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21. DUNZ Annual Conference: (Issue 161); ... auction raised $6500 for wetland restoration work and bright balloons added a festive touch to the event. Sunday morning Mike Camm from the Northland Pateke Recovery Group gave an up-beat talk ...; Created on 21 July 2019
22. From the President: (Issue 159); ... of the DU effort is supported by donations and subsidies which we are extremely grateful for. There are also good results being achieved from many of the whio and pateke projects around the country ...; Created on 21 July 2019
23. Valiant efforts to save ducks from extinction: (Issue 160); A brief History of Ducks Unlimited Operation Pateke. Neil Hayes QSM, DUNZ Life Member Time is overdue to document what I believe is the most significant contribution made by any conservation ...; Created on 04 April 2019
24. Presidents Report AGM 2014: (Issue 160); ... have been long term supporters of a number of very successful waterfowl projects (Pateke, Whio, White swan). A new focus has been on the endangered bittern (less than 1000 birds in NZ and 750 Australia) ...; Created on 04 April 2019
25. Northland Pateke recovery: (Issue 161); The milestone for Pateke this year is seeing the Northland flock count top the 2000 recovery plan of 750 birds. Dangerous as it is to make any assumptions, it would appear that the natural ...; Created on 20 January 2019
26. Letters: (Issue 161); Pateke efforts pay off Dear Editor, After reading the article written by Neil Hayes on ‘A brief History of Ducks Unlimited Operation Pateke’ in the July 2014 issue of Flight, I feel ...; Created on 20 January 2019
27. From the President: (Issue 161); ... which enabled members to see where we have directed significant effort over recent years supported by numerous sponsors. At the Sunday morning session we received excellent updates on the Pateke programme ...; Created on 20 January 2019
28. Waipa wars – from muskets to mustelids: (Issue 175); ... on the sanctuary’s wish list but pateke (brown teal) will be the first species to be introduced. Tony said the visitor centre project would be replaced with a more modest and modular alternative – beginning ...; Created on 26 November 2018
29. CONFERENCE REPORTS: (Issue 175); ... PATEKE Meanwhile, pateke in Northland have benefited from predator control introduced to protect kiwi in the area, and the ducks are now established from Mimiwhangata to Pataua North ...; Created on 26 November 2018
30. Takahē take to new home: (Issue 162); ... for pateke reintroduction. Since then pateke have done very well. Pleasingly, a number of other birds have taken up residence, notable inclusions being spotless crake, banded rail, Northland Brown Kiwi ...; Created on 23 August 2018
31. QSM recognition for DU's first president Ian Piran: (Issue 164); ... president of DUNZ through to 1980. During this time he and his wife Dawn initiated a Pateke breeding programme and nesting boxes for Grey Teal throughout New Zealand. A former goat farmer who ...; Created on 19 March 2018
32. Presidents Annual Report August 2015: (Issue 164); ... programmes with blue duck (whio), brown teal (pateke) and white swan. A new project DU is supporting is the doctorate study on the endangered bittern at Lake Whatuma in Hawke’s Bay being undertaken by ...; Created on 27 February 2018
33. AGM 2014 Minutes: (Issue 164); ... some photos of the project. Summary: This project lead by DU, is strongly supported and seen as a success. It is a forerunner for the collaborative process with DOC. Pateke: Mike Camm (Full ...; Created on 27 February 2018
34. Pateke flourish, Cape Sanctuary: (Issue 165); ... sanctuary and 134 pateke counted (although there were a number of dams and areas such as Rangaiika and Porpoise Gully not visited on the day). Many of the dams we checked are also known to have pateke ...; Created on 25 February 2018
35. Habitat te Henga: (Issue 165); Mutterings from the Marsh Nearly nine months since the release date on January 22, and things are looking good for the first trial cohort of 20 pateke at Habitat te Henga. Although rarely seen, ...; Created on 25 February 2018
36. From the President: (Issue 165); ... bittern project and once again show that we are leaders in threatened bird species conservation in New Zealand having previously initiated action with pateke and whio. It has been a relatively dry winter ...; Created on 25 February 2018
37. Lots of babies at Pukaha Mt Bruce: (Issue 166); ... two pair of pateke are nesting again having so far successfully reared 12 ducklings between them. The whio pair has three ducklings and there are three juvenile kiwi in the creche nearly ready for release ...; Created on 23 February 2018
38. Special treatment for Egmont National Park: (Issue 166); ... the project intends to: complete a goat eradication feasibility plan; develop a translocation strategy for black petrel; pateke, kaka, kakariki, takahe, kokako and short tailed bats; develop ...; Created on 23 February 2018
39. Brown teal/Pateke: (Issue 166); The Isaac Conservation and Wildlife Trust Brown teal/Pateke The Isaac Conservation and Wildlife Trust’s seven brown teal/pateke breeding pairs laid their first clutches, with 34 ducklings hatched in ...; Created on 23 February 2018
40. Our Jim makes the media: (Issue 166); ... and recovery programmes, including whio (blue duck), pateke (brown teal), grey teal and mute white swan. He has created many wetlands on his property, the largest being a 8ha area covenanted with the ...; Created on 23 February 2018