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1 Printable List of articles. EN = Environmental News and BT = Bush Telegraph Magazine Date Grey Faced Petrel Restoration of Rakitu Little Blue Penguin Rescur Okiwi Kakariki Project Kakariki Facts NZ Dotterel Australasian Bittern The heaths: pretty but exotic Aotea Landscape Map Ahuahu - Great Mercury Island adventures Swamp Harrier (kahu) Rangatira - a premier bird island Aotea - island of lizards by Halema Jamieson Beyond Barrier - enviromental news from NZ and around the world Beyond Barrier - conservation dogs and the war on rats Seabirds: canaries in the mine or elephants with wings? By Kate Waterhouse Takoketai - Black Petrel Threats to seabirds Little Windy Hill - a lost gecko, a woman who loves birds and an audacious goal What's happening on the Claris fire scar? By Riki Taylor BT July 2017 Venomous snakes to a land of lizards by Shanti Morgan BT July 2017 Hirakimata Spin-Off by John Ogden BT July 2017 Native Orchids by Emmy Pratt BT July 2017 Pateke Hauturu - Little Barrier Island Okupu Beach Birds by Emmy Pratt Albino Rat by Alison Walker Fresh Water Turtle Myrtle Rust Coastal Cleanup by Magnus Laven Marine Mammal Strandings and how to help EN Autumn Issue 37 Seabird Super Highway by Dr Emma Cronin EN Autumn Issue 37 Editorial by Emma Watershouse EN Autumn Issue 37 Burgess Island - passive restoration in action EN Autumn Issue 37 Rakitu, Rats and Weka - moving ahead in 2017? By John Ogden & June Brooks EN Autumn Issue 37 Kaitiaki Stand Up - the growth of community conservation and support for a pest-free Aotea by Kate Waterhouse EN Autumn Issue 37 Inspirational Examples of Ecological Restoration by Kate Waterhouse EN Autumn Issue 37 Beyond Barrier - Environmental news from NZ and around the world EN Autumn Issue 37 Hirakimata Rat Monitoring - phase 1 by John Ogden EN Autumn Issue 37 A 50 year history of rodent eradications in NZ BT March 2017 Barrier's Jewel BT March 2017 Easter Orchids BT March 2017 Hirakimata Rat Monitoring - Phase 1 BT March 2017 The birds don't know that your dog is harmless BT March 2017 GBIET Achievements over the past 14 months Okiwi Reserve Puriri Barrier Boy Guides on Tiritiri Matangi Little Windy Hill Spreads its Wings Glenfern Sanctuary Catch fish, not seabirds

2 BT Sept Issue 18 Brown Teal / Pateke EN Winter Issue 36 Editorial by Emma Waterhouse "Change is in the air". EN Winter Issue 36 Hirakimata - Summit to Sea by John Ogden EN Winter Issue 36 Sea Change - Tai Timu Tai Pari - an Update by Linda Bercusson EN Winter Issue 36 Pateke population trends and the impact of predator control by John Ogden EN Winter Issue 36 Something is Different about Glenfern Sanctuary Today by Scott Sambell EN Winter Issue 36 Glenfern Sanctuary - from the archives EN Winter Issue 36 Beyond the Barrier - Environmental news from NZ and around the world EN Winter Issue 36 Predator Free New Zealand 2050 BT June Issue 17 Feed for Native Birds BT June Issue 17 Look Out - Black Petrels Crossing BT June Issue 17 Awana Stream Weir BT June Issue 17 Predator Management BT June Issue 17 The Kaka BT March Issue 16 Monarch Butterflies BT March Issue 16 Getting rid of Dead Rats BT March Issue 16 83,841 dead birds from a cool bar graph BT March Issue 16 Angel's Wings - winged remains of birds predated by cats BT March Issue 16 Imprinting BT March Issue 16 Congratulations Okupu Beach EN Summer Issue 35 Editorial - Great Barrier Island on the Map by John Ogden EN Summer Issue 35 Central Bird Exchange Whangapoua Estuary & Okiwi Spit in focus by John Ogden EN Summer Issue 35 Cats and Rats: Back of the Envelope Calculations by John Ogden EN Summer Issue 35 Rakitu/Arid Island Rat Eradication by June Brooks EN Summer Issue 35 Black Petrels: Winner or Loser in the Conservation Game by Kate Waterhouse EN Summer Issue 35 Welcoming and protecting the taiko: a personal reflection by John Ogden EN Summer Issue 35 Community Conversations: We are not alone in our polarised opinions by John Ogden EN Summer Issue 34 Enviromental Update - Current Environmental Issues happening on the island. EN Summer Issue 34 Storm Just a 100 year event by John Ogden EN Summer Issue 34 Wrybills disappearing from Great Barrier by John Ogden EN Summer Issue 34 A Busy Season for Taiko by Emma Cronin EN Summer Issue 34 Rainbow Skinks by Jacqui Wairepo EN Summer Issue 34 Australasian Bitterns in serious trouble by Emma Williams BT Nov Issue 15 Flowering native plants bring in the birds BT Nov Issue 15 Bellbirds (korimako) at Okiwi BT Nov Issue 15 Mexicans and Spaniards invade Great Barrier BT Nov Issue 15 Ecological Vision? Tangible Outcome? EN Winter Issue 33 Editorial - A Massive Storm by Emma Cronin EN Winter Issue 33 Marine Conservation on GBI by David Speir EN Winter Issue 33 Black Petrel Update by Kate Waterhouse EN Winter Issue 33 Kaka nomads: links between Great Barrier & the mainland by John Ogden/Todd Landers EN Winter Issue 33 Emerging Issues - The Royal Society speaks out on pests by John Ogden EN Winter Issue 33 Beyond the Barrier by Des Casey BT May Issue 11 Cockles getting smaller at Whangapoua BT May Issue 11 Lacebark - hoheria populinea BT May Issue 11 A tale of two dotterels BT May Issue 11 The Great Rat Hunt BT May Issue 11 A busy nesting season 2014 Okupu Beach BT March Issue 10 Welcome to GBI Environmental Trust Patron BT March Issue 10 Kereru numbers crash following drought. BT March Issue 10 Blue Penguins BT March Issue 10 Great Barrier's summer flora and fauna.

3 EN Summer Issue 32 Editorial - a bright new year ahead by Chair John Ogden EN Summer Issue 32 Progress in Pest Technologies - by Scott Sambell EN Summer Issue 32 Changes at Sea for the Hauraki Gulf by Des Casey EN Summer Issue 32 Rainbow Skink Unwanted on Aotea by Halema Jamieson EN Summer Issue 32 Beyond the Barrier by Des Casey EN Summer Issue 32 Black Petrel Update by Kate Waterhouse EN Summer Issue 32 Conservation Park for GBI DOC Land by Liz Westbrooke EN Spring Issue 31 Editorial - Local Board Elections by Chair John Ogden EN Spring Issue 31 Assessing What's at Risk - by John Ogden EN Spring Issue 31 Island Eradication Think Tank on Tiritiri Matangi EN Spring Issue 31 Local Candidates Repond EN Winter Issue 30 Editorial - Community Consultation by Chair John Ogden EN Winter Issue 30 GBICT Summer Studentship 2012/13 EN Winter Issue 30 Saving the Black Petrel - Slow dawning of a new era in fisheries management by Kate Waterhouse EN Winter Issue 30 Rubbing Shoulders with Black Petrel EN Winter Issue 30 Towns' Skink - a little-known island resident EN Winter Issue 30 Kaitoke Fireground Restoration by Jeremy Warden EN Winter Issue 30 Great Barrier's Environmental Strategy and Planning Initiative EN Winter Issue 30 Bittern again! by John Ogden BT April Issue 7 After the Kaitoke Fire BT April Issue 7 Local Board considering a 'Rat Attack' week BT April Issue 7 Cockle count by Okiwi School BT April Issue 7 Hauraki Gulf seabirds - focus of new report BT Feb Issue 6 Hotel Chevron BT Feb Issue 6 Inventions BT Feb Issue 6 Black Petrels: Guardians of Hirakimata BT Feb Issue 6 Rata or Pohutukawa EN Summer Issue 29 10th Anniversary Issue EN Summer Issue 29 Editorial - The Great Barrier Slaughterhouse by Chair John Ogden EN Summer Issue 29 Great Barrier's future is in islanders' hands EN Summer Issue 29 The Great Barrier Island bittern hunt by Amelia Geary EN Summer Issue 29 Rakitu: Where the Light meets the Sky by Kate Waterhouse EN Summer Issue 29 Lord Howe Island moves closer to rat eradication EN Summer Issue 29 Dogs, people and New Zealand Dotterels EN Summer Issue 29 Eradication in Galapagos Islands EN Summer Issue 29 Main Activities of the Trust Bird of the month - Kingfisher (Kotare) Bottlenose Dolphins Bird Checklist available NZ Ecological Society "Ecology in Action" Award Shags Clematis Productive Pateke at Glenfern Sanctuary Dotterel nesting season BT Sept Issue 4 The joy, rewards and challenges of volunteering BT Sept Issue 4 Kaitoke Dunes Links Golf Course BT Sept Issue 4 Cat Trapping in Okiwi BT Sept Issue 4 Fungal Foray BT Sept Issue 4 Bird of the month - Dunnock or Hedge Sparrow Hauraki Gulf Whale-strike workshop seeks answers. Bird of the month - Pipit (He Pihoihoi) The Seaweed Saga - Tryphena

4 SOS - Save Our Scallops Bitterns on the Barrier More information about the Shining Cuckoo Editorial - Great Barrier's Mission Impossible - or is it? by Chair John Ogden Mission Impossible by James Frankham Sir Paul Callaghan's Final Word Rat Chat by Jude Gilbert Rodent Tales Robin Release at Glenfern Sanctuary by Emma Cronin Bisecurity in the Hauraki Gulf Boxing Day Kaka Count 2011 by John Ogden The Return of the Tree Lobster by Robert Krulwich of NPR Radio Velvet Worm Peripatoides novaezealandiae Wandering Albatross on Medlands Beach Plant of the Month - Cubmoss Black Petrel Life at the Wharf Shining Cuckoo Kokako Cocktails Paper Nautilus Editorial - Local Politics & Extra-Sensory Perception by Chair John Ogden Black Petrel - hanging on, just by Kate Waterhouse Rat Chat by Jude Gilbert A Future Pest-free Paradise by Wren Green Plant of the month - Mairehau Barrier Good Sorts: Alan Gray How to unhook a Black Petrel Dotterel at Okupu - a local perspective Kokako Hui by Kate Waterhouse & Liz Westbrooke Seabird Group Gathers on Aotea by Amelia Geary Winning the Rat Race by Marina Skinner Stewart Island Rat Eradication - Technically Feasible? by Brent Beaven Steps to a Pest-Free Garden Editorial - Environmental wellbeing, strategic planning, return of the kokako Cook's Petrel on the Barrier by John Ogden Kauri Dieback by Dr Nick Waipara Argentine Ants on Great Barrier Island by Joanne O'Reilly Rat Chat by Jude Gilbert Briefs on Waiheke - Forest & Bird - Hauraki Islands by Sue Fitchett Shellfish Count at Whangapoua 2011 by John Ogden Editorial : Planning the New Environment for Great Barrier by The Trustees Rat Chat Giant Gecko Rediscovered by Trent Bell Pest Projects on Great Barrier Boxing Day Kaka Count by John Ogden Stewart Island rat, cat and possum eradication by Brent Beaven Island Invasives Conference by John Ogden Bait Shy? by Professor Charles Eason and Dr Shaun Ogilview, Lincoln University No Bitterns at Kiwiriki? by John Ogden Kokako - importance in historic cultural fabric of Ngati Rehua by Sonya Williams Kaka Count: July 2010 by John Ogden GBI History Research Group Inc

5 EN Winter Issue 22 Kanuka and Manuka by Chris Ward EN Winter Issue 22 GBI Community Board candidates profile and questionnaire EN Winter Issue 22 Glenfern Sanctuary Update by Tony Bouzaid EN Winter Issue 22 GBI hosts 'Sanctuaries of New Zealand' Conference EN Summer/Autumn Issue State of Environment Report by John Ogden EN Summer/Autumn Issue Mining on Conservation Land at Te Ahumata EN Summer/Autumn Issue Mount Hobson's Scroll of Fame by John Mowbray EN Summer/Autumn Issue Impact of Rats on Seabirds EN Summer/Autumn IssueA Busy Autumn by Liz Westbrooke & John Ogden EN Summer/Autumn Issue Post Eradication Monitoring in Glenfern by Tony Bouzaid EN Summer/Autumn Issue World Nature Group Attacks Mining Proposals by Matthew Haggart EN Summer/Autumn Issue Another Viewpoint on Mining by Stephen Leary EN Spring Issue 20 Brown Teal holding on to the Barrier by John Ogden EN Spring Issue 20 What if we do Nothing? by Jude Gilbert & John Ogden EN Spring Issue 20 The Seaweed Saga Continues by John Ogden EN Spring Issue 20 Wetlands & Pateke on Okiwi Station by Joanna Sim EN Spring Issue 20 The Hauraki Gulf Maritime Park by Jude Gilbert EN Spring Issue 20 Rodent Monitoring on Kotuku Peninsular by Tony Bouzaid EN Spring Issue 20 Whats going on up the Hill? by Jude Gilbert EN Spring Issue 20 Local School Scoring Conservation Goals EN Winter Issue 19 Restoring Rangitoto and Motutapu Islands by Des Casey EN Winter Issue 19 Second Bait Drop completes Glenfern's Aerial Work by Tony Bouzaid EN Winter Issue 19 Taking the Last Stand by Judy Gilbert EN Winter Issue 19 Chopper Makes Light Work Of It by Judy Gilbert EN Winter Issue 19 Are Birds Dying on Your Windows? EN Winter Issue 19 NZ Dotterel and Variable Oystercatcher EN Autumn Issue 18 Open Day at Palmer's Beach by Judy Gilbert EN Autumn Issue 18 Kanuka and Carbon Sequestration by John Ogden EN Autumn Issue 18 Glenfern/Kotuku Peninsula Bait Drop by Tony Bouzaid EN Autumn Issue 18 'Ditch' on those ducks; would removing the bunnies make a difference? EN Autumn Issue 18 A Dream Realized...robins in my garden by Judy Gilbert EN Autumn Issue 18 Kaka Counts - GBI numbers are important by Liz Westbrooke EN Autumn Issue 18 Mohunga Report by Brian Reed EN Autumn Issue 18 Tracking Tunnels at Glenfern Sanctuary by Maree Limpus EN Autumn Issue 18 Yellow Jackets in a Papier Mache Castle EN Summer Issue 17 Mulberry Grove Community Rat Project by Jude Gilbert EN Summer Issue 17 State of the GBI Environment Report by John Ogden EN Summer Issue 17 Lizard Research at Windy Hill by Jude Gilbert EN Summer Issue 17 More North Island Robins for Great Barrier by Jude Gilbert EN Summer Issue 17 Windy Hill Rosalie Bay Catchment Trust Annual Report by Jude Gilbert EN Summer Issue 17 Kaitoke Beach Restoration Project-Volunteer Planting by Patrick Thorp EN Summer Issue 17 Countdown to Eradication by Tony Bouzaid EN Summer Issue 17 Barrier Juniors' Environmental Efforts Lauded EN Spring Issue 16 Weed Open Day at Schooner Bay by Fenella Christian EN Spring Issue 16 Chevron Skinks by Ben Barr EN Spring Issue 16 Motu Kaikoura Rat Eradication Programme by Jo Ritchie EN Spring Issue 16 The 2nd Kaka Count 7th Sep 2009 by John Ogden EN Spring Issue 16 Kauri Killer on the Loose by Jo Ritchie EN Spring Issue 16 Horticulture Courses from NorthTec by Sue Daly & Caity Endt EN Spring Issue 16 Diary of a Glenfern Fence by Tony Bouzaid EN Spring Issue 16 The Summer Campaign What's all that green stuff on the beach? by John Ogden

6 Weeds Never Sleep by George Wilson Carbon Credits - the ongoing saga by Jo Ritchie Aerial Eradication Tour by Jo Ritchie Brodifacoum - risky for rats, safe for the environment Brodifacoum Case Studies by Jo Ritchie The Conservation Management Strategy (CMS) Review Meeting by John Ogden Quick Catch for Reinvading Rats by Jude Gilbert Iconic Species Stages Dramatic Recovery Cat Confusion: Playing God on the Barrier by John Ogden Pestproofing a Peninsular by Tony Bouzaid & David Speir Introduction to Carbon Credits Workshop by Liz Westbrooke SIRCET Steps into the Future Research Results & Spin-off from Community-based Conservation Projects on GBI by Judy Gilbert Kiwi in Dire Straits by David Speir and John Ogden A Tough Season for Robins by Judy Gilbert Prospectus for the Introduction of Kiwi to Great Barrier by John Ogden and Judy Gilbert The Humble House Mouse by Jo Ritchie Boxing Day Kaka Count by John Ogden The Weta - Year of the Rat - Dead Cooks Petrel - Karo Survival Chevron Skink A Reflection - My Time on Great Barrier by Don Woodcock The Gulf of Seabirds by Jo Ritchie Rat Attack Workshop by Fenella Christian Mohunga Peninsular Restoration Group by Jo O'Reilly 'Extinct' seabird sighting stirs up a storm Biosecurity Measures at Great Barrier Wharves Community Board Candidates Quizzed Zero Waste on Rakiura What's Happening up at Windy Hill? by Jude Gilbert Bird Count 4 by John Ogden Rats, Humans and their impacts on islands - Conference in Hawaii by Liz Westbrooke Successful Community Conservation in the Far South Caring for Birds by Karen Walker Just a bit of Sport by David Speir Third Bird Count Rodenticide Trial for 'No-Rats' on GBI by Jude Gilbert Kaikoura Island, restoration plans moving ahead by Jo Ritchie Conservation Board on Barrier by Jude Gilbert Kereru, the native NZ pigeon, in gradual decline by Liz Westbrooke North Island Robins Update by Jude Gilbert & Tony Bouzaid Kakas - A Precious Taonga by Liz Westbrooke Biosecurity by Judy Gilbert The Second Great Barrier Island Bird Count Island Rat Eradications History & Development EN Spring Issue 8 EN Spring Issue 8 EN Spring Issue 8 EN Summer Issue 7 EN Summer Issue 7 The Great Barrier Island Bird Count: July 2006 EN Summer Issue 7 EN Summer Issue 7 News in brief from Motu Kaikoura Trust EN Summer Issue 7 Interview: Panel of Experts involved in the rat eradication business Stop Press: NEW NON-POISONOUS RODENTICIDE The 'GBICT Referendum' Cats - NZ Based research reveals the individuality of predation by domestic cats The Birds of Great Barrier Island

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