New Zealand Native Birds - Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari
Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari is a mainland ecological island located in the North Island of New Zealand. Surrounded by the world’s longest pest-proof fence, Sanctuary Mountain’s ancient forest offers a sanctuary for populations of many of our most endangered species – from birds to bats, frogs to reptiles, tuatara to giant weta.
Our first release to Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari as part of our kōhanga strategy
The first step in turning around the decline of the western North Island brown kiwi. Within five years our goal is for this population to grow for the first time in over a hundred years.
Thanks to the team at Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari
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Thanks to John for the awesome video
Waikato River, New Zealand in 4K
A flight with our drone down the Waikato River in the foothills of Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari. The mainland ecological island located in the North Island of New Zealand. The Waikato river runs from Lake Taupo to Port Waikato. The Waikato is the fourth largest region in New Zealand, covering 25,000 square kilometres. It stretches from the Bombay Hills and Port Waikato in the north down to the Kaimai Ranges and Mt Ruapehu in the south, and from Mokau on the west coast across to the Coromandel Peninsula in the east.
Sirocco
Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari is a pest-free ecological island located in the central North Island of New Zealand. Already home to several threatened and endangered species, Maungatautari hopes to soon be home to kakapo. The suitability of the mountain for kakapo was tested by Sirocco the kakapo in 2012.
Sirocco the Kakapo Returns to Maungatautari
Sirocco the Kakapo, famous spokesbird for conservation and one of only 126 kakapo left on the planet, will be in residence at Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari and receiving visitors from 3 August - 17 September 2014. View the video to learn more about his visit and about the plight of the kakapo.
Maungatautari, volcanic sanctuary - Roadside Stories
Maungatautari is an ancient volcano which dominates the central Waikato basin. It is the ancestral home of the Ngāti Raukawa tribe and is widely referred to in their songs and proverbs. Since 2002 the Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust has worked to restore the forest on Maungatautari mountain, and reintroduce long-lost bird species such as kiwi, kākā, takahē and hihi (stitchbird).
Kakepuku to Maungatautari,
Ngāti Raukawa,
Māori settlement - Waikato region,
Sound credit: Īnia Te Wīata, Waiata Maori, compact disc, Kiwi Pacific Records International, kiwipacific.com, Kiwi CD SLC-225.
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North Island Kōkako
A female North Island kōkako in captivity at Pukaha Mount Bruce Wildlife Centre, Wairarapa, New Zealand. Cellphone quality video but too cool to not share
Kakepuku Mountain Walk
I went on a walk up Mount Kakepuku (Waikato, New Zealand) with a friend of mine. Nice bush scenery, views of the farming landscape. The name of the extinct volcano you can see from Kakepuku is Te Kawa hill. They are both part of the The Alexandra Volcanic Group, which also consists of Karioi, Pirongia, and Tokanui volcanoes, aligned southeast from Mount Karioi on the coast to Tokanui. The Alexandra Volcanic Group is the product of volcanism that occured between 2.74 to 1.6 million years ago. Kakepuku was formed about 2.5 million years ago. It was named by Rakataura, a Tainui tohunga. In Maori legend, Kakepuku travelled north in search of his father, until he reached the Waipa plain and fell in love with Te Kawa, daughter of Pirongia and Taupiri Mountains. However, he had a rival in Karewa, who also stood nearby. The mountains fought, Karewa lost and, pursued by Kakepuku's rocks, fled into the Tasman Sea, now also known as Gannet Island. So Kakepuku remains guarding Te Kawa. Tainui settlement in the Kakepuku area began about 1550 AD, although there were probably earlier people's present. Four pa sites are hidden under forest or regenerating bush.
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Ecoworks NZ - North Island Robin at Longbush Reserve, Gisborne, New Zealand
This male robin was transfered from Matawai to Longbush Reserve in Gisborne in an effort to start a new breeding population. This bird is carrying grubs to his partner. Check out longbushreserve.org
NZ Wildlife Sanctuary - Tiritiri Matangi Island 2018 (Native Birds) 4K
Footage of different birds on the sanctuary island, Tiritiri Matangi near Auckland City
Birds in order of appearance;
1. Korimako [Bellbird]
2. Pōpokotea [Whitehead]
3. Tūī
4. Pīwakawaka [Fantail]
5. Hihi [Stitchbird]
6. Toutouwair [New Zealand Robin]
Shot on Panasonic GH5 with Lumix 100-300mm II
Saddleback calling
A video taken by local photographer Phil Brown of a saddleback (tieke) calling at Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari
Bushy Park Sanctuary, Whanganui
Bushy Park Sanctuary is located on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand, at 791 Rangitatau East Road. It is 8 kilometres from Kai Iwi and 25 kilometres from Whanganui City.
The sanctuary is a 100 hectare predator-free native bird sanctuary, set amongst one of the few patches of virgin lowland forest. According to Ecological Management & Restoration, the journal of The Ecological Society of Australia along with SER International, the world’s premier restoration body, have ranked Bushy Park as one of Australasia’s “Top 25” Restoration Projects.
Within the Bushy Park Sanctuary there are 3.4km of metalled or well-formed walking tracks throughout the forest providing easy all-weather access for visitors. Tree species include mahoe, mamaku, pukatea, rata, and rimu along with colonies of ferns and mosses. A feature of the reserve is a large northern rata Metrosideros robusta named Ratanui (Big Rata). It is estimated to be between 500 and 1000 years old and is 43 metres in height and has a girth that exceeds 11 metres.
With a wide variety of birdlife thriving in the sanctuary, on your visit you will be able to see or hear species such as bellbirds, kereru, north island robin, saddlebacks, hihi, moreporks as well as the falcon, fantail, grey warbler, mallard, pukeko, silvereye, kingfishers, and white-faced heron. The sanctuary is home to some kiwi too.
Giraffe weevils, glowworms, and huhu beetles also inhabit Bushy Park.
As well as the Sanctuary, the property also features an Edwardian-era homestead that is a Category One Heritage Building registered with the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. The 22-room homestead, designed by Charles Tilleard Natusch, includes a 33 metre long, 1.8 metre-wide hall that runs the length of the residence. In 1962 G.F.Moore bequeathed Bushy Park to the Royal New Zealand Forest & Bird Protection Society. In 1995 the Society transferred ownership of the Homestead, Stables and a surrounding area of 11.7ha. (27acres) to an independent Trust now known as Bushy Park Trust who continue to run the Park. In addition it delegated to the Trust, by way of a lease in Perpetuity, management of the forest area in accordance with a mutually agreed plan. It is is possible to book a stay at the homestead. Contact the Whanganui I-site for more details:
Summer opening hours are from 10am to 3pm daily during the week and 10am to 5pm at weekends and holidays. Winter opening hours from May to November are Saturdays and Sundays from 11am until 4pm. The Homestead is closed Monday-Friday, except by prior arrangement.
There is a small fee for visiting the Bushy Park Sanctuary. Currently the fee is $10 for adults, while all children (15 years and younger) are free.
Please pay your fee at the Homestead when it is open and it will give you access to the Homestead, the Homestead grounds and the forest. You can still enter the forest within daylight hours, and we request you deposit your entry fee into the donations box located at the track entrance adjacent to the Stables.
New Zealand North Island Robin (Female)
New Zealand North Island Robin Female, Toutouwai, seen at Zealandia Native Wildlife Ecosanctuary at Wellington.
Maungatautari Saddleback Release
Release of Saddlebacks to Maungatautari in New Zealand as part of the restoration of the natural ecosystem of the mountain. Visit the Maungatautari website for more information - and here is a picture of a Saddleback -
Meet the Locals: Tiritiri Matangi
Season 3, episode 10: Travel to Tiritiri Matangi, where you can hear and see some of New Zealand’s rarest birds, including takahē and saddleback/tīeke. This island sanctuary open to the public.
Meet the Locals is a series of mini-documentaries about New Zealand's wildlife, wild places and the people working to protect them.
Each four-minute episode showcases the inspiring work of local communities, businesses and individuals, who make a difference to protecting our natural areas, native species and historic places.
Meet the Locals is a partnership between DOC and TVNZ.
Maungatautari Bird Sanctuary and Blue Springs November 2018
Recent trip to Maungatautari bird enclosure and Blue Springs Putaruru New Zealand. A young North Island Robin leads me up some steps. Tui singing out loud. A slippery when wet sign in the middle of a bush track....p.c gone mad!!
New Zealand snapshot
Panorama and experience north and south island
Chief Tira Waikato Pungapunga Marae Memorial Stone Spirit of Maungatautari Mountain
Published Monday 12 February 2018 No 6397 Video
I called in to see my father in law Peter Mihinui House that he placed beside his Tupuna Ancestor Paramount Chief Tira Waikato Whareherehere Manukau Memorial Stone Rock Native Land Title to King George IV Crown Land Patent Title Instrument over New Zealand Title as the Original First Nations Moriori Waikato Commercial Landowner I now Claim his History back into his Pungapunga Hapu
This Moriori Pungapunga Hapu Spiritual Rock is the Indigenous Moriori Manukau Waikato Native Title to New Zealand Pacific Islands Countries under the British Emperor King George IV Crown Land Patent Transfer Bank of England Financial Investment Security of Interest Land Title Mortgage Loan First ever New Zealand Country Land Transfer Certificate of Title was right here on this Moriori Manukau Pungapunga Marae using this Land Rock Stone as a Memorial Title over New Zealand I am holding all these original Waikato Paramount Chiefs Native Title Discovery Whakapapa Pre European Maori Land Titles are being Apostle Legalized and Authenticated through a British Government approved Notary Lawyer I have chosen to make this Whakapapa Memorial Land Hapu and Pohara Marae show the New Zealand Government its Original Titles that the British hold over any other Title Myth Whakapapa Title that cannot refute this Memorial Rock base Whakapapa to Maungatautari Mountain Pa Site I have that Whakapapa for Tainui has to show where it based its Whakapapa Title through the Maori Land Court I state clearly is a Fraud Land Title Whakapapa I cannot see any challenge from any IWI MAORI CROWN TRUST Refute this Moriori Manukau Native Titlle to King George IV and King William IV Rewharewha Manukau and Hoori Te Kuri Whakkapapa Native Titles So unless they can challenge the Moai Crown Moriori Manukau Trust and Moai Crown King William IV Trust Youtube Video Statements of FACT CITED EVIDENCE then they had NONE! It is a IWI MAORI MYTH TITLE plucked off the original Moriori MANUKAU and Cook Island Tahitian TE KURI Native Title WHAKAPAPA