TOSSI

Many bird books have a section on ‘Crakes and Rails’; a phrase that my brain stubbornly and consistently confuses with afternoon tea at a brewery....

By Ngaire Wallen, TOSSI Over the last couple of years, an extensive amount of effort has been directed to strengthening the protection offered by a...

By Ngaire Wallen TOSSI has recently joined the world of malacologists (snail researchers). Research published in 1981 stated New Zealand has at least 520 species of native...

The recent Waitangi Day celebrations are a reminder that as a country we are now old enough to have a history worth remembering, and hopefully...

By Ngaire Wallen Tawharanui Open Sanctuary receives something like 160,000 visitors a year. The vast majority of these visitors go to Anchor Bay, the iconic...

By Ngaire Wallen The Tawharanui Open Sanctuary is a haven for many species of birds and animals, which provides a perfect opportunity to study the...

By Ngaire Wallen The recent announcement of the formation of an extensive marine reserve around the Kermadec Islands is a welcome step forward in the...

By Ngaire Wallen, www.tossi.org.nz Tawharanui has been occupied by people on or off since the first migrations of Pacific people centuries ago. The history of...

By Ngaire Wallen & James Ross We were thrilled that grey-faced petrel reared six chicks at Tawharanui last year – three were in nest boxes...

There are lots of ways to shake off the winter blues but one of the best is to get out and about and do things...