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Award to Earthlore in Owaka
Friday, 7 January 2011, 2:47 pm | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
The Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust is proud to announce that Earthlore, of Owaka in The Catlins, has been awarded certification as a shining example of butterfly garden/habitat. More >>
Science project at risk through lack of funds
Monday, 7 December 2009, 10:13 am | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
A science project open to all New Zealanders and used by many primary schools is at risk due to lack of funding. The tagging of Monarch butterflies to show their overwintering behaviour and an indication of climate change started as a voluntary ... More >>
Great examples of NZ butterfly habitat
Saturday, 10 October 2009, 1:48 pm | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
The Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust is proud to announce three candidates for inaugural awards of being known as ‘Certified Butterfly Garden or Habitat’. More >>
BAD for NZ butterflies
Sunday, 4 October 2009, 4:21 pm | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
Concern for New Zealand’s endemic butterflies has stirred members of the Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust to announce 10 October as Butterfly Awareness Day. More >>
Gardners' thoughts should turn to Spring
Saturday, 11 July 2009, 4:18 pm | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
It may be midwinter, but the Monarch Butterfly New Zealand Trust is urging all butterfly gardeners to think about spring, and the most royal of butterflies, the Monarch. More >>
Look up! Help science!
Tuesday, 2 June 2009, 10:21 am | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
New Zealanders are being urged to look up while they’re outdoors, and help science this winter. The Monarch Butterfly New Zealand Trust needs the help of New Zealanders, young and old. More >>
Butterflies flying high in Tauranga!
Sunday, 19 April 2009, 8:33 pm | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
Mary Parkinson, trustee of the Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust and the instigator of the butterfly garden at Te Puna Quarry Park, spoke highly of the support from Tauranga businesses and folk at the conclusion of a most successful conference held at Bureta ... More >>
Tag a butterfly... help science!
Tuesday, 10 February 2009, 9:22 am | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
PRESS RELEASE for immediate release Tag a butterfly... help science! Ever wonder where Monarch butterflies go for the winter? More >>
Pesticides affect more than what we think!
Monday, 29 December 2008, 12:59 pm | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
Once again the Monarch Butterfly New Zealand Trust is urging all butterfly gardeners to be careful when buying milkweed (swan plant) from garden centres. More >>
Pesticides affect more than what we think!
Thursday, 3 July 2008, 10:56 am | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
The Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust is appalled to learn that ERMA has given approval for the continued use of Endosulfan in New Zealand. More >>
Red Admiral In Retreat
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 9:54 am | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
Trustees of the Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust are shocked to see a photograph of the 'wrong' Red Admiral butterfly featuring in the current issue of The Listener. More >>
Scientific support for tagging!
Saturday, 1 March 2008, 7:57 pm | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
Scientists are showing their support for tagging. Over the next few months, Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust volunteers will apply small white, coded labels to the hindwings of Monarch butterflies soon after they emerge from their chrysalis. More >>
Tagging supported by teachers
Wednesday, 20 February 2008, 9:57 am | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
Three teachers in particular are right behind the Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust’s tagging of Monarch butterflies this year. More >>
It’s okay to tag... ....Monarchs
Wednesday, 20 February 2008, 9:23 am | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
“We had a great response to last year’s tagging,” said Jacqui Knight, Secretary of the Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust. “There were 336 reports of finding tagged butterflies – although most of the flights showed that butterflies were staying in the community ... More >>
Help Save Monarch Butterfly's - Plant Milkweed
Sunday, 20 January 2008, 3:50 pm | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
This summer is much the same as othe summers for the Monarch Butterfly New Zealand Trust. The phone rings... an email arrives. Another desperate plea from a New Zealander, it could be anywhere between Riversdale and Reinga, crying out for help to save hundreds ... More >>
Unique Butterfly Sculpture Now At West Lynn Garden
Monday, 31 December 2007, 11:37 am | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
So popular was the sculpture of overwintering butterflies at the Ellerslie International Flower Show this year that it has been recreated for the school holidays at the West Lynn Garden Society in New Lynn. More >>
Painted ladies seen in the Far North
Sunday, 28 October 2007, 1:43 pm | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
With additional interest being shown each year in growing milkweed to encourage the Monarch butterfly, the Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust is concerned to learn that two nurseries, for various reasons, have been unable to produce enough Swan plants ... More >>
Bye bye butterflies
Monday, 2 July 2007, 11:09 am | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
The Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust applauds Forest & Bird for echoing its concerns about the loss of butterfly habitat in NZ “We are very worried about what is happening to our environment,” said Vicky Steele, Trustee of the MBNZT. “Over the past ... More >>
The Monarchs are migrating!
Thursday, 26 April 2007, 10:03 am | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
Members of the Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust have been watching and waiting for the Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) to begin its migration. More >>
New Zealanders into tagging!
Sunday, 8 April 2007, 3:59 pm | Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
In most regions of NZ, enthusiastic Monarchists are tagging butterflies and releasing them into the wild. More >>
