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Country Calendar - Project Kiwi part 03

Uploaded on May 2, 2011

Project Kiwi Trust is a kiwi conservation initiative saving North Island brown kiwi on the Kuaotunu Peninsula, near Whitianga on the Coromandel's East coast. Hyundai Country Calendar [TVNZ] looks into the challenges a Kiwi farm faces sustaining the breeding stock

Country Calendar - Project Kiwi part 01

Uploaded on May 2, 2011

Project Kiwi Trust is a kiwi conservation initiative saving North Island brown kiwi on the Kuaotunu Peninsula, near Whitianga on the Coromandel's East coast. Hyundai Country Calendar [TVNZ] looks into the challenges a Kiwi farm faces sustaining the breeding stock

Country calendar - Project Kiwi Part 2

Country

The site shown here is a private kiwi sanctuary in the North Island at Waitaia on the Coromandel. The project managers John and Paula Williams protect the environment by planting trees and trapping kiwi predators (such as stoats, rats, weasels, ferrets, possums and cats). They collect kiwi eggs and send them to a hatching facility at Rotorua where the eggs are incubated, hatched reared for a short time and then released back at Waitaia. At Waitaia the managers also keep records of kiwis which they monitor via transmitters attached to the kiwis upper legs. They are able to do health checks on kiwi, record patterns of egg incubation, manage pest control and manage the group of volunteers that give their time to help with this project.

One mans vision.

Video link see hereDavid Wallace and many of his neighbours in heartland Waikato have set up a protected environment on his land creating in effect an inland island. They have done this by building a predator free fence around 16 hectares of David's land to establish a kiwi sanctuary or creche for juvenile kiwi chicks. Here they will grow and develop in a safe and protected environment before being released into the wild, once they reach a more viable weight of around one kilogram.

His long term goal is much more challenging. He wants to build a 50km fence round Maungtautari (see website here) a mountain on his land that will come to be the most significant kiwi enclosure on mainland New Zealand. This new sanctuary will eventually house arond 2-3000 kiwi.

BNZ Save the Kiwi Trust

The BNZ bank have set up a trust fund to protect New Zealand's endangered national icon - the kiwi. This site shown here gives information about the project what it aims to achieve, its progress to date and give suggestions about how people interested in the project can help with this most important cause.

West Coast Wildlife Centre

Visit the website for The West Coast Wildlife Centre

Koanga the first 'Rowi' kiwi to hatch at the West coast Wildlife Centre this season (Spring 2011). Seen here one week old, with kiwi ranger Fiona Gordon. The site shown here shows the work being done on the West Coast to incubate and hatch kiwi eggs. Once hatched the young kiwi chicks will be placed in a monitored, protected environment unitl they reach around one kilogram in weight. They will eventually be released into their native habitat once their increased weight enables them to protect themselves better against predators.

New Zealand Birds - Endangered and Extinct. PART 2.

Published on May 8, 2013 With details of the takahe, the New Zealand quail and the wattlebirds - kokako and saddleback. Category Education License Standard YouTube License

New Zealand Birds - Endangered and Extinct. PART 1

 Published on Apr 20, 2013 This clip contains details of the stitchbird and wattlebirds including the extinct huia. This is an extract from my film 'A New Zealand Odyssey.' The paintings in this video have been exhibited at 'The Ferner Galleries' in N.Z. and can be viewed at stephenbolwell.com Category Education License Standard YouTube License

Orokanui ecosanctuary

Check out this site  'The Orokanui ecosanctuary'

Come and explore our award-winning Visitor Centre and native New Zealand forest. Discover the home of some of the world’s most fascinating and rare wildlife.

Walk independently or with one of our knowledgeable guides (bookings required). Then relax over a coffee in our Horopito Café and enjoy one of the most stunning views in Dunedin.

Look forward to seeing you here… Team Orokonui

http://orokonui.nz/index.php

How to save the kiwi

This video clip gives information about the kiwi and efforts that are being made to save this endangered species.  With only 5 percent of kiwi chicks surviving to adulthood in the wild it is vital that measures are taken to protect our national icon.  The Westcoast Wildlife Centre plays an important role caring for kiwi. Here they monitor and care for kiwi  from newly hatched eggs (which are incubated at this facility) to their ultimate release (when weighing about one kilogram) into protected environments.

Restore balance and harmony in your work and personal life

Salary .com:-

This is a  site that gives 14 tips on how to achieve a healthy work life balance

In today's busy world, prioritizing between your work and your personal life can be a huge challenge. But studies show that a poor work-life balance can result in unhealthy levels of stress, unhappiness, and even reduced productivity.

The 14 tips outlined in this article are designed to help you restore the balance -- and harmony -- in your work and personal lives, so you can enjoy both to the utmost.

Money management

This site gives advice on managing your money.

Money management is the process of knowing where you are spending your money today and having a well-thought-out plan in place for where you want it to go in the future. This program will cover the core concepts of money management and teach you how to:

• Set Goals
• Get Organized
• Track Spending
• Build a Budget
• Save Money

This article gives tips on :-

How to prioritise time
Sometimes it can start to seem like the whole world is crashing down. Work and school start piling up, house chores and responsibilities, commitments to friends and family--there just aren't enough hours in some days. Learning to prioritize effectively can help you become a more efficient worker, saving time, energy, and stress. Learn to organize your tasks into distinct categories and levels of difficult, and start approaching them like a pro. See Step 1 for more information.

This article gives tips on:-

How to overcome laziness

Call it laziness, sloth, ineptitude, idleness, or whatever you like but the idea of doing nothing when things need to be done is often considered to be a sign of weakness or shirking. Sometimes laziness happens when you don't want to face something, like a boring chore or a difficult confrontation with someone. Other times, it might be because you feel overwhelmed and think the task needs a whole team rather than just you. And then there are those times where you really just can't be bothered. In any case. it's simply not a desirable trait.

This article gives tips on:-

How to get more done on days when you are not focussed

We all have days when we're more focused and less focused. On the days when we're less focused, it may still be possible to accomplish something. Here are some ways to help rescue some of the less focused moments.

How to overcome procrastination using self-talk.

Procrastination

Procrastination is a sin

It brings me endless sorrow

I really must stop doing it

in fact I'll start tomorrow

How to overcome procrastination using self-talk.

This site gives tips on how to avoid procrastination (putting off or trying to avoid doing the things we don't want to do).

We talk to ourselves all the time in our minds. Even when we're not paying attention, these relentless mental debates deeply influence our feelings and, ultimately, our behaviours and actions..

The good news is that if you can become aware of these mental dialogues, notice the patterns, and turn them into productive statements, then you are empowered to overcome many unwelcome feelings and behaviors.

Let’s see how this can help us when it comes to procrastination

How To Manage Your Time

This site gives some excellent ideas for  

How To Manage Your Time

These days, time seems to be at a premium. We have devices that keep us constantly connected with work, with friends and family, and sometimes even with complete strangers. As a result, it's easy to get distracted. If you're like most of us, you have a lot to accomplish. We'll show you a great way to do just that!

Tips for work-life balance

This article gives some tips on how to achieve work life balance.

Work-life balance

This site "Employment New Zealand" gives useful information on the idea of work life balance and how to achieve it.

Money management

Online money management software from heaps!

This site 'heaps' ! is an easy to use free online money management software that will help you get in control of your finances
so that you can get more out of life.

Polluting our waterways

Polluting our waterways

This site looks at some of the contributing factors that pollute our waterways making them hazardous to our health and harmful to the fish and plants that live in them.

With half of our lakes and rivers unsafe for swimming – and many beaches too – poor water quality is the most important problem facing our environment.

Polluting the sea

The ocean makes life on Earth possible.It nourishes our bodies and our souls. It influences our weather, fuels economies and connects distant lands. It is vast, deep, powerful and mysterious.

And it’s in trouble.

This site talks about why the sea is important for human survival, and key issues affecting the oceans of the world such as over fishing, destruction of coastal habitats, climate change and pollution.

Noise pollution

The noise levels, due to traffic, were calculated at 81.2 dB(a) and 79.6 dB(a), when the standard level is 55 dB(a). 

Noise pollution 
This site examines noise pollution and its effect of
Noise pollution mboth man and animals./ight not be the first type of pollution that springs to mind but is very much a concern due to its effects on human and animal health. Noise pollution is really any type of noise that causes stress or discomfort in humans or animals though we tend to refer to the outdoor variety rather than noise from loud televisions or other domestic noises. Common sources of environmental noise pollution include industry, construction and transport

Pollution of the land

This site gives information about the harmful effects of land pollution on the earth.

Pollution of the land

Land pollution is the contamination of the Earth’s land surface and it is a serious problem. Resulting from human activities, land pollution results in an imbalance in nature that exposes the land to harmful chemicals and depletes the quality of soil, one of the Earth’s most important natural resources.

Pollution of the air

This site give some insights into air pollution it s causes and effects

Air pollution

 
 

by Chris Woodford. Last updated: March 7, 2016.

There's nothing quite like opening the door and breathing fresh, clean, air—but how clean is the air you're breathing right now? Unless you're a scientist with a chemistry lab at your fingertips, there's no real way of knowing. The gases you're sucking up through your nose could be slowly killing you: according to theWorld Health Organization, around two million people die prematurely from the effects of polluted air every single year. Air pollution is a huge problem—and not just for people living in smog-choked cities: through such things as global warming and damage to the ozone layer, it has the potential to affect us all. So what exactly causes this major environmental issue and what can we do about it? Let's take a closer look!

Photo: Air pollution is obvious when it pours from a smokestack (chimney), but it's not always so easy to spot. This smoke comes from a coal-fired power plant and its pollutants include sulfur dioxide and the "greenhouse gas" carbon dioxide. Photo by courtesy of US Department of Energy/National Renewable Energy Laboratory.