#otautahi — Public Fediverse posts

"Christchurch’s Orana Wildlife Park says it needs to raise $4.1 million this financial year or its cash reserves will run dry by next March."

https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/361078735/orana-park-dire-financial-strife-beloved-zoo-has-plan

"As Orana's CEO, Rachel Haydon says, "You can't mothball a giraffe", so while we activate our recovery plan we urgently need help from our community to 'bridge the gap' in our funding requirements."

#Aotearoa #Ōtautahi #OranaPark #GiveALittle #Fundraising

https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/orana-wildlife-park-recovery-plan

"Christchurch’s Orana Wildlife Park says it needs to raise $4.1 million this financial year or its cash reserves will run dry by next March."

https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/361078735/orana-park-dire-financial-strife-beloved-zoo-has-plan

"As Orana's CEO, Rachel Haydon says, "You can't mothball a giraffe", so while we activate our recovery plan we urgently need help from our community to 'bridge the gap' in our funding requirements."

#Aotearoa #Ōtautahi #OranaPark #GiveALittle #Fundraising

https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/orana-wildlife-park-recovery-plan

"Christchurch’s Orana Wildlife Park says it needs to raise $4.1 million this financial year or its cash reserves will run dry by next March."

https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/361078735/orana-park-dire-financial-strife-beloved-zoo-has-plan

"As Orana's CEO, Rachel Haydon says, "You can't mothball a giraffe", so while we activate our recovery plan we urgently need help from our community to 'bridge the gap' in our funding requirements."

#Aotearoa #Ōtautahi #OranaPark #GiveALittle #Fundraising

https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/orana-wildlife-park-recovery-plan

"Christchurch’s Orana Wildlife Park says it needs to raise $4.1 million this financial year or its cash reserves will run dry by next March."

https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/361078735/orana-park-dire-financial-strife-beloved-zoo-has-plan

"As Orana's CEO, Rachel Haydon says, "You can't mothball a giraffe", so while we activate our recovery plan we urgently need help from our community to 'bridge the gap' in our funding requirements."

#Aotearoa #Ōtautahi #OranaPark #GiveALittle #Fundraising

https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/orana-wildlife-park-recovery-plan

Word got around that I'm willing to write reviews. No posts for two years, then bang! – two reviews in two days. #Ōtautahi #Christchurch #Lyttelton #theatre #Shakespeare #QueenLear

An evocative queer Lear reimag...

Here's my surprise of the day (and the year so far).

Cinnabar moths were introduced into New Zealand to control ragwort.

I have never seen cinnabar moth larvae in Christchurch city before, and I have never seen them feeding on the native ragwort relative *Senecio quadridentatus* before.

And, yet, here they are in Christchurch city today doing exactly that.

If you see any, please let me know.

https://inaturalist.nz/observations/257561024

#insects #Biocontrol #NZ #Ōtautahi #Christchurch #PlantInsectInteractions

I'm glad we're finally getting a higher-frequency #bus to #Lyttelton, but I wish there was an express option that didn't wind through all the suburbs along the way. https://www.metroinfo.co.nz/news/important-changes-from-4-september-port-to-port-8-and-northwood-to-huntsbury-27/ #Christchurch #Ōtautahi #PublicTransport

Love the colour on this Pukeko. The purple bar on the wing matching the chest, and the red crest and beak. You can even see the flash of white around the tail feathers.

It was quite happy posing while I took photos, spending some time rooting around under the water with its beak, and then standing up to dry off & stretch out.

Taken a couple of weekends ago at #TravisWetland #Otautahi #Christchurch

#Pukeko #Aotearoa #NZ #NewZealand #Birds #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #FluffyButt