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Join the 2026 muster!
Give bittern a voice. Let’s do this! The Great Matuku-hūrepo Muster is the biggest citizen science project helping bittern conservation in New Zealand. When you record a bittern you give them a voice. This starts a chain of protection and you’re the first link! Here is our panui/ notice in a pdf to share. What’s…
Fast food for bittern
How do exotic food species stack up. Fast food, is it good for bittern? Bittern are a native, self-introduced wetland bird. According to Te Papa, fossil records indicate that the birds naturally colonised New Zealand from Australia around 1000 AD so they spent a long time living on tūna (eels) and native fish before the…
Check the kai.
Do you have enough eels and fish in your wetland? Bittern are BIG birds, standing on average as tall as a dining room table (~74cm) and weighing in at over 1kg (females lighter, males heavier) bittern need a lot of food to sustain themselves. A sad reality is that bittern are starving. The search for…
Saving a reclusive species
Bittern Conservation in New Zealand is well advanced with collaboration and engagement around the country.
Record a bittern
Help protect bittern and their wetland homes. Give bittern a voice. Record them every time you see or hear one. The numbers are in for the year (ended 30th June) with over 2200 total observations .. made up of a landslide of 1500+ observations recorded as part of The Love Bittern Project … and records…
Check recording devices
ARD’s or acoustic recording devices need maintenance and in some cases firmware upgrades before you deploy them. We are gearing up for another season to monitor matuku-hūrepo and will keep you abreast of some of the steps we take to make sure our time in the field is optimised! ARDs (acoustic recording devices) – like…
Panui -Autumn 2026
Set your dates for the muster, newsletter and updates. >>Click here for Newsletter Link<< Our newsletter is a snapshot of our results and provides success storys, tips, updates and an equipment highlight. Set your dates – for The Great Matuku-hūrepo Muster! Weather in Spring is hard to plan for, with tight timeframes over one weekend some…
Water, bringing it home
How we value and care for our water. We (thats hubby and I) are truly blessed by whatever deity you think may bestow such blessings as being able to live in a beautiful bush clad spot in Taitokerau, Aotearoa. We are caretakers for 9 ha on the south side of the Ngunguru awa, a kilometer…
Start where you are,
Start where you are, be a guardian of wetlands and help keep water clean and clear.
Beyond wetlands and Bittern.
It is important to define and protect the networks of freshwater habitats used by Austalasian Bittern.
Pioneers in childrens education
Influencing the next generation to create a better future for Bittern. As we have just released more of our school program ‘Let’s learn about Bittern’ I want to acknowledge the pioneers in this space. Angela Cushnie – author and advocate. Angela pictured here with her book ‘ A change is gonna come’ which illustrates the…
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