Habitat te Henga
A resoration project with coastal wetlands, home to bittern, spotless crake, fernbirds [marsh crake?], shoveller, mallard, black swan, paradise duck. Coastal cliffs with grey-faced petrel, diving petrel, flesh-footed and sooty shearwaters. Beach with pipits, NZ dotterel, banded dotterel.
Aim
Improving native biodiversity, improving existing indigenous biodiversity, preparing way for self re-introductions or translocations.
Location
Bethell's Beach, west ofAuckland.
Area
500-600 ha.
Organisations involved
Private, Auckland Council, DOC, and Forest & Bird.
Management history
A network of over 250 traps is maintained to control stoats, weasels, feral cats, and rats over more than 500 ha.
Pateke were reintroduced in January 2015.