The lizard garden along the City to Sea Walkway began in 2019. It features native plants such as tī kouka (cabbage trees), wharariki (mountain flax), tauhinu (coastal tree daisy), mingimingi (twiggy coprosma), pohuehue (muehlenbeckia complexa), koromiko, and mānuka. Five years on, the plants are doing well, but one thing has been missing: basking areas! ReptilesContinue reading “What’s Happening in the Lizard Garden?”
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Poppy’s Experience of Penguin Avoidance Training
With nearly a dozen little blue penguin/kororā deaths along Wellington’s coast in recent months due to dog attacks, and a dog walker hearing the call of a male kiwi near the water reservoir at Tawatawa, dog/avian interactions are now a hot topic. It is timely that kororā aversion training had been developed that follows theContinue reading “Poppy’s Experience of Penguin Avoidance Training”
Celebrating 30 years of protecting the environment
2024 celebrates the 30th Anniversary of the Southern Environmental Association (SEA). Here are some of the highlights over the last three decades. Founding SEA members opposing the Ōwhiro Bay Quarry. Even a visit from renowned environmentalist David Bellamy (top right photo wearing yellow jacket) Planned subdivisions along the ridgeline between Kingston and Ōwhiro Bay. RequestsContinue reading “Celebrating 30 years of protecting the environment”
Climate Security Leaders Visit
The Centre for Climate and Security (CCS), with support from the US Mission to New Zealand, launched the Youth-Led Visions of a Climate-Secure Pacific program, sending a cohort of young leaders to Aotearoa New Zealand to build toward a better future. During their trip, the young leaders volunteered at Tawatawa Reserve alongside members of theContinue reading “Climate Security Leaders Visit”
Trees That Count
Ever wondered what happen when you purchased carbon credits for your flight’s emissions with Air New Zealand? They end up with projects such as ours at Tawatawa Reserve thanks to Trees That Count (TTC). TTC fund SEA to plant 1,500 trees a year at Tawatawa. The money helps to pay the running costs of ourContinue reading “Trees That Count”
Tawatawa history: Preston’s Gully becomes Tawatawa Reserve, and the Southern Environmental Association (SEA) spreads its wings
Part 1 of this history of Tawatawa Reserve and the SEA was published in our newsletter of March 2022. Following closure of Preston’s Gully tip in August 1976, the area was put to several uses including mini-bike riding, horse grazing, and in 1977, dumping of soil from the Terrace Tunnel project. For a decade muchContinue reading “Tawatawa history: Preston’s Gully becomes Tawatawa Reserve, and the Southern Environmental Association (SEA) spreads its wings”
Tawatawa Reserve 