Proposed Projects Archives - Kea Conservation Trust

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Kea Youth Ambassador Programme

Launching in 2020, the KCT Youth Ambassador programme is fostering the next generation of kaitiaki, environmental guardians. Students from our partner areas apply annually to become youth … [Read More...]

Kea for Kids!

An exciting partnership between educators, will see a new kea education programme, Kea for Kids! rolled out to South Island schools in May- June 2020. Our Project Partners KCT volunteers (Cassie … [Read More...]

Perth Catchment (ZIP research site) – kea monitoring

In early 2018, Zero Invasive Predators (ZIP) attached transmitters to 31 kea in the Perth Valley. This was part of a study looking at kea mortality throughout 1080 operations taking place in the … [Read More...]

Milford Track Kea Initiative – investigating the health and status of kea on the Milford Track

Ultimate Hikes has been identifying and removing lead from huts on the Milford Track since 2018 to minimise the impact of lead on kea in Fiordland. The Milford Track Kea Initiative will build on … [Read More...]

Lead Free Kea Project Outcomes

2018-2019 Numbers of kea tested A total of 114 kea have been blood lead tested in predominantly "front country" sites (ie around human habitation) in Fiordland, in South Westland, Aoraki Mt Cook, … [Read More...]

NZFOA – Banding of Kea in Plantation Forestry Estate

Funded by NZFOA $8,800 While kea are known to live and breed throughout South Island Conservation Estates (National Parks etc), little is known about kea in the plantation forestry estate, which … [Read More...]

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