Long-Tailed Bats Return to Wakapuaka: A Promising Sign of Restoration Success
Exciting news for the Wakapuaka Mouri project — the nationally critical long-tailed bat (pekapeka-tou-roa) has been detected along the restored banks of the Wakapuaka River, just 15km from Nelson’s CBD.
Rewilding the Wakapuaka Awa
Great things are happening in the Wakapuaka catchment in North Nelson. The catchment includes the Wakapuaka Awa (river) and its tributaries—the Teal River and Lud River, Paremata Flats, Delaware Bay and Rotokua Cable Bay and estuary. Surrounded by steep hills, deep valleys and pockets of mature native bush, it’s a popular destination for water sports, […]