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Oamaru the monarch butterfly capital of New Zealand
Thursday, 24 October 2019, 2:25 pm | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
The Monarch Butterfly New Zealand Trust is delighted that Oamaru people are getting behind the drive for the town to become the Monarch Butterfly Capital of NZ. More >>
End of a Monarchy?
Tuesday, 13 March 2018, 6:29 pm | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
Jacqui Knight is worried. The founder of the Monarch Butterfly New Zealand trust has just driven from Dunedin to Picton and is concerned at how few monarch butterflies she has seen. More >>
Butterflies Need Nectar
Tuesday, 28 November 2017, 4:28 pm | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
The Monarch Butterfly New Zealand Trust is delighted with their success at the New Zealand Flower and Garden Show, being held at the Trusts Arena, Henderson from Wednesday 29 November. More >>
Monarch Butterfly Trust Inundated with Requests for Help
Thursday, 9 November 2017, 9:23 am | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
The Monarch Butterfly New Zealand Trust is being inundated with requests for help with starving monarch caterpillars. More >>
P is for Pollinators
Sunday, 3 September 2017, 4:59 pm | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
“But perhaps in our case the “B” stands for butterflies,” said Jacqui Knight, Community Liaison Facilitator for the Trust, with a smile. More >>
How do you recognise an overwintering monarch?
Wednesday, 2 August 2017, 9:24 am | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
People are asking how to find overwintering monarchs, and Jacqui Knight, secretary of the Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust shares the trick. More >>
Swan plants are not a convenience food
Sunday, 19 March 2017, 7:58 pm | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
“Don’t throw those leftover swan plants away,” said Jacqui Knight, Community Liaison for the Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand Trust. More >>
Rare butterfly sighted on remote island
Sunday, 19 March 2017, 7:57 pm | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
The forest ringlet appears to be thriving on Te Hauturu-o-Toi or Little Barrier Island in the Hauraki Gulf More >>
Where are NZ’s butterflies?
Friday, 30 October 2015, 9:39 am | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
It’s confirmed: anecdotal evidence tells us that New Zealand’s butterflies and moths are on the decline. But now statistics are needed to document this situation before endemic species disappear altogether. More >>
As predicted monarch butterflies at risk
Sunday, 25 October 2015, 2:00 pm | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
As predicted by the Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand Trust a few months ago, it’s a dire situation for New Zealand’s monarch butterflies More >>
The Monarch is dead, long live the Monarch
Monday, 18 March 2013, 12:09 pm | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
"The king is dead, long live the king!". The original phrase was translated from the French 'Le roi est mort, vive le roi!' , which was first declared upon the accession to the French throne of Charles VII after the death of his father Charles ... More >>
Inmates, tagging and... butterflies?
Friday, 1 March 2013, 9:36 am | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
Now that autumn’s arrived butterfly lovers around New Zealand are tagging Monarch butterflies. And in a few weeks they’ll hear from a USA scientist how tagging is helping prisoners in a Washington State Penitentiary. More >>
Where Are Our Butterflies?
Monday, 25 February 2013, 12:08 pm | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
Up and down the country Monarch lovers are wondering what has happened to the big, bright orange butterflies this summer. More >>
Where have all the butterflies gone?
Monday, 5 March 2012, 3:21 pm | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
This year many schoolchildren will be finding out where; they will be on the lookout for their butterflies having tagged them as part of a national science project. More >>
Butterflies to cheer Canterbury
Wednesday, 15 February 2012, 11:41 am | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
Monarch butterflies are flying to Christchurch from all over the country in time for the 22 February commemoration of the 2011 earthquake. “We asked ourselves what we could do to help the recovery effort and knowing how much Christchurch people ... More >>
Butterflies to cheer Canterbury
Thursday, 19 January 2012, 5:37 pm | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
This summer The Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust has arranged two ‘close up and personal’ exhibits of butterflies– Monarchs and Admirals–to brighten the lives of earthquake-ravaged Christchurch residents. More >>
One-of-a-Kind Valentine’s Day gift
Thursday, 19 January 2012, 5:35 pm | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
The Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust is raising funds to make its Christchurch events this summer possible. And as a result they are auctioning on TradeMe the naming rights to their star butterfly, a beautiful, large orange and black Monarch. More >>
An unseasonable season?
Wednesday, 26 October 2011, 10:04 am | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
The behaviour of Monarch butterflies over the winter is being continually monitored by members of the Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust as well as a band of citizen scientists. More >>
Ever wonder where Monarch butterflies go for the winter?
Sunday, 17 April 2011, 2:08 pm | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
The Monarch Butterfly New Zealand Trust is looking for ‘citizen scientists’ throughout the country to report sightings as the Monarchs follow their annual migration. A degree is not needed; anyone can take part, and everyone, schools included, are welcome ... More >>
Schools love tagging...Monarch butterflies
Thursday, 27 January 2011, 10:43 am | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
Tagging involves the placement of small white stickers on the hindwings of newly merged Monarchs, the last generation of the summer. When the butterflies are found again, the data is analysed to give an indication of their overwintering behaviour ... More >>
