Summer 19/20 - Prodigious Shore Plover
02 Mar 2020Beginning the season with just 2 established breeding pairs, hopes weren’t high for a productive breeding season for this critically endangered shorebird here at the ICWT.
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Spring 2019 - New Zealand's rarest mainland duck
09 Dec 2019The most successful captive breeding programme to date. From a plummeting Brown Teal (pāteke) population of only 700 pāteke in the 1990’s, the ICWT captive breeding programme has been instrumental in assisting the most successful native bird species recovery to date, building pāteke numbers up to approximately 2500 alive today.
Read moreWinter 2019 - Minister of Conservation Hon. Eugenie Sage visit
01 Jul 2019Minister Sage visited The Isaac Conservation and Wildlife Trust on 17th July 2019 to announce that New Zealand’s rarest mainland forest bird, the kākāriki karaka/orange-fronted parakeet, is having its best breeding season in decades due to a beech seed bonanza.
Read moreAutumn 2019 - The Isaac Farm walking track is now open for the public to enjoy
01 Mar 2019This track, an extension of the existing Isaac Loop walking track, now continues to the Waimakariri Recreational Reserve.
Read moreSummer 18/19 - South Island Blue Duck Ventures
01 Jan 2019It was a slow start to the season for South Island blue duck due to the cooler spring weather. Only one of our two Motueka pairs bred this season, almost certainly due to them being young new pairings.
Read moreSpring 2018 - Conservation and Kartsport do not mix
01 Oct 2018The proposed relocation of Kartsport Canterbury to McLean’s Island jeopardises our captive breeding programme.
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