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We are a hunter, fisher, farmer & Tāngata Whenua led conservation project between Opotiki and Gisborne focused on restoring Whio across the region.

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This photo taken by young Lochie Williams at the back of Highland Stn, Tahora. This pair has 7 whiolings 😍. Dad leading the whānau with his spotted chest puffed out.

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As part of @easternwhiolink second Tane weekend we did a Tuna workshop with Uncle Kira and Uncle Ruka.

Harvesting Kai and preparing it is a key part of establishing a relationship with our ecosystems.

They say the difference between conservation and kaitiakitanga is that conservation manages land. It keeps the ecosystem at arms length and manages it.

Kaitiakitanga treats people as part of that ecosystem and focusses on relationships that bring about abundance. Mahinga kai is part of that relationship and it’s a model that we believe benefits both the ecosystems and the people that engage in the @easternwhiolink project.

A huge thanks to @journeysendstation for hosting us and @leading_from_the_land for funding our Tane weekends.

#eel #eels #nzconservation #maori #māori

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This weekend we co-hosted another tane weekend here at Journeys End Station! Vibes were high, plenty of good laughs and a lot of learning. This time the men were taught about; how traps work, how to use traps, how to fix traps, crutching and shearing sheep, how to break down the meat of a sheep and deer from the get go, making sausages, setting hīnaki traps, spearing eels, all about eels and lastly smoking eels. Massive thanks to @easternwhiolink and @sam_the_trap_man for organising and hosting these amazing weekends. Also a huge thanks to @racheljefferis for catering for everyone and making sure every one was fed. Thank you to everyone who helps makes these weekends happen! Looking forward to the next one!🥾🦌🐑🪤

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One river system at a time.

We’re proud to be playing a part in the monitoring and protection of one of New Zealand’s most special native species — the Whio.

Using thermal drone technology, we’re working alongside local DOC teams and specialist detection dog teams to survey remote river systems and gather valuable data on whio populations.

Each survey helps build a clearer picture of where these birds are, how populations are changing, and where future conservation efforts can be focused.

Our goal is to continue expanding this work across every river system suitable for thermal drone surveying, returning to the same areas at coordinated times and locations to help track populations consistently over the years.

Combining people, dogs and technology to better understand and protect a truly unique part of New Zealand’s wilderness.

#whio #m400 #dji

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👀 Have you heard?
Apparently everyone’s voting for whio this year… 👀🦆

We’re not saying you should vote for whio… but we’re also definitely saying VOTE WHIO! 💙

#BirdOfTheYear #Whio #BlueDuck #VoteWhio

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Frigid cold gorges. Places that very rarely see the sun. Always feel like home to me.

They say some people run hot and some people run cold.

Me, I have always liked the cold. There’s a cleanness to it, a clarity of thought.

Nothing is better than finding a crevice of cold rock and crystal clear water on a stonkingly hot summers day.

I don’t mind summer. I quite enjoy beaches and surfing…

But give me the mountain tops and the icey rivers of winter any day. I’d choose them in a heartbeat.

A man can work hard in the cold and never break a sweat. He can climb hills endlessly, drinking from the small seepages he finds along the way.

Yep. It’s the frigid cold gorges of the Waioweka that I retreat to when the summer heat kicks in. Where muggy summers nights are too sticky to sleep in. That’s when I head bush. Like the fish I seek out the dark crevices of rock, the boulders streams.

Where oxygen is still plentiful and things sort of make sense.

They reckon it’s going to be a hot one this summer. So if you can’t find me you’ll know where I’ll be.

#nzadventures #nzadventure #nztravel #nztravelreview #hikenz

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Ep340 of 🦌The Stag Roar Podcast🦌 is available with @sam_the_trap_man We caught up with Sam at the @4x4outdoorexpo Check out Sam’s New Book and of course the @easternwhiolink

👆🏻Link in bio ☝🏽Audio 👂 available where all podcasts are heard @itunes @googleplaymusic @spotify @pocketcasts stitcher podcasts & @youtube

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It’s so jam packed full of plant info you can almost eat the pages!!!

A Bushman’s Book of Yarns

We are back to the bush with another set of cracking yarns in my new book…

Complete with a guide to the edible plants of Aotearoa.

Feedback has been that it is even better than the first book.

Available from your favourite bookstore or from my website www.samthetrapman.nz

#trampingnz #nzadventures #nzhunting #hikingnz #eatnz

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As I opened the trap box, there he was looking up at me, caught by the gonads…
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This and other yarns can be found in my new book “A Bushman’s Book of Yarns”

Available now through your local bookstore or from my website www.samthetrapman.nz
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#nzadventures #nzconservation #predatorfreenz #predatorfree2050 #trampingnz

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This week @easternwhiolink hosted our first ever Tane weekend…
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We focussed our conversations around the impact of deer and one of the ways we explored this was through leather work facilitated by @fernswhimsicalworkshop
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We also ran workshops on home butchery skills and trapping and we will share more on those soon.
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For now though we want to say a huge thank you to the Jefferis whānau of @journeysendstation for hosting and feeding us.
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Thank you to our workshop leaders @jordan.b.jefferis @fernswhimsicalworkshop @stujefferis & @racheljefferis
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Thank you to all our participants.
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And a giant thank you to our funder @leading_from_the_land for allowing us to hold such an impactful weekend.
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If you would like to be part of future Tane weekends or if you have an idea for a workshop feel free to get in touch.
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#nzadventures #nzadventure #leathercraft #mensmentalhealth #menswellbeing

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Another round of serving for our Nikau Track trap lines

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Whether you have an open mind to selling public conservation land or whether you have an open mind to a change in government…
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Submissions close Thursday 2nd July
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I’m super keen to hear what side of the fence your thinking sits on.
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#nzadventures #nzadventure #nzconservation #trampingnz #nzhunting

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