Stories and Media

Check out the latest conservation stories, successes and news

We believe it’s important to track our projects’ progress, celebrate our successes and acknowledge the many hard-working people who make them possible.

So we’ve created a storytelling space to showcase them all. Here you’ll find inspiring volunteer and donor profiles, project updates, media releases and the latest TET news. Don’t forget to bookmark the page, as we update our stories often.

We’ve also put together a Media Kit containing background information, fact sheets and stats, as well as links to a few high-resolution images. All media are welcome to download and make use of this resource.

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Battle for the Banded Rail

Banded Rail and red bands

The fourth bi-annual Banded Rail survey took place on a sunny September Sunday morning on the shores of the Waimea Inlet. Some volunteers wore gumboots,

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Jared Boscke and Chris Palzer, founders of the Mārahau Halo Trapping Project.
Conservation heroes

Conservation hero: Chris Palzer

Chris Palzer’s ambitious aim is to make Aoteareoa predator-free by 2050. She’s begun the mahi by focusing on her own backyard, with the Mārahau Halo Trapping

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Carolyn Shirtliff, conservation catalyst at Salisbury School
Conservation heroes

Conservation Heroes: Salisbury School

Salisbury School in Richmond has been supporting environmental restoration in Nelson Tasman for decades—propagating, growing and donating native plants; landscaping its premises; and supplying eco-sourced

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