The Kaimai Mamaku is a taonga, a treasured place. It connects and provides for more than 300,000 people across two regions.
The largest eDNA collection programme within the Kaimai Mamaku conservation park has just been completed by Manaaki Kaimai Mamaku and nine iwi-hapū conservation project groups, thanks to funding from Wai Tuwhera.
WilderLab passive samplers were placed in 31 targeted catchments across the landscape for 24-48 hours. This data was then combined with another 13 publicly available data sets, and critically analysed by an ecologist to create the following report.
Image credit: Mitch DeBeer
