Adventure Puketi :Forestwalks and Guided Tours

Adventure Puketi :Forestwalks and Guided Tours We provide guided walks into the Puketi Forest a sub tropical rain forest in Bay of Islands Northlan Guided Eco tours day and night of the Puketi Rain Forest.
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Witness the restoration of the flora and fauna. Conservation at work.

14/09/2023

Since the start of the National Goat Hunting Competition we've had over 1484 wild goats removed across the motu.

Excellent start!

The South Island is sitting on top of the un-official battle of the islands with 897 wild goats, the North Island having 587. (North Island needs to step up its game)

The Dunedin Hunting & Fishing store has received a whopping 391 tails, with one person entering 347, putting themselves in a fantastic position to win a major spot prize in the Great Goat Roundup category.

It's great to see that the competition has taken off as it has, and that its helping reduce wild goat numbers.

But there's still loads more to do and to be fair, at this stage, we could be doing a lot better.

So, if you're a hunter make sure you get out there and hunt some wild goats! There's loads of prizes to be won, $50,000 worth and you only need to enter one tail to be in to win!

Find out more here:
https://bit.ly/3OzvnB5

12/04/2023
04/04/2023

Did you know that in the 20 years that Puketi Forest Trust has been active we have trapped over 100,000 pests?

Now that's worth celebrating 🥳

Keep an eye out for this and more stories in our upcoming newsletter delivered directly to your inbox. To subscribe to our mailing list visit
https://puketi.org.nz/subscribe/

12/01/2023

~JOBS~RECRUITING~

Pest Control Kaimahi - Puketi Forest Trust

This is an exciting opportunity to work in one of Aotearoa’s most diverse forest ecosystems and make a valuable contribution to forest biodiversity while obtaining skills and a qualification for a career in conservation or pest control. It is a fixed-term role, until September 2024, carrying out multi-species pest control in Puketi/Omahuta forests.

You will join an established team working out of a base north of Okaihau. Work will include cutting and clearing trap lines and installing traps and bait stations; checking and rebaiting traps and bait stations; and monitoring pests and protected wildlife. You will need to enjoy working outdoors and have good fitness levels.

Training will be given including a level three qualification, outdoor work gear will be provided and you will part of a supportive and collaborative team.

If you enjoy working outdoors, being a part of a strong team and have an interest in conservation please get in touch. We will send you a full job description and an application pack. Email: [email protected]

Applications close at 5pm on Tuesday 24th January 2023

For more info see:
https://puketi.org.nz/careers/

All birds should be treated like bird of the year,get trapping .
21/10/2022

All birds should be treated like bird of the year,get trapping .

BREAKING NEWS - The Rock Wren Piwauwau is the current front-runner in the 2022 Bird of the Year poll

Awesome,farmers lead the way in Conservation.
19/10/2022

Awesome,farmers lead the way in Conservation.

The family that protected the 5000th parcel of land said it was a privilege. "We wanted to do our part of improve it."

First cruise ship tours for the 2022/23 season. Passengers off the Majestic Princess😎😎😃
17/10/2022

First cruise ship tours for the 2022/23 season. Passengers off the Majestic Princess😎😎😃

Cave Weta are found all throughout the forest.We spotted this one on a tree trunk on our latest forest night walk.
09/10/2022

Cave Weta are found all throughout the forest.We spotted this one on a tree trunk on our latest forest night walk.

Conservation week 5 th - 11 th September  Take Action ,volunteer,plant a tree or make a donation.
07/09/2022

Conservation week 5 th - 11 th September Take Action ,volunteer,plant a tree or make a donation.

Good weather for frogs,found one on my window in the dark.
26/08/2022

Good weather for frogs,found one on my window in the dark.

There's no ribbiting from our native frogs 🐸

New Zealand's frogs do not croak or make loud mating calls like other frogs.

Instead, they find each other by using visual cues or through pheromones (chemical signals between animals).

📸 Hochstetter's Frog by Shaun Lee

With all the tropical rain,the forest is spawning all colours of fungi.On our Guided night walks they reflect their awes...
25/08/2022

With all the tropical rain,the forest is spawning all colours of fungi.On our Guided night walks they reflect their awesome colours under the torch light.

Early morning is the best time to view  Matariki.
21/06/2022

Early morning is the best time to view Matariki.

Awesome,we need them so the Public are able to walk on tracks before they are overgrown and cost $$$ to reopen.
14/06/2022

Awesome,we need them so the Public are able to walk on tracks before they are overgrown and cost $$$ to reopen.

They've passed their first trial, and now it is hoped Pip, Mawhai and Marty can play an important role in the fight against kauri dieback.

Yes mice eat every scrap and multiply when food is abundant.
07/06/2022

Yes mice eat every scrap and multiply when food is abundant.

In many wildlife sanctuaries around New Zealand fences make it almost impossible for most introduced predators to get in. But mice can still sneak through – and without those larger predators, their populations can explode.  But is this fact something we should be worried about? A five-year resea...

Great work from an awesome,dedicated conservationist,congratulations Ian.
07/06/2022

Great work from an awesome,dedicated conservationist,congratulations Ian.

Northland conservationist Ian Wilson earns QSM for his work

Great to control the predators.
29/05/2022

Great to control the predators.

Great news! Legendary Northland trap inventor Steve Allan is at it again! He'll demonstrate his prototype SA4 Ferret trap at our Pest Control Zui this Sunday!

Check out our nightwalk .
20/05/2022

Check out our nightwalk .

Awesome ,hopefully we can get some of our tracks mitigated before the tourists arrive !!
20/05/2022

Awesome ,hopefully we can get some of our tracks mitigated before the tourists arrive !!

17/05/2022

Great way to introduce new land owners to saving Kiwi.

Adventure Puketi,is volunteering with Puketi Forest Trust cutting traplines and installing predator traps in the Puketi ...
21/04/2022

Adventure Puketi,is volunteering with Puketi Forest Trust cutting traplines and installing predator traps in the Puketi Forest Reserve to help the Kiwi population and all other species of our native Flora and Fauna.

From planting a tree to leaving the car at home, here are some simple ways to help the planet this Earth Day.

We have many ancient Kauri {Agathis Australis} in Puketi Forest ,after reading this scientific paper our forest must be ...
03/02/2022

We have many ancient Kauri {Agathis Australis} in Puketi Forest ,after reading this scientific paper our forest must be very healthy.

Two studies pinpoint the need for forest diversity both in age and species

Awesome photo,will we ever eradicate introduced predators ?? Our Harrier Hawk is up there watching ready to sn**ch the y...
03/02/2022

Awesome photo,will we ever eradicate introduced predators ?? Our Harrier Hawk is up there watching ready to sn**ch the young chicks as well.

Meet 'Lucky' the kereru chick... it has not been easy being 'Lucky' - even on Otago Peninsula, where well over 20,000 possums (kereru's greatest nemesis), have been removed by OPBG. Possum reduction has undoubtably helped kereru, but despite this, Lucky's parents still endured SIX successive nest fails this season. Each time, their single egg was eaten by a predator before incubation was over - from eggshell remains we think the main culprits were ship rats.
It takes 27-31 days incubation effort to hatch a kereru chick.
Until 'Lucky' hatched at the end of last week, the longest a kereru egg remained intact in the nest on our property, was 24 days before a predator found it. Since this seventh nest was built, we've trapped over a dozen ship rats, and two possums nearby, (and we have been trapping on our property for twenty years now). Every summer, throughout New Zealand, native birds like kereru, exhaust themselves contending with the relentless pressure on breeding, from pests. This year we too have contended with that reality.
It will be interesting to see how 'Lucky' fares - we'll keep you posted...

...and good luck little kereru, you are approaching big boy/girl size, safer perhaps from ship rats, but not safe from that last wandering possum, or domestic cat... not yet.

Photo©Rod Morris/www.rodmorris.co.nz

This is one of the features of our nightwalk, emerging from the forest and greeted by the stars of the universe in full ...
30/01/2022

This is one of the features of our nightwalk, emerging from the forest and greeted by the stars of the universe in full splendour.Click on the photo to enlarge Awesome !!

Woo Hoo, should be some amazing results with so many out there doing the Mahi.
04/01/2022

Woo Hoo, should be some amazing results with so many out there doing the Mahi.

Time to send in your 2021 trap catch results and see how much forest-saving we all did! If you didn't get an email today with the spreadsheet or trap.nz info just pm us your email address and we'll get that out to you :) $500 pest control products spot prize up for grabs for all projects and groups who get their data in by 5pm Jan 31 2022!

Happy New Year, from the team at Adventure Puketi.Be wise as the Ruru after a tumultuous 2021.Be kind to all people, hav...
01/01/2022

Happy New Year, from the team at Adventure Puketi.Be wise as the Ruru after a tumultuous 2021.Be kind to all people, have an Awesome 2022

Great project,hopefully we will see the population increase with all the hard work being done .
31/12/2021

Great project,hopefully we will see the population increase with all the hard work being done .

Since Covid we have no work for any of our staff,sold off what we can. Forward bookings from cruise ships,forestwalks,Bn...
20/12/2021

Since Covid we have no work for any of our staff,sold off what we can. Forward bookings from cruise ships,forestwalks,BnB have been all cancelled.Devastating to say the least.

BAY OF ISLANDS TOURISM PREDICTS "DEVASTATING" SUMMER
• Destination marketing group shuts doors to hibernate
• Marketing cash to be spent on “survival”

Tourism operators in the Bay of Islands are worried that summer trade will be “devastated” following the decision to keep Northland at red settings in the COVID Protection Framework, and the impact of the national discussion surrounding the check points keeping Northland at arm’s length from the rest of the country. The Bay of Islands Marketing Group, an organisation established by local businesses to market and promote the area as a tourism destination, is going into “hibernation” pending a decision to stop its work permanently.

Input from Mid and Far North tourism businesses gathered in response to Far North Mayor John Carter’s request for a prognosis for the 2021/22 summer season paints a woeful picture. Responses show that revenue forecasts are down by between 50 to 90 percent, year on year.

The feedback amplifies data provided by economics consultancy Infometrics to the Bay of Islands Marketing Group and the regional economic development agency Northland Inc, showing that domestic tourism spending on accommodation services in Northland between the start of August and the end of October this year was less than half of the 2019 figure, food and beverage was down by approximately 30 percent and passenger transport services were down by nearly 80 percent.

Riki Kinnaird, Chairman of the Bay of Islands Marketing Group and co-owner of the Duke of Marlborough Hotel in Russell, said 2019 had been used as the benchmark because this was the last “clean” year before COVID-19 started impacting and distorting the figures.

“August to October was when the hit from the Delta outbreak restrictions kicked in and Northland was isolated from the rest of the country, effectively ‘islanded’ by a locked-down Auckland,” Mr Kinnaird said.

“The Infometrics data for this period substantiates what our business community has been telling us: the Northland region has been hit hard by our isolation. Holding Northland in a red setting while the rest of New Zealand moves to orange has put our businesses at a competitive disadvantage to the rest of New Zealand. The noise around the checkpoints and the message this sent, that Aucklanders were unwelcome, has compounded the damage.”

Infometrics could not provide the Bay of Islands Marketing Group and Northland Inc with an outlook for domestic tourism spending for Northland because “uncertainty of summer 2021/22 with Northland being in ‘Red’ ... makes it difficult to forecast or provide realistic scenarios for domestic traveller spending.”

Mr Kinnaird said that position underscored the seriousness of the uncertainty facing the sector.

“If an economic intelligence consultancy like Infometrics says the outlook is too difficult to call how on earth is a motelier in Paihia supposed to plan? There is a huge lack of forward demand, nothing at all on which to base planning on except a deep, seemingly endless bookings void.”

The Infometrics report outlines three scenarios relating to international tourism spend in Northland. The most favourable outlook shows revenues taking four more years to return to pre-pandemic levels. The least optimistic says the value of international leisure travel to the region will still be 40 percent lower than pre-pandemic levels in December 2026.

This leads the Bay of Islands Marketing Group to speculate that there will be “substantial shuttering” of the Northland tourism sector. It is starting with itself. Over the past seven years member businesses have spent $1,975,000 on promoting the Bay of Islands as a tourist destination; this work will now stop as they consider how best to weather the storm.

“The Infometrics data shows that our Bay of Islands businesses have been under immense pressure for some time. We need to spend cash earmarked for tourism promotion on our own survival. It’s as simple as that,” Mr Kinnaird said.

The group is hearing from many local tourism businesses that they were planning to go into “hibernation mode”.

“Faced with the carnage of this season’s pending flop and impact of being in lock-down from August, with no prospect of a return of the international tourism dollar for at least another four years, many of our members are simply calling it a day.”

All of the businesses who provided input to Mayor Carter described an environment where Northland was perceived by potential customers as “too difficult”, with “bucket loads” of cancellations arising from the fact that the region is in red and the national discussion around blockades on roads leading to the north.

“It’s all very well politicians telling us that, technically, there’s nothing stopping vaccinated and COVID-free travellers heading north,” Mr Kinnaird said. “But this summer is where political rhetoric meets the brick wall of reality. Northland is far enough away without the risk of potential delays caused by blockades, and after two years of COVID who wants to head for their summer break into a more restricted environment than the one they’re currently in?”

Before last week’s announcement about the ‘traffic light’ status of New Zealand’s regions Mr Kinnard had been calling for Cabinet and officials to use the new system in a “targeted, refined and ‘smart’ way” that would see a move to orange for the better-vaccinated parts of Northland that are dependent on domestic tourist traffic.

“Northland’s a big place and the traffic light system was promoted as being able to address the requirements for restriction on a very localised basis,” he said. “So why are we labouring under a blunt, blanket region-wide red?

“There are two things keeping people away this summer, the red traffic light setting and the optics around the checkpoints. Our business community are eager and excited to welcome visitors back to the Bay of Islands but we are restricted in our ability to do so. If we must have checkpoints can we not at least have orange settings here in the Bay which is so dependent on tourism and where the vaccination rates are reasonably good and getting better?

“Let’s make this COVID Protection Framework as nimble as businesses have had to be for the past two years. Our businesses need some nimble thinking from officials at this terrible time.”

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For further information:
Peter Heath
Due North PR
021-456089 / [email protected]

PHOTO CREDIT: Due North PR

15/12/2021

A beautifull part of the Puketi forest.
Just off Highway One,forest pools road.

With all the hard work from the trappers and volunteers Puketi Forest bird song has improved dramaticly.
14/12/2021

With all the hard work from the trappers and volunteers Puketi Forest bird song has improved dramaticly.

Watch the full version of the video here: https://vimeo.com/629677297/2caa9b1421 As a filmmaker, I love closing my eyes when I'm in a protected area like…

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Adventure Puketi started guided forestwalks in 2004. Our guides are local experienced and passionate people, who love to share their knowledge of this hidden jewel. Guided Eco tours day and night of the Puketi Rain Forest. Witness the restoration of the flora and fauna. Conservation at work.