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Recent News

March 2019
Nina Fowler who is one of our younger volunteers has been filmed by TVNZ about her involvement with the Battle for the Banded Rail for the children's programme Fanimals in the 'My Big Backyard' section, (Episode 170, 27th March 2019) This is well worth a watch as she is a fantastic ambassador for this project and an inspiration.  Great work Nina. Congratulations!  

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Thank you so much to everyone who has made a donation to Wasp Wipeout for 2019. This work is making such a difference to people's enjoyment of our forests and recreational areas and is so important for the protection of our native species.

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December 2018
​The Tasman Environment Trust is helping mobilise the community to donate and volunteer towards significantly reducing invasive wasp populations in Nelson and Tasman at the region’s favourite recreational and tourism spots. You can read more here. 
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15 August 2018
An elusive wetland bird with distinctive features has been spotted in Mapua for the first time in five years.  Since 2014, members of the Battle for the Banded rail project have been working at several sites in the Waimea Inlet to restore the habitat of the estuarine-dwelling native bird. ​Read more in The Nelson Mail
Or watch this video of Sky Davies and Kathryn Brownlie, members of Battle for the Banded Rail show plantings in Research Orchard Rd, Appleby and explain the project.
23rd June 2017
 The Waimea Inlet community is making massive progress in its mission to restore the habitat of an at-risk bird. Read more in The Nelson Mail 

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