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When you look across the horizon, theres an invisible web of threads from New Zealand to the rest of the world. theyre the flightpaths of seabirds travelling thousands of kilometres from nesting to feeding grounds.
Just 200 years ago, seabirds filled our coastal forests and every year thousands of seabirds flocked to our coastline to raise their chicks. It's no coincidence we are known as the Seabird Capital of the World.
Until recently the last remnant species of seabird on Karioi, the Grey Faced petrel / Oi was struggling to breed - now due to the hard work of our team we have chicks once again successfully fledging!
The Karioi Project inspires the amazing Raglan community to take a stand for nature and to protect the places we love. Together, we're turning the tide on biodiversity loss and successfully re-wilding our corner of the world.
Our work is focused on our maunga, Karioi, and its coastline and beaches. Due to extensive predator control and seabird monitoring, were now seeing Little Blue Penguins waddling down the beach and our vulnerable seabirds, Oi (Grey Faced Petrels) are successfully breeding in burrows along the coast.