Kerry-Jayne Wilson’s wonderful new book, New Zealand Seabirds – A Natural History, is out now from Potton & Burton publishers.
Kerry-Jayne was interviewed on RNZ National over the Christmas – New Year break and you can read or listen to the interview here:
A wonderful comment after the interview from a listener and read out by the presenter was to the effect that they appreciated the time provided for Kerry-Jayne to respond. The answers to questions often needed quite a bit of background and story telling and there was plenty of time for that, unlike some interviews where the interviewee is constantly interrupted!
Also on RNZ National, Murray Williams reviewed the book in October prior to its release, and it’s fair to say, that he absolutely loved it!
We previewed the book recently:
While materials were chosen that would stand up to the harsh coastal conditions, those same coastal conditions are conducive to plant growth! Occasional checks of the fences have been carried out by volunteers and rangers so that any maintenance needs can be identified and remedied. The never-ending need for maintenance is managing the vegetation that can grow through the fence, for example gorse, blackberry and hydrangea, pushing it to breaking point in places, or flop over causing damage from the weight of rank grass, rushes and weeds such as montbretia.
Volunteers recently spent a few hours tidying up the main fence along Woodpecker Bay north of Punakaiki so a big shout out to them - thank you Fiona, Jony, Reef, Katrina, Mandy, Marty, Teresa and Deb! Flax had been pressing down on the fence, but now the fence has been freed up by these wonderful volunteers - and they picked up a fair bit of rubbish too.
Volunteer Natassja Savidge has offered to check and help maintain the Hokitika penguin protection fence and joined Ranger Lucy Waller and Manager Inger Perkins in May to inspect the length of the fence. Some minor issues were found but the main finding was the extent of the vegetation growth that was damaging the fence in places. Big thanks to Natassja!
