ORAL HISTORIES BOOK

In 2004 Kaupapa Kererū interviewed 12 people from the Banks Peninsula community in order to gather information on the history of kererū on the Peninsula.

The objectives of the Oral Histories Project were:

• To increase our understanding of the history of kererū ecology on Banks Peninsula / Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū (e.g. patterns, trends, numbers, feeding ecology, preferred habitat)

• To understand the values different sections of society hold for kererū

• To increase our understanding of Matauranga Ngāi Tahu about kererū

The interviews were completed and compiled into a report by Michael Allen.  The report is currently being developed into a publication for distribution and sale to the local community.    The booklet entitled ‘E kūkū te kererū: Oral Histories and Recent Research of the Banks  Peninsula Kererū' includes a background to the Kaupapa Kererū project, the oral histories project, summaries from participants on a range of subjects relating to kererū history and ecology and Kaupapa Kererū research results.

LEAFLETS                                                                        

Kaupapa kererū has released two leaflets.  For copies of these leaflets

please contact info@kaupapakereru.co.nz or download pdf versions by

clicking on the following links:

 'Ka kai a te kererū: A guide to food plants for kererū on Te Pātaka o

Rākaihautū/Banks Peninsula'   

click here for low quality pdf (296KB)

click here for high quality pdf (3.83MB)

'The impact of cats on kererū and the myths surrounding the management

of cats for conservation'.

click here for high quality pdf (3.86MB)

KAUPAPA KERERŪ CALENDAR

During the last few years Kaupapa Kererū has worked with the 12 Banks Peninsula Primary Schools developing the Kaupapa Kererū Calendar.  The calendar includes school childrens drawings of kererū and information on Ngāi Tahu values and history, the history of kererū on Banks Peninsula, kererū ecology and the results of our research.

The calendar also includes survey forms which Banks Peninsula residents fill out whenever they see kererū. The information we ask residents to record are:

• Time and day kererū were seen
• Number of kererū seen
• Location of kererū
• What activity the kererū was doing
• If feeding what foods the kererū were feeding on

Download survey form (Available soon)

Information from the Calendar survey forms is then passed onto our Kaupapa Kererū students who use the information to assist their own research projects.  At the 2003 International Wildlife Congress at the University of Canterbury Kaupapa Kererū presented a paper reviewing community involvement in the Kaupapa Kererū Project, in particular analyzing the Kaupapa Kererū Calendar.

International Wildlife Congress 2003 Paper by Kaupapa Kereru (http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/news/conferences/wildlife2003/documents/CommInvolvementinWildlMgmt.doc)

PUBLISHED PAPERS

Prendergast, T.S., Ogilvie, S.C., Wilson, K.-J. and Byrom, A.  2007.  The impact of predation on the threatened endemic kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) by mammalian predators on Banks Peninsula, New Zealand.  Proc. 22nd. Vertebr. Pest Conf. pp 282-286.

click here to download pdf (599KB) 

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

"Researching cats amongst the pigeons in the park" Akaroa Mail October 5 2007