Articles
OME Property Owners Survey Analysis
A short survey has been distributed to the Oruawharo Bay property owners asking peoples opinions on extending our pest control in the area. You can read the full report of the analysis here.
OME Newsletters
You can find all of OME's online newsletters here
OME birds data
We keep all sort of bird related data. John Ogden is our resident data expert and he has kept data for longer than OME has existed. He has kindly shared a lot of this content and we have merged it here for everyone to be able to follow.
Aotea Bittern Survey 2023
Here you can read the full report on the Aotea Great Barrier Island Bittern Survey 2023, compiled by John Ogden.
Tākoketai (black petrel) survey
Joanna Sim and her trusty canines Rua and Miro did a search of the upper Medlands area looking for tākoketai (black petrel burrows) in January 2023. We are stoked to report there is a population of breeding birds on the DoC blocks at the top of the OME Phase Two project area.
Phase Two Predator Control for Oruawharo Bay
OME has plans to extend our pest controlled area. To learn more about what we are proposing read this article published in the Aotea Great Barrier Environmental News issue 47.
Barrier Bulletin article on tākoketai
Read about OME's discovery of Black Petrels in Medlands and a field trip up to the main colony on Hirakimata to help band the fledglings.
OME Progress Report
A thorough report has been prepared by John Ogden, covering the period 2019-2022, including analysis of our trapping and monitoring data and progress over the first three years of the project.
DOC Pāteke presentation
A very interesting and informative presentation from DOC about pāteke and the work undertaken to try to protect them.
Forest and Bird feature
An article on OME’s wetland restoration work was published in Forest and Birds 2022 summer issue.
Self-resetting rat traps
The AT220 automatic traps are made by NZ Autotraps and can be specified for rodents only. Installed correctly these traps eliminate the bother of maintaining traps regularly. A great option for absentee owners!
Kororā Survey
In June 2022 Jo Sim of Dabchick NZ undertook a survey with her canine team and found Kororā /Little Blue Penguin burrows across the Aotea with a bonus discovery of Oī/Grey Faced Petrel burrows in Medlands.