Sandy Bay has become a seasonal epicentre for a squadron of white fronted Terns. About 80 of the little birds which some of you will know as “kahawai birds” have been gathering on the beach most days waiting for their scouts to send out a “dinner is ready” message when they discover a new schoolRead more
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It was very informative to learn in a local newspaper that the commissioner had made her considered decision allowing the Whangarei District Council a 20 year legal right to dig up part of the Matapouri estuary and move it to the main beach. Many people with an interest in this small coastal community seem toRead more
After a year of plaintive calling from the cliff tops a plan to recreate a gannet colony on the Tutukaka Coast is about to get a tune up. A model gannet colony of specially imported, fibreglass gannet replicas has been built on the southern end of Taurawhata headland with a solar powered sound system blastingRead more