The critically endangered tara iti, New Zealand fairy tern is our most endangered bird with less than 40 birds left and right now sandmining at Mangawhai / Pakiri, and proposed new mining at Bream Bay threatens their homes.
We need your urgent help to improve protection measures and stop sandmining where these birds nest and feed.
Your donation will help to:
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Stop sand mining in the areas, where these birds nest and feed - Mangawhai, Pakiri, Waipu (Bream Bay)
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Advocate for protection measures
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Educate and engage people to take action
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Support the conservation work of DOC, community groups and volunteers
Sand mining, beach narrowing, weed invasion, predators and human disturbance is a major threat to these birds and we need your help to protect its habitat which has seen progressive degradation and loss of fish and marine life.
The Mangawhai harbour provides essential food and foraging areas for the tara iti, NZ Fairy Tern. There are juat nine breeding pairs in total and seven of these are in Mangawhai and nest on the dunes. This harbour is also home to 26 threatened and at-risk species of birds including the white heron, grey duck, New Zealand dotterel, osyter catchers and shags. As well as threatened bird species, the harbour is home to many different fish species and the whai / stingray which Mangawhai is named after. It is a biodiversity hotspot.