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# Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust

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- [Massive haul of kiwi eggs emerges from Hawke’s Bay back-blocks](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/massive-haul-of-kiwi-eggs-emerges-from-hawkes-bay-back-blocks/) - Volunteers claim “some sort of record” as 46 eggs are lifted over two nights Watch YouTube short here In what they believe might be “some sort of record”, staff and volunteers working with a Hawke’s Bay-based conservation trust retrieved 46 kiwi eggs in just two days from nests in the Maungataniwha Native Forest adjacent to
- [Conservation Trust approaches 800 kiwi saved](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/conservation-trust-approaches-800-kiwi-saved/) - Another productive kiwi breeding season (Q4 2024 - Q2 2025) saw a leading conservation trust return 75 juvenile kiwi to the bush, bringing its total tally to 769 since 2006. Hawke’s Bay-based Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust delivered 84 viable eggs this season to the National Kiwi Hatchery in Rotorua, the Gallagher Kiwi Burrow near Taupō
- [Kākābeak conservationists boost vital seed collection drive](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/kakabeak-conservationists-boost-vital-seed-collection-drive/) - Work is bringing glorious native plant back from the brink Conservationists in Hawke’s Bay are boosting by 25 percent the collection of genetically diverse kākābeak plants available to supply seed and cuttings to a species recovery initiative bringing this glorious New Zealand native back from the brink of extinction. Napier-based organisation The Urban Kākābeak
- [Battle of the Pines](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/battle-of-the-pines/) - It’s cold. Slowly, reluctantly, the camp comes to life in the pre-dawn darkness. Wrapped up against the early-morning chill, men start to converge slowly on the central living area. Its facilities are protected from the elements by just a single tarpaulin strung between the two shipping containers now doubling as bunk houses...
- [Relocating NZ's avian refugees](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/relocating-nzs-avian-refugees/) - He was a typical Kiwi bush-dweller. No nonsense, a bit rough around the edges, unused to attention and certainly not fond of the limelight. His defiant, bright-eyed stare spoke of a hard life lived well. ​It told of constant work and unrelenting routine. A life where every day’s effort was about surviving the next...
- [Parrot’s beak clings to life in North Island forests](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/parrots-beak-clings-to-life-in-north-island-forests/) - A burst of crimson gave the game away. There, clinging to the cliffs towering above the rushing waters of the Mohaka River deep in the rugged wilderness of inland Hawke’s Bay, was what they’d trekked all day to find...
- [Footprints in the Ferns](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/footprints-in-the-ferns/) - Deep in the Bay of Plenty back-blocks 24 youngsters scramble up a forest trail. Breathing heavily after their climb from the valley floor they stop and look around, tilting their heads as if straining to hear something. But the dense vegetation blankets out the outside world, confining their senses and forcing them to focus on their immediate surroundings...
- [Body and soul: the drive to breathe new life into NZ forests](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/body-and-soul-the-drive-to-breathe-new-life-into-nz-forests/) - Stomachs churn in unison as the chopper clears the ridge and the ground beneath us falls away to reveal a hillside cleared of the ubiquitous pine trees that seem to march forever through the rugged remoteness of inland Hawke’s Bay...
- [Goats, stoats and possum-fur coats](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/goats-stoats-and-possum-fur-coats/) - It’s dead. Very dead, judging by the stench and the smooshed appearance of the remains – all fur, bones and black-brown gloopy stuff. A possum, maybe? A rabbit? “It’s not just townies,” Simon says, smiling at my obvious disgust...
- [Dangling by a thread](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/dangling-by-a-thread/) - As he dangled precariously, knocking fist-sized chunks of loose rock into the void, my insides seethed with anxiety. And I started to question the wisdom of what we were doing deep in the back-blocks and, seemingly, a million miles away from any help...
- [Whio? Whew!](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/whio-whew/) - High in the back-country hills a string of six rafters threads its way along a narrow mountain stream, hemmed in by sheer rock worn smooth by the action of a thousand floods. Ferns, vines, grasses and trees close in darkly above the slick papa rock, forcing daylight to retreat to a thin band of grey above...
- [‘Catch me if you can’](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/catch-me-if-you-can/) - For young kiwi to be raised safely and released, first we need to nab Dad In early May a group of avid kiwi conservationists gathered at Waiau Camp, deep in the Maungataniwha Native Forest in inland Hawke’s Bay, to search for and catch as many adult male kiwi as they could. Over two days the
- [Conservation work continues despite ongoing Gabrielle disruption](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/conservation-work-continues-despite-ongoing-gabrielle-disruption-3/) - Infrastructure repair work from Storm Gabrielle in February has been a massive drain on the Trust’s people, resources and finance – and looks set to remain so for many months yet. We will burn through hundreds of thousands of dollars by the time we have recovered to the extent we can. Recovery costs of this
- [Conservation work continues despite ongoing Gabrielle disruption](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/conservation-work-continues-despite-ongoing-gabrielle-disruption-2/) - Infrastructure repair work from Storm Gabrielle in February has been a massive drain on the Trust’s people, resources and finance – and looks set to remain so for many months yet. We will burn through hundreds of thousands of dollars by the time we have recovered to the extent we can. Recovery costs of this
- [Two important milestones for a Hawke’s Bay kiwi called Ātārangi](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/two-important-milestones-for-a-hawkes-bay-kiwi-called-atarangi/) - When the National Kiwi Hatchery in Rotorua incubated its 2500th bird last month, the moment also marked a milestone for conservationists in Hawke’s Bay. The special chick could become the 700th kiwi from the Maungataniwha Native Forest, adjoining Te Urewera, to be released back into the forests of the central North Island. This achievement is
- [Conservation work continues despite ongoing Gabrielle disruption](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/conservation-work-continues-despite-ongoing-gabrielle-disruption/) - Infrastructure repair work from Storm Gabrielle in February has been a massive drain on the Trust’s people, resources and finance – and looks set to remain so for many months yet. We will burn through hundreds of thousands of dollars by the time we have recovered to the extent we can. Recovery costs of this
- [“Weird” kiwi nesting behaviour marks new egg-retrieval season](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/weird-kiwi-nesting-behaviour-marks-new-egg-retrieval-season/) - Conservationists working in the Maungataniwha Native Forest in inland Hawke’s Bay say “weird” kiwi nesting behaviour in the summer of 2022/2023 is repeating this year. There was an unusually-high number of third clutch eggs last year, while this year there is significant overlap between first and second clutches. Kiwi normally produce eggs in two distinct
- [Wet summer sets kiwi conservationists up for yet another record](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/wet-summer-sets-kiwi-conservationists-up-for-yet-another-record/) - Third clutch blurs the line between kiwi breeding seasons A productive kiwi breeding season (Q4 2022- Q2 2023) in Hawke’s Bay saw a leading conservation trust deliver 96 viable eggs to the National Kiwi Hatchery in Rotorua as part of the national Operation Nest Egg conservation drive, two more than last year’s record. Kiwi lay
- [Forward thinking saves critically-endangered plants from Gabrielle’s wrath](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/forward-thinking-saves-critically-endangered-plants-from-gabrielles-wrath/) - Hundreds of ‘Noah’s Arks’ keep wild kākābeak gene-bank from being buried in silt A timely decision to distribute material from an endangered plant species widely across Hawke’s Bay, as part of a regional species recovery programme, may just have saved New Zealand’s rarest wild shrub from calamity. More than 1,000 specimens of the glorious but
- [Kiwi project heads into 2023 with near-record head-start](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/kiwi-project-heads-into-2023-with-near-record-head-start/) - A bumper first half of the 2022/2023 kiwi egg-lifting season saw a Hawke’s Bay conservation trust nearly equal the record it set last year. Kiwi lay eggs in two clutches; the Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust sent 51 viable eggs to the National Kiwi Hatchery in Rotorua in the first half of the season, just four
- [Gabrielle uncovers new secrets set in stone](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/gabrielle-uncovers-new-secrets-set-in-stone/) - Roaring rivers refresh NZ's fossil record When Storm Gabrielle brought devastation on Hawke’s Bay in February, streams and rivers deep in the forests of the region’s mountainous hinterland became raging torrents. The pressure of millions of cubic metres of rainwater sluicing through the narrow valleys scoured riverbeds and overturned rocks the size of shopping- trolleys.
- [“Hugely significant” kiwi conservation milestone marked](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/hugely-significant-kiwi-conservation-milestone-marked/) - “Hugely significant” kiwi conservation milestone marked Conservationists believe they are close to defining the ideal formula for re-introducing kiwi to wilderness areas where existing populations have been greatly reduced or eliminated by predators. Last month (February) Hawke’s Bay-based Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust succeeded in returning target kiwi numbers to a second large tract of land
- [Migrating kiwi discover Promised Land](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/migrating-kiwi-discover-promised-land/) - A leading Hawke’s Bay conservation trust restoring 4,000 hectares of former pine forest to native bush has reported an unplanned benefit. Kiwi from the neighbouring Maungataniwha Native Forest are starting to call the re-vegetating former pine block home. Breeding pairs have been observed migrating there from the old-growth forest. The kiwi population on the Forest
- [New fossil discovered in Hawke’s Bay biodiversity hotspot](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/new-fossil-discovered-in-hawkes-bay-biodiversity-hotspot/) - “Important” find added to National Paleontological Collection at GNS Science Fossil hunters scouring the streams of one of this country’s palaeontology hotspots have found rare evidence of an ancient marine mammal. The find, most likely a vertebra from a small whale, is somewhere between 16 and 19 million years old and experts from GNS Science
- [Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust passes 500 kiwi milestone](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/forest-lifeforce-restoration-trust-passes-500-kiwi-milestone/) - A leading Hawke’s Bay conservation trust has released its 500th kiwi back into the bush. Over the weekend (28 and 29 May) the Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust released nine young birds into the bush at its Pohokura property in central Hawke’s Bay, one of which was number 500. A leading Hawke’s Bay conservation trust has
- [Rare duck makes Hawke’s Bay come-back](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/rare-duck-makes-hawkes-bay-come-back/) - Rare whio (Blue Duck) are returning to the streams of inland Hawke’s Bay following devastating snowstorms in August 2016 and subsequent flooding. An annual survey of streams in the Maungataniwha Native Forest conducted in November last year by the Department of Conservation and the Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust shows that whio numbers have recovered to
- [New step forward for ‘Pine to natives’ forest conversion project](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/new-step-forward-for-pine-to-natives-forest-conversion-project/) - About 110 hectares of rugged terrain have been cleared of wilding pines as part of the country’s largest ‘pine to natives’ forest conversion project adjacent to the Maungataniwha Native Forest in inland Hawke’s Bay. The work was paid for by a $15,000 grant from the Pan Pac Environmental Trust and saw the clearance of between
- [Third record on the trot for Hawke’s Bay kiwi conservation programme](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/third-record-on-the-trot-for-hawkes-bay-kiwi-conservation-programme/) - North Island trampers and hunters asked to keep an eye out for crimson in the green. A “bloody fantastic” kiwi breeding season in the Hawke’s Bay back-blocks has seen the Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust deliver a record 94 viable eggs to the National Kiwi Hatchery in Rotorua as part of the national Operation Nest Egg
- [Trust lifts more kiwi eggs than ever in first half of ‘bumper’ nesting season](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/trust-lifts-more-kiwi-eggs-than-ever-in-first-half-of-bumper-nesting-season/) - The Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust looks likely to set fresh records for its Maungataniwha Kiwi Programme following delivery of 54 viable eggs to the National Kiwi Hatchery in Rotorua in the first half of the 2021/2022 season. It still has two more ‘first clutch’ eggs to retrieve so it is possible that its ‘half time
- [Drive to save ‘nationally critical’ kākābeak gets back-blocks boost](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/drive-to-save-nationally-critical-kakabeak-gets-back-blocks-boost/) - North Island trampers and hunters asked to keep an eye out for crimson in the green. About 75 specimens of one of the most endangered plants in the country have been planted in three predator-proof areas on a remote property in the back-blocks of Hawke’s Bay this spring. The crimson, pink or white-flowered kākābeak (ngutukākā/Clianthus
- [Cash injection for ‘Pine to natives’ forest conversion project](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/cash-injection-for-pine-to-natives-forest-conversion-project/) - The country’s largest ‘pine to natives’ forest conversion project has been given a $15,000 cash injection by a leading producer of radiata pine products. The initiative by Hawke’s Bay-based Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust (FLRT) is converting the former Maungataniwha Pine Forest into 4,000 hectares of regenerating native forest and now has the financial backing of
- [Record numbers for Hawke’s Bay kiwi conservation programme](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/record-numbers-for-hawkes-bay-kiwi-conservation-programme/) - The Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust has returned a record 53 juvenile kiwi to the Hawke’s Bay hinterland following its 2020/2021 egg-lifting season, up nine on its previous best. The result follows a disappointing season last year in which dry conditions resulted in kiwi right across the North Island producing fewer eggs than normal. Conditions at
- [Feral dogs undermine Hawke’s Bay kiwi conservation efforts](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/feral-dogs-undermine-hawkes-bay-kiwi-conservation-efforts/) - ‘Heart breaking’ find in Maungataniwha Native Forest Dogs have mauled at least one kiwi, probably more, on a central Hawke’s Bay property owned by the Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust and home to one of this country’s most prolific kiwi conservation programmes. Two hounds, believed to have been feral for at least six months, killed a
- [Moa remnant found in Hawke’s Bay forest](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/moa-remnant-found-in-hawkes-bay-forest/) - Taonga left in place A moa bone believed to be about 700 years old, found under a rock overhang in the bush of inland Hawke’s Bay, has sparked the interest of tangata whenua and naturalists. The taonga was discovered by Pete Shaw, manager of the Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust, on its property in the Maungataniwha
- [Kiwi endowment fund “essential” for future conservation work, says Trust](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/kiwi-endowment-fund-essential-for-future-conservation-work-says-trust/) - A Hawke’s Bay conservation trust is challenging Kiwis to “get in behind” an important new endowment fund that will help fund kiwi conservation work into the future. The Kiwis for kiwi charity this week (23 March) launched the fund, aimed at raising $20m over the next five years, which will enable it to maintain its
- [Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust passes 400 kiwi milestone](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/forest-lifeforce-restoration-trust-passes-400-kiwi-milestone/) - A leading Hawke’s Bay conservation trust has released its 400 th kiwi back into the bush. The Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust celebrated the event with a lunch for its conservation partners held last week at the Kiwi for kiwi charity’s new kiwi crèche in Napier. The event was attended by 40 people from the world
- [Good start to kiwi conservation season](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/good-start-to-kiwi-conservation-season/) - 2020/2021 kiwi egg-lifting season has passed its mid-way mark and a leading Hawkes Bay kiwi conservation initiative is reporting good numbers of eggs following a disappointing season last year in which dry conditions across the North Island resulted in kiwi producing fewer eggs than normal. Mid-way through the season, chicks from 36 eggs from the
- [New kiwi nesting season off to a flying start](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/new-kiwi-nesting-season-off-to-a-flying-start/) - The start of the 2020/2021 kiwi nesting season has been good for one of the most prolific kiwi conservation initiatives in the country. The Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust’s Maungataniwha Kiwi Programme in inland Hawke’s Bay collected eight eggs in the first two weeks of September, five of which were viable. A third egg-lift is scheduled
- [Rare mistletoe come-back in Hawke’s Bay back-blocks astonishes conservationists.](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/rare-mistletoe-come-back-in-hawkes-bay-back-blocks-astonishes-conservationists/) - An ‘at risk’ species of mistletoe appears to be staging a remarkable come-back in parts of a Hawke’s Bay forest following a highly successful possum eradication programme. More than 200 specimens of yellow mistletoe (Alepis flavida), known as pirita or piriraki in te reo Māori, have been found over the past year by the Forest
- [One-take wonders – hungry kiwi turn their backs on second eggs](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/one-take-wonders-hungry-kiwi-turn-their-backs-on-second-eggs/) - More than half of the kiwi in one of the country’s most prolific conservation initiatives failed to build second-clutch nests or produce an expected second set of viable eggs in the 2019/2020 breeding season. As a result the Maungataniwha Kiwi Programme, run by the Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust at its property in inland Hawke’s Bay,
- [Snappy discovery leads to award for fossil-hunter](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/snappy-discovery-leads-to-award-for-fossil-hunter/) - Leading Hawke’s Bay conservationist Pete Shaw has been recognised by the Geoscience Society of New Zealand for his work on fossils in the Maungataniwha Native Forest. He has been awarded the Harold Wellman Prize for the discovery of important fossil material in New Zealand, including the largest mosasaur tooth on record here. Mr Shaw is
- [Kiwi eggs rolling in despite late start](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/kiwi-eggs-rolling-in-despite-late-start/) - The 2019/2020 kiwi egg-lifting season is approaching its mid-way mark and a leading Hawkes Bay kiwi conservation initiative is reporting good numbers of eggs despite a slow start. The Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust, which runs the Maungataniwha Kiwi Programme, says the season is shaping up to be an unusually long one, with eggs likely to
- [New crop of kiwi returning to Hawke’s Bay forests](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/new-crop-of-kiwi-returning-to-hawkes-bay-forests/) - Seven out of every 10 viable kiwi eggs lifted from a Hawke’s Bay forest during the 2018/2019 breeding season have resulted in juvenile birds that are being returned to the forest this year. Seven out of every 10 viable kiwi eggs lifted from a Hawke’s Bay forest during the 2018/2019 breeding season have resulted in
- [Kiwi search brings more birds into the fold](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/kiwi-search-brings-more-birds-into-the-fold/) - One of the most prolific and successful kiwi conservation programmes in the country has a raft of new birds to add to its work after a successful ‘prospecting’ exercise in May. Ten volunteers identified eight new breeding pairs, two breeding pairs that were already known about and five new male birds that can now be
- [Rat numbers set to explode in forests this Spring](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/rat-numbers-set-to-explode-in-forests-this-spring/) - Native birds to bear the brunt of multi-species mega-mast Conservationists in the central North Island warn that native bird populations are due to “take an epic hammering” this Spring when predator populations balloon. Staff of the Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust have seen a significant increase in rat numbers on their two properties in inland Hawke’s
- [Landowners join 33,000 ha in new North Island kiwi plan](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/landowners-join-33000-ha-in-new-north-island-kiwi-plan/) - The Department of Conservation has approved a $411,000 plan by a leading Hawke’s Bay conservation trust to release up to 200 kiwi in the 11,400ha Pohokura Forest between 2019 and 2024. The move is an important third step in an ambitious plan to control predators and establish self-sustaining populations of North Island Brown Kiwi across
- [DOC grant boosts Hawke’s Bay predator eradication work](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/doc-grant-boosts-hawkes-bay-predator-eradication-work/) - The Department of Conservation has boosted predator control efforts in the Maungataniwha Native Forest in inland Hawke’s Bay with an $18,000 grant to the Forest Lifeforce Restoration (FLR) Trust. The Trust runs an extensive predator control operation, described by DOC as “ambitious”, in two sanctuary areas comprising 1,000 hectares of native forest. The sanctuaries have
- [Forest indicators warn of a challenging 2019](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/forest-indicators-warn-of-a-challenging-2019/) - Drought, fires and difficult days for stock may be at hand if traditional Māori botanical indicators are to be believed. Ti kauka, or cabbage trees, in the Maungataniwha Native Forest in inland Hawke’s Bay are among several species to be flowering unusually prolifically or early this year, an event understood to forecast a long, hot,
- [Trust injects $250k into North Island kiwi conservation](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/trust-injects-250k-into-north-island-kiwi-conservation/) - A leading conservation trust has committed $250,000 to reintroducing kiwi to a tranche of private land in the central North Island. The Department of Conservation has approved a $411,000 plan by the Trust to release up to 200 kiwi in the 11,400ha Pohokura Forest between 2019 and 2024. Reintroduction will be accompanied by extensive predator
- [New crop of kiwi set to return to Hawke’s Bay forests](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/new-crop-of-kiwi-set-to-return-to-hawkes-bay-forests/) - Three out of every four viable kiwi eggs lifted from a Hawke’s Bay forest during the 2017/2018 season of Operation Nest Egg have resulted in juvenile birds that will be returned either to the forest or to a captive breeding programme this summer (2018/2019). Of 59 eggs that were taken for incubation from the Forest
- [Conservation trust snares specialist support](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/conservation-trust-snares-specialist-support/) - Well-known Hawke’s Bay conservation specialist Tamsin Ward-Smith has joined Hawke’s Bay-based Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust to assist with expanding the Trust’s kiwi conservation work. Her brief includes overseeing the development of chicks that hatch from eggs collected at the Trust’s property in the Maungataniwha Native Forest, working with the predator-proof sanctuaries where they are raised
- [NZ’s largest pine-to-native forest regeneration project reaches major milestone](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/nzs-largest-pine-to-native-forest-regeneration-project-reaches-major-milestone/) - The last pine trees have been felled in a major Hawke’s Bay conservation project that aims to convert a 4,000-hectare pine plantation back to regenerating native forest. Over 3,500 hectares of the Maungataniwha Pine Forest have now been logged since 2006 and are now in the process of being re-converted back to native forest by
- [Bumper season for kiwi egg collection](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/bumper-season-for-kiwi-egg-collection/) - A bumper harvest of kiwi eggs has marked the first half of this year’s kiwi conservation work in the Maungataniwha Native Forest in inland Hawke’s Bay. Conservationists working for the Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust have lifted 32 eggs so far, compared to 46 for the entire season last year, and are reporting viability rates of
- [Unchipped kiwi excite Hawke’s Bay conservators](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/unchipped-kiwi-excite-hawkes-bay-conservators/) - Data suggests kiwi are not great travellers Specially-trained species conservation dogs used to sniff out kiwi in the Maungataniwha Native Forest, just south of Te Urewera, are finding a large proportion of unidentified adults, indicating that that intensive and ongoing predator control efforts there are proving effective. 38 adult birds have been found by specially-trained
- [“Encouraging” results from Maungataniwha kiwi call count](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/encouraging-results-from-maungataniwha-kiwi-call-count/) - A kiwi population survey conducted in the Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust’s sanctuary in the Maungataniwha Native Forest has yielded an adjusted male call rate of 2.53 an hour. This is high by Hawke’s Bay standards and compares favourably with rates of 0.5 an hour just across the Waiau River in unmanaged parts of Te Urewera
- [Job done - Kevin marks turning point for kiwi conservancy](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/job-done-kevin-marks-turning-point-for-kiwi-conservancy/) - New forest resident secures kiwi future for next three decades A very ordinary brown kiwi with an unremarkable name signalled a truly outstanding feat of endangered species conservation last week. Kevin the kiwi became the 200th young adult bird to be released into the Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust’s Maungataniwha Native Forest property in inland Hawke’s
- [Dinosaur treasure trove lures doco crew to Maungataniwha](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/dinosaur-treasure-trove-lures-doco-crew-to-maungataniwha/) - Filming has taken place in the Maungataniwha Native Forest in inland Hawke’s Bay for a television documentary that looks set to take New Zealand into the homes and hearts of people all around the world. Modern Dinosaurs is a six-part series to be broadcast on The Discovery Channel in 2018 and later on Prime Television.
- [Funding doubles for Hawke’s Bay kiwi project](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/funding-doubles-for-hawkes-bay-kiwi-project/) - Kiwi protection in Hawke’s Bay has received a massive shot in the arm through a doubling in funding for one of the region’s most prolific and successful conservation initiatives. The Maungataniwha Kiwi Project, run by the Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust, has been given $20,000 by Kiwis for kiwi to help boost operations still further. The
- [Snow hampers start of Kiwi egg collection season](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/snow-hampers-start-of-kiwi-egg-collection-season/) - Kiwi conservation experts are nervous about what heavy snow in North Island conservation areas will mean for the start of this season’s egg collection and incubation programme. This year the annual kiwi conservation milestone was met with significant snowfalls in the central North Island, hampering collection efforts and making foraging difficult for younger birds. Staff
- [War on predators: capture collective wisdom, Trust says Plant pests must also be a focus](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/war-on-predators-capture-collective-wisdom-trust-says-plant-pests-must-also-be-a-focus/) - “This is the sort of collaboration with business and philanthropy that New Zealand will need if we are to achieve the goal of being predator-free by 2050,” said Department of Conservation director-general Lou Sanson. Hawke’s Bay-based conservation group Forest Lifeforce Restoration (FLR) Trust has welcomed the Predator-Free by 2050 initiative announced by the government earlier
- [Conservation Trust invests further in Hawke’s Bay](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/conservation-trust-invests-further-in-hawkes-bay/) - Establishing a second sanctuary The Forest Lifeforce Restoration (FLR) Trust is taking the first steps towards establishing a second sanctuary on its property in the Maungataniwha Native Forest. The $60,000 project has received a $25,000 grant from the Department of Conservation and aims to eliminate within three years most predators of native species across a
- [Pine clearance boosts record-setting native bush recovery](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/pine-clearance-boosts-record-setting-native-bush-recovery/) - More than 750ha cleared by hand Contractors have hand-cleared more than 1.5 million wilding pines from 750 hectares of regenerating native bush in inland Hawke’s Bay. The work took place between August 2014 and July this year as part of New Zealand’s largest single indigenous re-forestation initiative. Hawke’s Bay-based Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust (FLRT) is
- [Rachel Hunter welcomes budget cash for kiwi; spotlights other species](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/rachel-hunter-welcomes-budget-cash-for-kiwi-spotlights-other-species/) - Kiwi icon Rachel Hunter has welcomed the government’s decision to allocate more than $11 million for kiwi conservation efforts in this year’s budget. Ms Hunter, who is Patron of Hawke’s Bay-based Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust (FLRT), said the funding was likely to bolster the successes already being delivered by a wide variety of kiwi conservation
- [Cash grant for Hawke’s Bay whio initiative](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/cash-grant-for-hawkes-bay-whio-initiative/) - A successful Hawke’s Bay whio, or blue duck, conservation project has received a $10,000 maintenance grant from Whio Forever, a species recovery programme launched jointly by Genesis Energy and the Department of Conservation (DOC). The grant will enable the Forest Lifeforce Restoration (FLR) Trust to maintain the extensive network of predator traps funded by a
- [Kiwi count points to progress](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/kiwi-count-points-to-progress/) - National kiwi survey protocols were used to conduct the research. The first baseline kiwi population survey ever conducted in the Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust’s sanctuary in the Maungataniwha Native Forest has yielded an average call rate of 2.6 an hour. This is high by Hawke’s Bay standards and compares favourably with rates of 0.5 an
- [Hawke’s Bay conservation know-how spreads south to the Fiords](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/hawkes-bay-conservation-know-how-spreads-south-to-the-fiords/) - Sharing experience and insights A Hawke’s Bay-based conservation trust is sharing experience and insights with the residents and land-owners of a remote Fiordland valley to help restore native plant and animal species to remote tracts of South Island bush. The move is part of the spread of private conservation initiatives across New Zealand, encouraged and
- [Mother and son reunion marks special conservation milestone](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/mother-and-son-reunion-marks-special-conservation-milestone/) - One ‘Kiwi chick’ flies home from Oz to return another kiwi chick to the forest An emotional surprise Kiwi family reunion marked the return last week of a very special kiwi chick to the inland Hawke’s Bay forest from where its egg was taken. The 200th kiwi chick reared by the Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust
- [Researchers stumble across find with a bite](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/researchers-stumble-across-find-with-a-bite/) - Fossil treasure-trove yields another snappy discovery Teeth from a nasty marine predator with a bad attitude from around 80 million years ago are the latest find to come from the fossil-rich Maungataniwha Native Forest in inland Hawkes Bay. Scientists from Wellington-based GNS Science have identified the beast as a mosasaur but the exact species has
- [DNA tests complete Kakabeak jigsaw](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/dna-tests-complete-kakabeak-jigsaw/) - The most complete picture yet DNA tests on newly-discovered, nearly extinct plants have given researchers the most complete picture yet of how the critically-endangered kakabeak (Clianthus maximus, or ngutukākā in te reo) is clinging to survival on the inaccessible cliffs, bluffs and ledges of New Zealand’s wild back-country. The tests, conducted by Dr Gary Houliston,
- [Kiwi conservationists on trend alert](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/kiwi-conservationists-on-trend-alert/) - First kiwi eggs of the new season are arriving for incubation The Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust’s Maungataniwha Kiwi Project is keeping a close eye on eggs currently being collected for incubation, and the resulting chicks, to see if a drop in egg numbers from last season’s second clutch is repeated this season. It wasn’t a
- [Red alert](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/hawkes-bay-treasure-trove-yields-another-important-fossil-find/) - Going bush this spring? Keep your eyes out for a stunning battler Hunters, anglers, trampers and rafters are being asked to keep their eyes out while in the bush this spring for one of our most striking native plants, the critically endangered Kakabeak. Any sightings of the flamboyant plant, which is typically found clinging to
- [Hawke’s Bay ‘treasure trove’ yields another important fossil find](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/hawkes-bay-treasure-trove-yields-another-important-fossil-find-2/) - New Zealand’s largest ammonite fossils One of New Zealand’s largest ammonite fossils has been discovered in a Hawke’s Bay streambed. The squid-like creature, which lived in the sea during the time of the dinosaurs, had a flat spiral shell that looked something like a Paper Nautilus but was between 80 and 90 cm in diameter,
- [Tired kiwi laying smaller eggs?](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/tired-kiwi-laying-smaller-eggs/) - The change in eggs from Maungataniwha was noticed in the second clutch. Last year’s dry summer may have impacted the eggs that kiwi have been laying this year. Eggs retrieved in February and March by the Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust’s Maungataniwha Kiwi Project were slower to arrive and smaller than in previous years, a change
- [DNA tests raise hope for elusive native plant](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/dna-tests-raise-hope-for-elusive-native-plant/) - Spectacular Kakabeak still teeters on the edge of extinction DNA tests on extremely rare plants discovered in inland Hawke’s Bay offer some hope that the species may yet be saved from extinction. Until recently, just 110 Kakabeak plants (Clianthus maximus, or ngutukākā in te reo) were known to exist in the wild but the tests
- [‘Encouraging’ Blue Duck numbers in inland Hawke’s Bay](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/encouraging-blue-duck-numbers-in-inland-hawkes-bay/) - Genesis investment to help cement “encouraging” local Blue Duck numbers Endangered whio, or Blue Duck (Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos), continue to thrive in the mountainous rivers and streams of inland Hawke’s Bay, according to a survey conducted by the Department of Conservation (DOC). Three years after an initial survey prompted DOC’s Whio Recovery Group (WRG) to classify
- [Mass planting boosts rare tree numbers by 10 percent](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/mass-planting-boosts-rare-tree-numbers-by-10-percent/) - Seed nursery will form “genetic life-raft” for Turner’s kohuhu A single mass planting has boosted the national population of the rare and endangered Turner’s kohuhu (pittosporum turneri, or tent pole tree) by more than 10 percent. The Forest Lifeforce Restoration (FLR) Trust has planted 5,500 seedlings, propagated from seed collected in May 2009, in specially-constructed
- [Rare find boosts hope for Kakabeak](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/rare-find-boosts-hope-for-kakabeak/) - Remote colony quadruples known numbers A conservation trust leading the drive to prevent the extinction of the flamboyant Kakabeak (Clianthus maximus or ngutukākā in te reo) helped discover an important far-flung colony of the plants less than a week before being presented with a national award for its work with the critically-endangered plant. Forest Lifeforce
- [Bocky the kiwi marks Trust’s home hundred](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/bocky-the-kiwi-marks-trusts-home-hundred/) - 2013-2014 kiwi egg-lift season kicks off in Hawke’s Bay The Forest Lifeforce Restoration (FLR) Trust has returned its 100th kiwi chick to the inland Hawke’s Bay forest from where its egg was taken. The male bird, named Bocky after well-known local bushman Allan Bockman, was incubated at Kiwi Encounter in Rotorua and reared in a
- [‘Stunning battler’ returns to Northland](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/stunning-battler-returns-to-northland/) - Rare native takes root in Bay of Islands sanctuary One of New Zealand’s most endangered native plants is taking root in Northland. Forty Kakabeak plants reared by the Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust, a private conservation organisation, were planted on Roberton Island in the Bay of Islands today (Saturday 27 July). The plants will be used
- [Radical new killer goes bush](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/radical-new-killer-goes-bush/) - ‘Self-setting’ design set to take the legwork out of trapping A radical new way of trapping and killing stoats, ferrets, weasels and rats is being trialled in Hawke’s Bay. The first of many ‘self-setting’ devices developed by the Forest Lifeforce Restoration (FLR) Trust and Lincoln University’s Centre for Wildlife Management and Conservation (CWMC) are being
- [Cliff scramble gives critically rare plant a shot at survival](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/cliff-scramble-gives-critically-rare-plant-a-shot-at-survival/) - Conservationists boost national population by a third in a single day Conservationists have boosted by a third the number of endangered Kakabeak plants known to exist in the wild in New Zealand. Staff at the Forest Lifeforce Restoration (FLR) Trust used a helicopter and abseiled down cliffs to dig 35 of the plants with the
- [Explosive new recovery technique for endangered Kakabeak](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/explosive-new-recovery-technique-for-endangered-kakabeak/) - Seeds from one of New Zealand’s most endangered plants, the Kakabeak shrub (Clianthus maximus), have been successfully propagated for the first time by blasting them into soil from a shotgun. The groundbreaking technique has been developed by the Forest Lifeforce Restoration (FLR) Trust at its property in the Maungataniwha Native Forest in inland Hawke’s Bay.
- [Hunter bags an egg](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/hunter-bags-an-egg/) - Genesis investment to help cement “encouraging” local Blue Duck numbers A successful Hawke’s Bay whio, or blue duck, conservation project has received a four-year, $107,500 cash injection from Whio Forever, a species recovery programme launched jointly by Genesis Energy and the Department of Conservation (DOC). The grant will enable the Forest Lifeforce Restoration (FLR) Trust
- [Hawke’s Bay whio initiative gets cash grant](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/hawkes-bay-whio-initiative-gets-cash-grant/) - Genesis investment to help cement “encouraging” local Blue Duck numbers A successful Hawke’s Bay whio, or blue duck, conservation project has received a four-year, $107,500 cash injection from Whio Forever, a species recovery programme launched jointly by Genesis Energy and the Department of Conservation (DOC). The grant will enable the Forest Lifeforce Restoration (FLR) Trust
- [Trust teams with Lincoln to kill predators](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/trust-teams-with-lincoln-to-kill-predators/) - Focus on reducing labour, refining toxins Private conservation initiative Forest Lifeforce Restoration (FLR) Trust has teamed up with Lincoln University’s Centre for Wildlife Management and Conservation (CWMC) in a $160,000 drive to improve the effectiveness of trapping and poisoning systems targeting stoats, ferrets, weasels and rats. The Ministry of Science and Innovation is funding half
- [Funding boost for forest conservation in Hawke’s Bay](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/funding-boost-for-forest-conservation-in-hawkes-bay/) - The Forest Lifeforce Restoration (FLR) Trust and the Department of Conservation (DOC) are joining forces in a major new Hawke’s Bay conservation project that aims to convert a 4,000 hectare pine plantation back to regenerating native forest. The three-year, $240,000 conversion of the Maungataniwha Pine Forest is the largest project of its kind in New
- [Hawke’s Bay come-back for rare Blue Duck](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/hawkes-bay-come-back-for-rare-blue-duck/) - Trust property listed as a Whio recovery site New Zealand’s endangered Whio, or Blue Duck (Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos), is thriving in the mountainous rivers and streams of inland Hawke’s Bay according to a survey conducted by the privately funded Forest Lifeforce Restoration (FLR) Trust and the Department of Conservation (DOC). The catchment areas of the Waiau
- [Late arrival for Hawke’s Bay kiwi egg](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/late-arrival-for-hawkes-bay-kiwi-egg/) - Even more to come? One of the latest kiwi eggs ever to be submitted for artificial incubation was delivered last week by Hawke’s Bay-based Forest Lifeforce Restoration (FLR) Trust to the Kiwi Encounter hatchery at Rainbow Springs Kiwi Wildlife Park in Rotorua, as part of the BNZ Save the Kiwi Trust programme. But eyebrows in
- [Kiwi home-swap deepens the gene pool](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/kiwi-home-swap-deepens-the-gene-pool/) - Collaboration highlights complex nature of NZ conservation Eight young North Island Brown kiwi switched Bays today in a home-swapping story that illustrates perfectly the complex scientific, collaborative private/public partnership that kiwi conservation has become. Two young males and two young females from the Forest Lifeforce Restoration (FLR) Trust’s Maungataniwha Native Forest in inland Hawke’s Bay

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- [Home](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/) - Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust - Providing direction and funding for the restoration of threatened species of fauna and flora in Maungataniwha and Pohokura native forests.
- [THE TRUSTEES](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/the-trustees/) - SIMON HALL Chairman Simon Hall is the Executive Chairman of Tasti Products Limited, a food manufacturing business located in Auckland.Simon owns four properties which comprise predominantly native forest. His interest in the restoration of threatened species prompted him to establish the Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust.He was a finalist in the 2023 New Zealand Environmental Hero
- [ABOUT THE TRUST](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/about-the-trust/) - ABOUT THE TRUST The Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust was established in 2006 to provide direction and funding for the restoration of threatened species of fauna and flora, and to restore the ngahere mauri (forest lifeforce) in in Maungataniwha and Pohokura native forests within the Central North Island.Our activities have increased significantly since 2006 and we
- [KIWI](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/kiwi/) - KIWI Indications are that the kiwi population on our property in the Maungataniwha Native Forest is of regional significance. In 2005 trust members discovered a remnant kiwi population, unusual as the property had no history of pest control. Pete Shaw consulted with Dr John McLennan, a leading kiwi scientist, and what eventuated was the Maungataniwha Kiwi Project.Over the years the
- [COVERAGE](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/coverage/) - News Coverage 2025 9 September 2025 – SunliveConservation Trust approaches 800 kiwi saved4 September 2025 – Hawkes Bay TodayKākābeak survival protected17 June 2025 – Hawkes Bay TodayHawke’s Bay kiwi conservation: Eggs taken from nests boosting survival rates 2023 17 December 2023 – New Zealand GeographicDinosaurs Rising18 July 2023 – Wairoa StarUnearthing the Past9 July 2023 – One NewsCyclone-ravaged riverbeds
- [FOREST RESTORATION](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/forest-restoration/) - FOREST RESTORATION We have established two sanctuary areas within the Maungataniwha Native Forest where predator populations are being reduced in an effort to provide a safe place for a variety of native bird species to breed.The first is a 600-hectare sanctuary centred on Waiau Camp while the second is a 400-hectare swathe of bushland bordering the Te
- [WHIO](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/whio/) - WHIO Whio, commonly known as Blue Duck, are highly endangered, threatened by predation – mainly by stoats – and loss of habitat. This is a localised species holding territories on fast-flowing mountain rivers in forested areas.Classified as ‘endangered’ by the International Union of Conservation for Nature (IUCN) and as ‘nationally vulnerable’ by DOC, the whio
- [FOREST CONVERSION](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/forest-conversion/) - FOREST CONVERSION The 4,000-hectare Maungataniwha Pine Forest adjacent to our Maungataniwha Native Forest property was once mature native forest. It was logged progressively and then burned before being put under pine.We took ownership of the block with the aim of converting the pine plantation back to regenerating native forest. The last pine trees were felled in November
- [EDUCATION](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/education/) - EDUCATION We have contributed to the ecological aspects of the teaching syllabus at St Cuthbert’s College in Auckland by commissioning a series of reports relating to a tract of land the school owns in the Eastern Bay of Plenty.St Cuthbert’s bought Kahunui, a property of predominantly native forest located in the Waiotahi Valley, in 2006
- [POHOKURA KIWI PROJECT](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/pohokura-kiwi-project/) - POHOKURA KIWI PROJECT Since 2019 we have been using juveniles sourced as eggs from our Maungataniwha Kiwi Project to re-establish a viable kiwi population on our neighbouring property, Pohokura. At that stage there was a remnant population of a handful of birds on the 11,400 ha property and we said we wanted to introduce at least 200 kiwi
- [OUR PROJECTS](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/our-projects/) - OUR PROJECTS KIWI PROJECTS Indications are that the kiwi population on our property in the Maungataniwha Native Forest is of regional significance. In 2005 trust members discovered a remnant kiwi population, unusual as the property had no history of pest control. Pete Shaw consulted with Dr John McLennan, a leading kiwi scientist, and what eventuated was the Maungataniwha Kiwi Project.read
- [ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/acknowledgements/) - THANKS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The work of the Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust would not be possible without the input from, and guidance of, a great many individuals and organisations. We are grateful for this support and would like to recognise, in particular, the contribution made by the following: Tasti Products indirectly funds most of the Trust’s project
- [LOCAL SUPPLIERS](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/local-suppliers/) - LOCAL SUPPLIERS MCDONALD FENCING & CONSTRUCTION Conservation trust taps family firm for Gabrielle recovery push. FIND OUT MORE WILD SOLUTIONS Variety and determination to make a difference fuel kiwi expert’s stellar contribution to conservation. FIND OUT MORE EASTLAND HELI Ray Worters and Eastland Heli: guarding forests from the sky. FIND OUT MORE WHIO CONTRACTING “Pest
- [PESTS GOATS](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/pests-goats/) - GOATS DOC’s Wairoa Area Office conducts annual goat culling in the Maungataniwha Pine and Native Forests. The purpose is to keep goat numbers low in this buffer area on the southern flank of Te Urewera. FERRETS | STOATS | RATS POSSUMS CATS PLANTS
- [KAKABEAK](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/kakabeak/) - KAKABEAK One of our principal projects in the Maungataniwha Native Forest involves increasing the wild-grown population of kakabeak (Clianthus Maximus) – an extremely rare type of shrub.We collect seeds and propagate them both within our two protected propagation enclosures near Waiau Camp (designed to prevent access by browsing rabbits, hares and ungulates such as deer, pigs and
- [OUR CHARACTERS](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/our-characters/) - TAKAMOANA Takamoana was released into the Maungataniwha Native Forest in February 2012 by Kiwi icon and FLRT patron Rachel Hunter. He was the 100th kiwi to be hatched and released into the wild by the Trust.He is named after an influential local Maori chief in the 1800s. Karaitiana Takamoana was also the great-great-grandfather of Simon
- [WHIO - MAUNGATANIWHA NATIVE FOREST](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/whio-maungataniwha-native-forest/) - WHIO - MAUNGATANIWHA NATIVE FOREST The Maungataniwha whio protection project includes establishing a secure breeding area for whio by exterminating predators and pests, conducting research into resident populations and monitoring breeding patterns.In 2012 the catchment areas of the Waiau and Te Hoe rivers bordering the Trust’s Maungataniwha property was classified a Blue Duck ‘Recovery Site’
- [WHIO - POHOKURA](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/whio-pohokura/) - WHIO - POHOKURA Pohokura is home to a growing number of whio. Breeding has been documented at several sites and the population on the property is now deemed ‘nationally significant’. Our goal at Pohokura is to provide a safe haven where whio can survive and expand into the surrounding public and private land.The pest control
- [NEWS](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/news/) - News Massive haul of kiwi eggs emerges from Hawke’s Bay back-blocks September 25, 2025 Read More » Conservation Trust approaches 800 kiwi saved September 10, 2025 Read More » Kākābeak conservationists boost vital seed collection drive September 1, 2025 Read More » ‘Catch me if you can’ June 16, 2025 Read More » Two important
- [OUR STORIES](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/our-stories/) - Our Stories High in the back-country hills a string of six rafters threads its way along a narrow mountain stream, hemmed in by sheer rock worn smooth by the action of a thousand floods. Ferns, vines, grasses and trees close in darkly above the slick papa rock, forcing daylight to retreat to a thin band
- [CONTACT US](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/contact-us/) - Get In Touch Notice: JavaScript is required for this content. For administrative or operational enquiries please contact:Simon Hall | Chairman & Trusteec/o Tasti Products LimitedPO Box 45 013Waitakere 0651 09 839 1060 simon.hall@tasti.co.nz Pete Shaw | Manager & TrusteePO Box 1247Taupo 3351 021 501 273 petetjules@gmail.com
- [MEDIA](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/media/) - Get In Touch Notice: JavaScript is required for this content. For all MEDIA related enquiriesplease contact:Peter HeathDue North PR +64 21 456 089 peter@duenorthpr.co.nz
- [VOLUNTEERS](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/volunteers/) - OUR VOLUNTEERS SHERYL COLLINS Kiwi conservation volunteer says tough, hard and exhausting work delivers the best ‘high’ ever MEET SHERYL IAN ROBERTS Predator control expert pays it forward by gifting his time MEET IAN GUS GARAWAY Gus Garaway is our comms guru and Mr Fix-It. His roots with the Trust run deep. MEET GUS
- [DINOSAURS!](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/dinosaurs/) - Our property at Maungataniwha is of national importance geologically as the site where palaeontologist Joan Wiffen first discovered evidence of land-dinosaur fossils in New Zealand. These fossil remains were extracted from cretaceous rock taken from the Mangahouanga Stream, which has the bulk of its catchment within this forest. It continues to reveal a trove of fossilised riches; in June 2014 walkers stumbled
- [STEWART ISLAND](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/stewart-island/) - STEWART ISLAND This property is some 20.2 ha in size and encompasses the iconic Stewart Island feature of Bell Topper Falls. It also encompasses the old sites associated with the fish canning operation established at Port Pegasus. We are working with other agencies to support initiatives to make Stewart island/Rakiura predator free.
- [LAKE MCKERROW](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/lake-mckerrow/) - LAKE MCKERROW This is a 23-hectare property situated in the north-western corner of Lake McKerrow, in the Fiordland National Park, approximately four kilometres inland from the coast at Martins Bay.The property is bordered to the south by the lake, which is part of the national park. On its three other boundaries it’s surrounded by public
- [POHOKURA](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/pohokura/) - POHOKURA Pohokura comprises 11,348 hectares of native forest north of the Napier-Taupo highway in the Central North Island. The area is predominantly covered in Red Beech forest but fourteen vegetation types have been identified.We have established good back-country infrastructure here, necessary for continued project work.This includes 120km of walking track, eight huts and other accommodation, vehicles, equipment and communications.In 2009,
- [MAUNGATANIWHA PINE FOREST](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/maungataniwha-pine-forest/) - MAUNGATANIWHA PINE FOREST This 6,294 hectare forest abutting the southern boundary of the Maungataniwha Native Forest was purchased by our Chairman Simon Hall in 2006.4,015 hectares were planted with Pinus radiata trees. These have all now been harvested and we are in the process of restoring this land to its native state.The rest of the property was never put under pine
- [MAUNGATANIWHA NATIVE FOREST](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/maungataniwha-native-forest/) - MAUNGATANIWHA NATIVE FOREST Maungataniwha Native Forest comprises 6,120 hectares of native forest straddling the ridge system between the Te Hoe and Waiau Rivers in northern Hawkes Bay. It is bordered to the north by Te Urewera and to the west by the Whirinaki Conservation Forest, both part of an extensive area of native forest which
- [OUR PROPERTIES](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/our-properties/) - OUR PROPERTIES MAUNGATANIWHA (native) Maungataniwha Native Forest comprises 6,120 hectares of native forest straddling the ridge system between the Te Hoe and Waiau Rivers in northern Hawkes Bay. It is bordered to the north by Te Urewera and to the west by the Whirinaki Conservation Forest, both part of an extensive area of native forest
- [PESTS PLANTS](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/pests-plants/) - PLANTS We spray gorse on an ongoing basis at both Maungataniwha and Pohokura, as well as on DOC land adjacent to Pohokura. We also target pampas and buddleia, and have removed cotoneaster from the Te Hoe Valley. FERRETS | STOATS | RATS POSSUMS GOATS CATS
- [PESTS CATS](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/pests-cats/) - CATS Cats are present at Maungataniwha and these are culled wherever possible. FERRETS | STOATS | RATS POSSUMS GOATS PLANTS
- [PESTS POSSUMS](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/pests-possums/) - POSSUMS Both Pohokura and the Maungataniwha Native Forest are treated at intervals with 1080 poison coated with deer repellent. The aim is to reduce possum numbers and control the spread of bovine tuberculosis.Pohokura was the site of the first large-scale experiment in New Zealand to test deer repellent bait developed jointly by EPRO and Landcare
- [PESTS FERRETS STOATS RATS](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/pest-control/) - FERRETS | STOATS | RATS Trapping has proved successful and mustelid control operations are ongoing across all three of our properties.We believe broad-scale, effective mustelid control is the next big issue for mainland conservation in New Zealand. A lot of money has been spent fairly recently on finding ways to deal effectively with these pests
- [GUS GARAWAY](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/gus-garaway/) - GUS GARAWAY From radio repeater stations to trapping and vehicle repair, ‘Mr Fix-It’ does it all Paul (‘Gus’) Garaway is one of our valued volunteers and his roots with the Trust run deep. When FLRT Chairman Simon Hall acquired our Pohokura property Gus was on hand to help our forest manager Pete Shaw scope it
- [IAN ROBERTS](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/ian-roberts/) - IAN ROBERTS Predator control expert pays it forward by gifting his time “The bush has been good to me and my family. This is about giving back, supporting good people who are doing good work, and having a bit of an adventure at the same time.”Volunteer Ian ‘Robbo’ Roberts and his mate Lance Johansen play
- [SHERYL COLLINS](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/sheryl-collins/) - SHERYL COLLINS Kiwi conservation volunteer says tough, hard and exhausting work delivers the best 'high' ever So here’s a question for you. What do kiwi have in common with crayfish?No? Here’s a clue: the answer can often be found deep in the forests of inland Hawke’s Bay, tramping through ferny undergrowth, face-down in leaf-litter and
- [WHIO CONTRACTING](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/whio-contracting/) - WHIO CONTRACTING The upside of a pandemic: how COVID-19 boosted Hawke’s Bay kiwi conservation Every cloud has a silver lining, right? For Mike Walker, who manages the pest trapping and control work on our Maungataniwha and Pohokura properties, the cloud was The Pandemic and the silver lining was the $1.19 billion Jobs for Nature COVID-recovery
- [EASTLAND HELI](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/eastland-heli/) - EASTLAND HELI Ray Worters and Eastland Heli: guarding forests from the sky There’s a certain irony to the work that Ray Worters and his company, Eastland Heli, do for us.During winter Ray and his colleague Anthony ‘Ginge’ Ryan fly pine seedlings into plantation areas for forestry companies. Then, during summer, they load their helicopters with
- [WILD SOLUTIONS](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/wild-solutions/) - WILD SOLUTIONS Variety and determination to make a difference fuel kiwi expert’s stellar contribution to conservation “My dad always told me I’d never make a career out of being a tree hugger so I’m very pleased to have proved him wrong.”Kiwi conservation and population recovery specialist Tamsin Ward-Smith recalls her father’s cautionary advice with a
- [MCDONALDS FENCING CONSTRUCTION](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/mcdonalds-fencing-construction/) - MCDONALD FENCING & CONSTRUCTION Conservation trust taps family firm for Gabrielle recovery push When Whakatāne earthworks contractor, fencer and family business owner Bain McDonald got the call for help from deep within the remote forests of mountainous inland Hawke’s Bay, he didn’t hesitate for a beat.“Yep – we’re up for that. How soon do you
- [OUR TEAM](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/our-team/) - OUR TEAM LOCAL SUPPLIERS MEET OUR SUPPLIERS We invest hundreds of thousands of dollars each year in maintaining and improving our properties, and in operating and expanding our many conservation and species restoration projects.Where possible, or where existing, long-term relationships don’t already exist, we try hard to use local Hawke’s Bay / East Coast contractors and
- [GET INVOLVED](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/get-involved/) - FinancialDoing what we do costs money. We are tremendously grateful for the financial and material support we receive from all our partners – quite literally we could not do it without them. If your organisation is interested in joining our team of partners, we would welcome a chance to talk to you about how we could structure
- [PATRON'S MESSAGE](https://www.forestlifeforce.org.nz/patrons-message/) - A MESSAGE FROM OUR PATRON Private conservation initiatives like the Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust are a vital part of New Zealand’s ecological fight-back.While we’re perceived internationally as being clean and green, a country of magnificent vistas and immense natural beauty, the bitter irony is that so much of our native flora and fauna is at
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