Glenfern Sanctuary Charitable Trust
Objectives
- Continue to reforest a valley ecosystem with a wide variety of native plants including two endemic to Great Barrier Island, propagated from seeds and seedlings on the island.
- Control pests (rats cats and pigs) on the property and provide a sanctuary where native flora and fauna can flourish.
- Continue to extend the interpretive botanical walkway within the valley to illustrate native trees and plants existing on Great Barrier Island.
- Educate children and others about our New Zealand ecology.
- Raise endangered and native species within the Sanctuary.
Location
Port FitzRoy, Great Barrier Island
Area
60 ha
Organisations involved
Glenfern Sanctuary Charitable Trust
Management history
Predator control began with cat trapping in 1996. ongoing work involves poison bait stations throughout the sanctuary and adjoining Scenic Reserve to control rats, and traps set for cats and pigs.
Over 9000 native trees have been replanted.
North Island robins were reintroduced in April 2005.
Access
Paid guided walks though the sanctuary are available. There is an extensive track network and a swing bridge enables visitors to climb into the crown of a 600 year old kauri tree.