Here is some of the latest news about the island and FOMI’s activities, including stories in the media:
2024
Conservation dog-survey for breeding petrels on Mana Island, December 2024
Sniffing out seabirds on Mana Island, Te Papa blog by Colin Miskelly, 13 December 2024
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