by admin | Jan 10, 2025 | bird stories, Latest, News
That Matuku Muster Starting in September, The Great Matuku Muster 2024 was the first attempt to gather data nationwide on the number of male matuku-hūrepo [Australasian bittern]. Matuku are very mobile easily managing to travel several scores or hundreds of...
by Leah Nielsen | Nov 18, 2024 | Flora and fauna, News
We’ve been highlighting some of the amazing plants and animals you can find at Matuku Link on our social media. From well-hidden birds to unique flowers and insects, here are a few of our favourites. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram to see more! 🌳 Kahikatea: A...
by Leah Nielsen | Nov 4, 2024 | Flora and fauna, News
We’ve been highlighting some of the amazing plants and animals you can find at Matuku Link on our social media. From well-hidden birds to unique flowers and insects, here are a few of our favourites. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram to see more! 🦇 Pekapeka tou roa...
by Leah Nielsen | Oct 16, 2024 | People, Trustees
We weren’t content with just two Johns as trustees, we just had to go and recruit a third one! With a career as a humanitarian worker that took him to the USA, Cambodia, and Nepal, John brings a wealth of experience to our team. Since returning to New Zealand,...
by Leah Nielsen | Oct 3, 2024 | events, News
Open Studios Waitākere at Matuku Link!📅 Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th November | 10am – 4pm Join us at Auckland’s largest mainland wetland for a weekend of art and nature! We’re excited to host several local artists for Waitākere Open Studios this year, right...
by Leah Nielsen | Sep 12, 2024 | People
Introducing Maarten, who has traveled all the way from the Netherlands to join us at Matuku Link for a five-month internship. As part of his “Landscape and Environmental Management” studies, Maarten is focusing on a key project to explore why matuku...
by admin | Sep 10, 2024 | Campaigns, education, Latest, News
Our Wetland Education Programme for local low decile primary schools, is a huge success with over 1500 children a year visiting Matuku Link. Our incredible educators teach them to love wetlands and appreciate the bush, nature and the natural environment while doing a...
by admin | Sep 10, 2024 | events, News
The actual idea for the Great Matuku Muster – bittern survey 2024 started more than a decade ago with John Sumich dreaming up a drone with a heat detection camera and another drone with a regular camera to spot bittern from the air. He worked with Peter Solaris...
by admin | Sep 9, 2024 | Campaigns, events, News
It’s hot, it’s dry…. and still the weeds are growing! Help us free our earlier planted trees from grasses overwhelming or convolvulus strangling them. We’d love you to join us at 111 Bethells Road at one of our Summer Sundays. For H&S...
by Rebecca Bowater | Jun 25, 2024 | News, Uncategorized
Last week, I had the exhilarating opportunity to join Tarn from Auckland Zoo’s conservation team on an adventure off the beaten track right here at Matuku Link. Auckland Zoo’s Siân has been helping us collect data from our tracking tunnels since Matuku...
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