I would love to share your encounters, your stories, art, poems and music to help us remember, to help us learn and most importantly to share our connection so we remember that to share space and time with Matuku-hūrepo is a privilege.
From our gallery…
Our encounters, stories and poems…
Te Waihora is alive!
Come and see the last of the hūrepo, proclaims the proclaimer. It’s 4am as I arrive, the moon still hangs in the cloudy sky. I am led to believe that the ecosystem at Te Waihora, Lake Ellesmere in Canterbury is about to collapse…taking with it a population of Bittern that has been here since records…
Mahurangi Magic!
To see a Matuku-hūrepo, our native Bittern is extremely rare, especially a female. Article: Steve Loughlin had a close encounter with a Bittern on his property on Tongue Farm Road near Matakana and reported “It was a surprising encounter as I was on a ride-on mower. It swooped over me from behind, landed in front…
LOVE BITTERN PROJECT 