PROJECT ISLAND SONGPest Control Areas

Land ManagementPUBLIC CONSERVATION LAND(visitors welcome)

PRIVATE LAND

Black-backed gull DOC

Karoro

Caspian tern DETLEF DAVIES

Taranui

Kingfi sher DOC

Kotare

Flesh-footed shearwater SUZI PHILLIPS

Toanui

White-fronted tern DETLEF DAVIES

Tara

Fluttering shearwater BRENT STEPHENSON

Pakaha

White-faced storm petrel SUZI PHILLIPS

Takahikare-moana

Blue penguin DOC

Korora

Pied shag BRENT STEPHENSON

Karuhiruhi

Variable oystercatcher Torea

NZ dotterel SIMON FORDHAM

Tuturiwhatu

Red-billed gull DOC

Tarapunga

PROJECT POINTS

RAWHITI 3B2 TRUST

RPMS

NGA WHENUA RAHUIPROJECT STRIPNOOSE & NECKLACE

(Roberton)

Australasian gannet SUZI PHILLIPS

TakapuPROJECT ISLAND SONG

Pest Control Areas

Land ManagementPUBLIC CONSERVATION LAND(visitors welcome)

PRIVATE LAND

Black-backed gull DOC

Karoro

Caspian tern DETLEF DAVIES

Taranui

Kingfi sher DOC

Kotare

Flesh-footed shearwater SUZI PHILLIPS

Toanui

White-fronted tern DETLEF DAVIES

Tara

Fluttering shearwater BRENT STEPHENSON

Pakaha

White-faced storm petrel SUZI PHILLIPS

Takahikare-moana

Blue penguin DOC

Korora

Pied shag BRENT STEPHENSON

Karuhiruhi

Variable oystercatcher Torea

NZ dotterel SIMON FORDHAM

Tuturiwhatu

Red-billed gull DOC

Tarapunga

PROJECT POINTS

RAWHITI 3B2 TRUST

RPMS

NGA WHENUA RAHUIPROJECT STRIPNOOSE & NECKLACE

(Roberton)

Australasian gannet SUZI PHILLIPS

Takapu

Stoat image Rod Morris.

www.projectislandsong.co.nz

FantailTirairaka

Brown teal J L KENDRICK

Pateke

native species

DAVID MUDGE

DOC

Flax SnailPupuharakeke

• Approaching parallel to and slightly to the rear at “no wake/idle” speed

• Having no more than 3 vessels (includes jet skis and kayaks) within 300 metres of a dolphin pod at any one time.

• Not swimming with calves or juvenile dolphins (e.g. any animals less than 2/3 the length of adult dolphins).

• Never driving through, cutting off or circling a group of dolphins.

• Not making sudden or repeated changes in direction or speed.

Argentine Ant Stoat Plague Skink Cat Dog Rats/Mice

Guide published by Project Island Song © Project Island Song 2017

For more information contact DOC on 09 407 0300 (offi ce hours) or 0800 DOCHOT (afterhours)

www.projectislandsong.co.nz

FantailTirairaka

Brown teal J L KENDRICK

Pateke

native species

DAVID MUDGE

DOC

Flax SnailPupuharakeke

Bringing back the birdsong to the Bay of Islands wildlife sanctuaries

Help look after the Bay’s dolphins by:

Thank you to Project Island Songs supporters, sponsors and funders

Keeping the islands dog, rat, cat, mouse, stoat,

plague skink & Argentine ant free

Leave pests & pets at homecheck for stowaways

PROJECT ISLAND SONGPest Control Areas

Land ManagementPUBLIC CONSERVATION LAND(visitors welcome)

PRIVATE LAND

Black-backed gull DOC

Karoro

Caspian tern DETLEF DAVIES

Taranui

Kingfi sherKötare

DOC

SUZI PHILLIPS

White-fronted tern DETLEF DAVIES

Tara

Fluttering shearwater BRENT STEPHENSON

Pakahä

White-faced storm petrel SUZI PHILLIPS

Takahikare-moana

Blue penguin DOC

Kororä

Pied shag BRENT STEPHENSON

Käruhiruhi

Variable oystercatcher Törea

NZ dotterelTüturiwhatu

White-Faced HeronMatuku Moana

SIMON FORDHAM

DOC

PROJECT POINTS

RAWHITI 3B2 TRUST

RPMS

NGA WHENUA RAHUIPROJECT STRIPNOOSE & NECKLACE

(Roberton)

SUZI PHILLIPS

Bay of Islands

shorebirdsBay of Islands

seabirds

Australasian GannetTakapu

Flesh-footed ShearwaterToanui

Arctic SkuaHäkoakoa

Red-Billed GullTaräpunga

Buller’s Shearwater

PROJECT ISLAND SONGPest Control Areas

Land ManagementPUBLIC CONSERVATION LAND(visitors welcome)

PRIVATE LAND

Black-backed gull DOC

Karoro

Caspian tern DETLEF DAVIES

Taranui

Kingfi sherKötare

DOC

SUZI PHILLIPS

White-fronted tern DETLEF DAVIES

Tara

Fluttering shearwater BRENT STEPHENSON

Pakahä

White-faced storm petrel SUZI PHILLIPS

Takahikare-moana

Blue penguin DOC

Kororä

Pied shag BRENT STEPHENSON

Käruhiruhi

Variable oystercatcher Törea

NZ dotterelTüturiwhatu

White-Faced HeronMatuku Moana

SIMON FORDHAM

DOC

PROJECT POINTS

RAWHITI 3B2 TRUST

RPMS

NGA WHENUA RAHUIPROJECT STRIPNOOSE & NECKLACE

(Roberton)

SUZI PHILLIPS

Bay of Islands

shorebirdsBay of Islands

seabirds

Australasian GannetTakapu

Flesh-footed ShearwaterToanui

Arctic SkuaHäkoakoa

Red-Billed GullTaräpunga

Buller’s Shearwater

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z

FantailTïrairaka

Tui

Brown teal J L KENDRICK

Päteke

DAVID MUDGE

DOC

Kaka beakKōwhai Ngutu-kākā

NativeLandbirds

You can already see in theBay of Islands

Native SpeciesProject Island Song has returnedto the Bay of Islands

Käkäriki DOC

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z

FantailTïrairaka

Tui

Brown teal J L KENDRICK

Päteke

DAVID MUDGE

DOC

Kaka beakKōwhai Ngutu-kākā

NativeLandbirds

You can already see in theBay of Islands

Native SpeciesProject Island Song has returnedto the Bay of Islands

Käkäriki DOC

The Project Island Song StoryBefore people

The islands of the eastern Bay of Islands (Ipipiri) were alive with birdsong.

People and pests arrive

Rats, mice and stoats arrived and found New Zealand birds easy to catch.

2003 Community come together through a shared concern for the islands. Some habitat restoration begins on Waewaetorea Island.

2006 Project Island Song partnership (Patukeha and Ngati Kuta hapu, Guardians of the Bay of Islands and Department of Conservation) is formed and these three partners begin working together to restore Ipipiri (eastern Bay of Islands).

2009 Pest eradication carried out across all islands. Period of pest free status was established.

2012 September - twelve Päteke (Brown Teal) released on Urupukapuka Island.

2014 June - forty-three Toutouwai (North Island Robin) released on Moturua Island.

2015 March and May - forty Tïeke (Saddleback) released on Urupukapuka and Moturua Islands.

May - forty Pöpokotea (Whitehead) and Käkäriki released on Motuarohia Island.

2016-17Toutouwai, Pöpokotea released on Ipipiri islands.

TodayBirdsong is returning to the eastern Bay of Islands – note by note. Island landowners and managers, tangata whenua, community groups, volunteers and government agencies are working together to keep the islands pest-free and restore their ecosystem.

Keep in touch with progressGo to www.projectislandsong.co.nz or become a Friend of Project Island Song, go to

info@projectislandsong.co.nz

or visit the Project Island Song facebook page.

Biosecurity Pest-free islands are wonderful places – full of hope. Without rats, plants will recover providing food for birds. Without rats and stoats, birds will return and these islands of the eastern Bay of Islands (Ipipiri) will sing again.

But Ipipiri is vulnerable; it’s quite possible for rats and stoats to swim there from the mainland.

A trap network, regular inspections by predator dogs and their handlers, and public education, reduces the chances that pests return and, if they do, makes sure they don’t stay.

How can you help?Ipipiri’s future is in your hands. Rats and mice are not fussy, they like clean as well as dirty gear and boats. So, before you leave the mainland:

STOP

CHECK (for pests)

GO (& have fun!)

You can also help by sponsoring a rat-trap on the mainland.

Go to www.projectislandsong.co.nz for more information.

Native SpeciesProject Island Song has returned to the islands

Saddleback DOC Tïeke

North Island robinToutouwai

North Island Tomtit DICK VEITCH

Miromiro

WhiteheadPöpokotea

Duvaucel’s Gecko