By Jessica Meehan - Bird Keeper, Denver Zoo 18th -27th February 2020 Funds were provided for me by Denver Zoological Foundation, to travel to New Zealand to assist Dr. Laura Young with Blood Lead Level Testing Project. During the trip we … [Read more...]
Peter Hillary announced as Kea Conservation Trust Patron
The Kea Conservation Trust is very proud to welcome a new member to their team, Peter Hillary, who today has become Patron of the Kea Conservation Trust! Peter was the Kea Conservation Trusts keynote speaker in 2017 at the first Kea Convention in … [Read more...]
Kea Conservation Updates – All (2013 – present)
Our bimonthly updates are available free to view online. These updates provide a summary of what we have been up to over the past 2 months and provide links to some of the most interesting kea news stories. Check out the archived updates as far back … [Read more...]
State of Our Planet
Our planet is under pressure - climate change, over population and depletion of the finite resources of our world are serious issues which can no longer be ignored. Not only do these issues impact globally on our natural environment - our forests, … [Read more...]
Options for volunteering
Would you like to get to know other people in the Kea Conservation Trust, while at the same time making a difference to how we run? Do you have a hidden talent you would like to share with us, or do you have access to equipment or resources that we … [Read more...]
Our volunteers
Here are a few of our volunteers at work; fundraising, helping out with field research, recording sightings, supporting our personnel, coordinating events and groups in their area, raising awareness or helping out with threat mitigation. Removing … [Read more...]
2013 newsletter now out
The latest Nestor Notabilis, The Kea Conservation Trust's newsletter is now out. Its a great read with articles on Adaptive Husbandry of Captive Kea A Strategic plan for Kea Conservation Wildbase - Supporting Kea Conservation through … [Read more...]
No More Kea Deaths at Substation
There have been no more reported kea deaths at an Aoraki-Mt Cook substation since February. The Department of Conservation (DOC) reported then that five kea and a native falcon had been electrocuted over a period of two weeks on Alpine Energy's … [Read more...]