By the Monday, Jo and Rua had joined us up at the rat’s nest and we had finished our first round of burrow checks. Jo and Rua who had been searching other areas of the island had found a number of new burrows in previously unexplored locations. Lots of the burrows we...
Another awesome part of our trip was the advocacy that was naturally a part of the work we did. During our normal day to day work, we had a lot of people pass us along the tracks that would stop to see what we were doing. These ranged from tourists from Europe, to...
Bokyong and I met at the Sir Peter Blake Trust office in Auckland CBD, before beginning our journey to Aotea/Great Barrier Island (GBI) at the DOC office in Warkworth. Here, we were given a general overview to the Hauraki Gulf Maritime Reserve, the island and the...
On the 8th February, I made my way to the Sir Peter Blake Trust centre at the viaduct in Auckland. There I was greeted by Jemma Welch – my buddy to be for the trip! Jemma was sort of the expert ambassador on the trip; she had done her masters in studying grey-faced...
Wherever you are on the island, both day and night, there is no doubt that you are in the domain of the birds. Even as I sit in the lounge writing this, the resident Harrier Hawk glides outside the window, scanning for prey. Pukekos squawk from the across the fence,...
