird get to the top? Wondering where to get started?
Ewen Cameron is the Curator of Botany at Auckland Museum and President of the Auckland Botanical Society. He has had a life-long interest in natural history, specialising in plants, but also has a good knowledge of fauna.