Golfing and Touring New Zealand

http://blog.doc.govt.nz/2012/12/21/christmas-fairy-tern/ Spotting Fairy Terns at Waipu and Mangawhai, North Island

Presenting an exciting new video by documentary filmmaker Claudia Bairat to celebrate the Department of Conservation, Otago Province 25th Anniversary. Other awesome videos help plan your visit to New Zealand.

The Professional Golf Association of New Zealand reports the good news. A unique predator-free sanctuary developed within the confines of the privately owned 18-hole Wairakei Golf Course, near Taupo, is now home to two young kiwi chicks. In a report last March, Consultant for the project, Rotorua ecologist and Xcluder Fence General Manager, Tim Day explained: [...]

If approved, New Zealand’s first treetop walk will be built on the South Island in a West Coast native forest next year. It will be similar to those in Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales, Australia:

Of all the mountains in the world, New Zealand’s Maungatautari is unique. It’s the site of a unique wildlife conservation project to protect endangered species from preditors.