Oho Mai Puketi—Awaken Puketi
Hey Kids! Check out the Puketi Kids Club Website!
We're pleased to introduce the Puketi Kids Club Website! It's our online centre for conservation education and science in the forest. It's got lots of cool features, like a riverwalk online tour and a twilight encounter in Puketi Forest—so you can learn all about Puketi Forest's unique biodiversity.
Rats Reduced in Puketi Forest!
- November 2006: Trust achieves its objective to reduce rats to under 5%. See the press release.
- Sept 2006: Puketi Forest Fundraiser Fetches $12,000. Read all about it.
- July 2006: Early Battle Won in Fight for Kiwi Survival. View the press release.
- May 2006: Trust announces an 85% increase in birds in the forest after conducting bird call counts. Visit our news page for the complete story.
For more detailed results, including charts and tables outlining call counts, view our Results page
The Trust visits Auckland Zoo
We recently paid a visit to the Auckland Zoo and caught up with those involved in the Kokako Captive Breeding Programme there. We spent some time with male Pukerei (shown left) and female Tiritiri Waiata, the captive pair who are breeding offspring for reintroduction into Puketi Forest. View the video footage about the pair at the Auckland Zoo.
Show You Care. Sponsor a Hectare.
The ongoing costs of restoration and maintenance need to be met and your help is needed. The Puketi Forest Trust welcomes your support to restore and preserve one of Northland's most precious remaining habitats. Become a Member of the Oho Mai Puketi project and sponsor a hectare of Puketi Kauri Forest.
Puketi Forest and the Oho Mai Puketi Project
The Puketi Forest is an ancient kauri (Agathis australis) forest located in the heart of New Zealand's North Island. Along with the Omahuta Forest, it forms one of the largest contiguous tracts of native forest in the Northland.
Puketi Forest was once a marvellous ecosystem that supported thousands of native birds. Over the last century this unique rainforest has been silenced and is now sleeping. Pests have taken the food, eaten the young and killed the adult birds. Sadly, kokako, kiwi, and kaka have had their habitats so diminished that only a few birds remain. Their calls are now a faint echo of the beautiful songs that once filled the kauri forest. The deterioration of this kauri rainforest calls for immediate action.
Founded in October of 2003, the Puketi Forest Trust is an incorporated society and registered charity. Our mission is to restore Puketi Kauri Forest to a complete living forest essential to spiritual, cultural, historical, economic and social well-being of communities and to maintain it for future generations in ways which are compatible with conservation values.
Learn more about the Restoration Project.
Many people frequent Puketi Kauri Forest to walk, tramp, fish and enjoy its breathtaking scenery. Find out more about the forest.