Pakihi Seabirds Restoration Project
Biodiversity Project
Raukumara, Tairāwhiti
About this project
This project is another world first restoration attempt for the Tairāwhiti region. Pelagic shearwaters and petrels once covered East Cape as far inland as the Raukumara Range. This project is using acoustic attraction in an effort to encourage pelagic titi crossing East Cape to establish and breed. This has never been attempted previously in the world.
A pest fence has been built, pest control is in place, a sound system is currently operating each night. Funding is needed to continue good quality pest control and expand the nesting area.
Project by:
Whinray Ecological Charitable Trust
800 ha
Project area
$25,000
Funding needed
Additional support required
Pest control trapping equipment for mustelids, cats and rats. Resourcing to construct additional nesting burrows. Pest control labour costs. Extending pest exclusion fence.
Project Status
Already underway