Environmental Management

Throughout your study for the Diploma/Degree, a number of field trips enhance hands-on learning in the 'real' environment, including the study of native birds on Tiritiri Matangi, ecological management on Tuhua (Mayor Island), native plants and vertebrates in Pureora and Whirinaki Forest Parks and NZ geology in Tongariro National Park. Various overnight and day trips occur over the years, including looking at tourist impacts within the Bay of Plenty.

Have a look below at some of the trips and photos... 

Kaimai Forest Park

• back-country skills: river crossings, camping
• bushcraft, plant identification
• navigation, leadership skills, GPS map reading, compass

Otanewainuku

• monitoring possum browse
• FBI methodology

Coromandel (Stony Bay, Oputere)

• rodent monitoring (with DoC)
• bio-monitoring using tracking tunnels
• possum monitoring, trapping (with MEG)
• dotterel / pateke monitoring (with DoC / MEG)
• monitoring invertebrates, native frogs (with DoC / MEG)
• technical skills: monitoring kiwi (telemetry), bats (automated data devices)

Tongariro National Park (with DoC and local iwi)

• small mammal monitoring (rats, mice and stoats), tracking tunnels
• observe whio on the Mananui River
• dactylanthus / mistletoe / native beech forest study
• navigation skills
• heather survey (southern slopes of Ruapehu)
• visit ongoing kiwi project

Te Urewera National Park (with DoC)

• kiwi survey
• whio survey

Ruahine Ranges

• biosurveying - weeds, native birds

Tuhua (with DoC)

• kiwi survey