QEII National Trust, Author at QEII

Collaboration ensures nature thrives behind deer fence

Posted by QEII National Trust | 1 year ago

Central Hawke’s Bay farmer is excited to see new plantings and naturally regenerating seedlings flourishing inside secure deer fencing at his ...

Landowners band together for kōkako conservation

Posted by QEII National Trust | 2 years ago

A shared passion to secure a sustainable future for one of our best loved native birds, the kōkako, has brought together a group of QEII covenant ...

Auckland Council Fund supports restoration project in Hoteo Gorge

Posted by QEII National Trust | 2 years ago

The Auckland Council Fund has been helping Mark and Loma Page make progress on a long-term restoration project on their 194 ha covenant just north of ...

Rare tōtara dune ecosystem gets some love

Posted by QEII National Trust | 2 years ago

Once at risk of neglect and subdivision, Ōreti Tōtara Dune Forest is an example of how connected residents, knowledgeable experts and local ...

A day in the life of maintaining the gains – Tamara Dick and the war on weeds

Posted by QEII National Trust | 2 years ago

In the Otago region, landowners are getting help from Otago Regional Council’s ‘Maintaining the Gains’ project to bring pest plants on their ...

Howdy neighbour! Remarkables Station welcomes local community

Posted by QEII National Trust | 2 years ago

As new custodians of Remarkables Station, QEII National Trust welcomed members of Queenstown’s Southern Corridor community to a ‘meet the new ...

SERN field trip explores restoration in Southland

Posted by QEII National Trust | 2 years ago

On Saturday 11 November, attendees of the Southland Ecological Restoration Network (SERN) field trip got a special tour of restoration projects in ...

New QEII chair and directors announced

Posted by QEII National Trust | 2 years ago

Minister of Conservation, Hon Willow-Jean Prime, has appointed Alan Livingston as chair of Queen Elizabeth II National Trust (QEII) for a term of two ...

“If you have a covenant and an idea, go for it!”

Posted by QEII National Trust | 2 years ago

Just inland from the Otago coast, near Saddle Hill, two neighbouring QEII covenants protect 17 hectares of podocarp-broadleaf and kānuka forest. ...

Rare limestone species receive extra-special care

Posted by QEII National Trust | 2 years ago

Protecting rare and threatened species on limestone outcrops in the eastern South Island is a serious business – rare plants, elusive lizards and ...