by Heather Hastie | Sep 7, 2017 | New Zealand, Tweets
Well, I’ve got even less time than yesterday to look for tweets. I won’t bore you with another tale of the woes of my life. Suffice to say, things aren’t ideal right now. However, I’m very, very lucky that I was born in this country, especially...
by Heather Hastie | Jul 8, 2017 | New Zealand, Science & Nature
Regular readers may remember my recent post about the rare New Zealand Mountain Stone Weta. The Tusked Weta (Motuweta isolata) is also critically endangered, though its impressive tusks and usual habitat make it slightly better known. I always thought “The Dead...
by Heather Hastie | Jun 22, 2017 | Great Britain & Europe, New Zealand
If you’re a New Zealander, or someone who knows about kiwi, you’re probably wondering what a “Bulford Kiwi” is. Well, it’s not a new species of kiwi. In fact, it’s not even in New Zealand. The Bulford Kiwi is a giant carving in the...
by Heather Hastie | Jun 17, 2017 | New Zealand, Science & Nature
The Mountain Stone Weta is the subject of the fourth release in a row from BBC Earth relating to New Zealand. They’re on quite a roll when it comes to short clips about my country, which I’m loving of course. There are more than seventy species of weta in...
by Heather Hastie | Jun 14, 2017 | New Zealand, Science & Nature
Nobody loves me Everybody hates me I’m going down the garden to eat worms … That’s the children’s poem that came to mind when I saw this video. It’s of Powelliphanta snail, a rare giant snail that’s native to New Zealand. The...
by Heather Hastie | Jun 10, 2017 | New Zealand, Science & Nature
BBC Earth has done it again – given us another wonderful video of native New Zealand fauna. A couple of days ago there was a special video of Tuatara hatching. This time it’s the brown kiwi. The kiwi of course is the endangered flightless bird New...
