Skip to content

An ecology initiative featuring nature’s wonders photographed, in southern New Zealand

Home
Blog
Resources
About
NASA Climate Data

14102528_10153742305210264_6930968403879857243_n

Twizel captive breeding centre, hand netting and processing juveniles before being taken to release site

Published in Black Stilt chicks released onto the Tasman River bed in the MacKenzie CountryFull size960 × 720

Contact Info +64 21 539 859

don@southernlight.co.nz

Search…

Please Consider a Donation

Donations go towards the upkeep and development of this site, and the gathering and collation of information and images.

For payment by credit card, a PayPal account is not needed.

[Makarora / Makarore Catchment]: Aspiring Biodiversity Trust

Makarora Whio (Blue duck, Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos) ~ A significant remnant population of Aotearoa New Zealand’s, South Island

The dedicated work of Aspiring Biodiversity Trust (Est: 2017) has enabled a better understanding of the current population status of Whio (Blue duck, Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos) within the Makarora/Makarore and Wilkin/Ōtānenui catchment, South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. Furthermore, this work has highlighted the importance of the Makarora population in terms of maintaining the genetic diversity …

Continue reading “Makarora Whio (Blue duck, Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos) ~ A significant remnant population of Aotearoa New Zealand’s, South Island”

Discovering Wellness: Embracing: The Power of Mind and Body: A Journey to Remission

Chapter 12 – Beyond the Veil

Chapter 11 – Rewilding Myself

RSS Feed

RSS - Posts
RSS - Comments

Primary Categories

1080 (5)
Astro (2)
- Aurora (2)
- Southern Lights (2)
Business (6)
- Agriculture (5)
  - Farming (5)
- Tourism (1)
Climate (27)
- Climate Change (23)
  - Endangered Species (21)
  - Global Warming (1)
Climate crisis (1)
Environments (11)
- Braided Riverbeds (3)
- Geology (2)
- Glaciers (5)
- Heritage (1)
- Marine (1)
- Night Sky (1)
History / Heritage (2)
- Gold Mining History (1)
Little Owl (1)
NZ Flora (2)
NZ National Parks (29)
- Fiordland National Park (4)
- Mt Aspiring National Park (12)
- Mt Cook National Park (13)
NZ Native Birds (36)
- bellbird / korimako (1)
- buff weka (2)
- kākā (3)
- kākāriki / nz parakeet (1)
- kakī / black stilt (2)
- kārearea / nz falcon (5)
- kea (7)
- Kererū (1)
- kōtuku / white heron (1)
- kuaka / godwit (1)
- ngutuparore / wrybill (3)
- ruru / morepork (3)
- taiko / black petrel (1)
- takahē (3)
- tarapirohe / blackfronted tern (3)
- tarapuka / black-billed gull (1)
- toutouwai / south island robin (7)
- tui (3)
- tūturiwhatu / NZ dotterel (3)
- white-faced heron (1)
NZ Regions (34)
- Aoraki Mt Cook (8)
- Cardrona (4)
- Catlins (3)
- Central Otago (4)
- Coastal Otago (2)
- Great Barrier (1)
- Hawea (5)
- Makarora (1)
- Otago (3)
- Otago Harbour (1)
- Oteake Conservation Area (1)
- South Westland (1)
- Wanaka (8)
Organisations (15)
- Dept of Conservation (9)
- Matukituki Trust (5)
- Orokonui Ecosanctuary (1)
- Otago Conservation Board (1)
Predators (3)
Restoration Ecology (3)
Sea lion (4)
Seasons (4)
- Winter (4)
  - Snow Farm NZ (1)
Sedimentation (1)
Southern Dispatches (9)
Sustainability (19)
- Invasive weeds (1)
- Sustainable Summits 2016 (9)
- Water Quality (9)
Trapping (8)
Wildlife (5)

Species

buff weka
kākāriki / nz parakeet
kakī / black stilt
kārearea / nz falcon
kea
kōtuku / white heron
ruru / morepork
taiko / black petrel
takahē
toutouwai / south island robin
tui
tūturiwhatu / NZ dotterel
white-faced heron
tarapirohe / blackfronted tern
tarapuka / black-billed gull

NASA Climate News

Google's ‘A Passage of Water' Brings NASA's Water Data to Life November 30, 2023
NASA to Showcase Earth Science Data at COP28 November 28, 2023
NASA Analysis Finds Strong El Niño Could Bring Extra Floods This Winter November 8, 2023
NASA Flights Link Methane Plumes to Tundra Fires in Western Alaska November 2, 2023
See SWOT Mission's Unprecedented View of Global Sea Levels October 30, 2023
NASA-ISRO Radar Mission to Provide Dynamic View of Forests, Wetlands October 27, 2023
International Ocean Satellite Monitors How El Niño Is Shaping Up October 19, 2023
NASA-Led Study Pinpoints Areas of New York City Sinking, Rising September 27, 2023
Arctic Sea Ice 6th Lowest on Record; Antarctic Sees Record Low Growth September 26, 2023
Water-Watching Satellite Monitors Warming Ocean off California Coast September 19, 2023

Southern Light

Proudly powered by WordPress.

Leave a ReplyCancel reply