Here is some of the latest news about the island and FOMI’s activities, including stories in the media:
**2023**
Ecological monitoring trip reports from 2023 – particularly seabird monitoring and flax weevils.
**2021**
White-faced storm petrels, 2021 translocation – RNZ National, March 2021
**2020**
Shore plovers translocation efforts by DOC – DOC news release September 2020
Critter of the week, the white-faced storm petrel – RNZ National, July 2020
Shore plovers get essential flight to new home – Stuff, April 2020
Critically endangered shore plovers released on offshore refuge – Stuff, February 2020
**2019**
40 fern birds moved to Mana Island – FOMI newsletter April 2019
Mana Island greets the return of the white-faced storm petrel – Stuff and DomPost 16 February 2019
Seabirds make 800km journey – by boat, plane and helicopter – to predator-free oasis in New Zealand – TVNZ 12 February 2019
Sardine smoothies for Mana Island’s newest petrel chicks – RNZ National 11 February 2019
Seabirds released on Mana Island to establish breeding population – Stuff and DomPost 12 February 2019
Tiny seabirds transferred 800km from Chathams to aid conservation – FOMI news release 11 February 2019
Hear two of our volunteers talk about their experiences of volunteering on Mana Island – RNZ National, 7 January 2019
**2018**
Mana Friends notch up 20 years of bringing back the birds– Stuff and DomPost, September 2018 – written by FOMI volunteer Gillian Candler
FOMI exhibition – front page of Whitby Newsbrief, August 2018
Exhibition opens at Pataka – 2 August 2018
20th anniversary – 2018 was our 20th anniversary and we had some exciting activities- a picnic on the island (was in March), exhibition at Pataka (3 Aug-2 Sept) photo competition (closed 30 June). Read all about them
Sunday short talks programme – at Pataka Art + Museum in Porirua – every Sunday in August 2018
Photo competition – the winning entries were announced on 26 August.
New FOMI video on YouTube – “Celebrating our Volunteers” – for FOMI’s 20th anniversary
New FOMI President and Executive Member elected at 2018 AGM
20th anniversary picnic – see photos from this event on 25 March 2018
Native lizards fitted with radio backpacks – Stuff, 10 February 2018
For everything about Nigel the gannet – news articles, poems, photos, videos
International media have produced dozens of stories about Nigel dying and his love for his concrete mate (February 2018) – FOMI has featured in many including – New York Times, The Guardian, Evening Standard, BBC News.
The wrong ending: Nigel the lonely gannet, found dead beside his concrete love – Stuff story, January 2018
Gannet with a heart of stone: he’s got live company, but he prefers a concrete decoy – Stuff video and story, January 2018
**2017**
The conservation dog that searches for any predators, visited Mana Island – Stuff video and story, September 2017
Name a takahe competition – results, April 2017
Talk about takahe on Mana Island by DOC ranger – at FOMI AGM, 15 March, all welcome.
**2016**
Seabird survey finds what could be Wellington’s largest colony of little blue penguins – Stuff and DomPost, 15 December 2016
Letter of congratulations from DOC on funding for seabird translocation projects – November 2016
Nigel the lonely gannet finds love with a concrete decoy on Mana Island – Stuff and DomPost, 9 September 2016