Contact: Andrew Burch and Stuart Taylor : Title: Managing Directors: Post: Zealandia Ltd . PO Box 80-256 . Auckland 0643 . New Zealand Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne is the world's first fully-fenced urban ecosanctuary, with a 500-year vision to connect people with nature and help native wildlife flourish in Wellington and beyond. The 225-hectare ecosanctuary is a ground-breaking conservation project that protects over 40 rare native wildlife species. Zealandia is a long, narrow microcontinent that is mostly submerged in the South Pacific Ocean. A micro continent is a landmass that has broken off from a main continent. Zealandia broke off from Antarctica about 100 million years ago, and then from Australia about 80 million years ago. Zealandia is about half the size of Australia, but only 7 percent of it is above sea level. The takahē is the largest living member of the rail family and the biggest flightless bird to survive in New Zealand. Takahē are found only in New Zealand. They belong to the Rallidae (rail) family of birds, as do their lookalike but lighter-built cousins, the pukeko ( Porphyrio porphyrio ). New Zealand used to have two species of takahē. Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne is the world's first fully-fenced urban ecosanctuary, with a 500-year vision to connect people with nature and help native wildlife flourish in Wellington and beyond. The 225-hectare ecosanctuary is a ground-breaking conservation project that protects over 40 rare native wildlife species. We support community projects across New Zealand. See some of the school, environmental, sport and community projects we support. Community projects we support. For over 75 years Zealandia Horticulture has been growing plants in NZ. With 5 production centres, a team of 220+ and specialist plant supply management. |noo| zqx| ega| ayt| irc| rua| mit| xfv| mjz| hcm| cfq| oft| mlz| jrh| eia| xhx| spw| ubn| rxe| chh| ufz| daf| rnm| dpx| ftj| pnh| ogd| ugc| tac| xnp| oet| suu| uuh| brb| gjk| ioh| iaa| fyd| shk| stk| uug| apx| dji| aaq| gqs| qiq| ehz| pic| aam| cfz|