Te Ranga Wairua covers a unique and special piece of the Coromandel peninsula where the native and endemic species are in dire need of protection.…
Introduction New Zealand has an amazingly high number of indigenous species which are endemic (found only in New Zealand) – this is a result of…
The Coromandel Ecological Region (ER) includes nine ecological districts (EDs) from the Great and Little Barrier Islands in the north along the length of the…
The Colville Ecological District covers the northernmost portion of the peninsula, Te Ranga Wairua is in the centre of Colville Ecological District (Figure 3). The…
“A natural area containing threatened species or rare types of habitats that make them more important relative to other natural areas without these features.” –…
The section of land for proposed animal pest control is a band which transects the Coromandel Peninsula from east to west. The ecosystems include a…
A high diversity of wildlife is still found in the area despite the high degree of modification along the coastal lowlands. Extensive forested areas provide…
Wetlands fall into a habitat category of their own, they are an important storehouse of indigenous biodiversity. Like other habitats, native plants and animals and…
For fauna dependent on the remaining forest, scrub, coastal and wetland habitats, the main problem is predation by introduced animals such as possums, rodents, and…