by Julie Harrison | Mar 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
Thanks to everyone who attended our AGM on 15 March 2017 More than 50 people attended and heard about FOMI’s projects, plus a lively talk from DOC ranger Chris Bell about the takahe recovery programme. If you missed it, you can read the President’s...
by Julie Harrison | Feb 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
You are warmly invited to attend our AGM on Wednesday 15 March 2017 at 7.30pm, featuring a talk by Mana Island’s DOC ranger, Chris Bell, about the takahe recovery programme on the island and what’s been happening this breeding season. You will also...
by Julie Harrison | Nov 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
We are delighted to be able to offer Friends of Mana Island tee-shirts to our members and other interested people. Made from pure cotton, with the logo having a vinyl finish for durability. Available in both men’s and women’s styles (see the shape of the...
by shaun | Sep 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
Yellow-crowned parakeet (kakariki) chicks have been spotted on Mana Island, just seven months after 26 adult birds were transferred there from Te Kakaho Island in the Chetwode Island group, Malborough Sounds. Friends of Mana Island volunteers, who have been monitoring...
by shaun | Sep 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
Fairy prions hatched in the Marlborough Sounds have been duped into believing Mana Island is their home. The first of 240 chicks transferred to the island from Takapourewa (Stephens Island) in the Marlborough Sounds over the past three years has returned, heralding...
by shaun | Sep 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
Working stealthily both night and day, members of Friends of Mana Island (FOMI), Ngati Kuia, Ngati Toa and DOC staff captured 25 yellow crowned parakeets and 80 flax weevils from islands in the Marlborough Sounds to transfer to Mana Island. For three days in May they...
