2026 Sanctuaries of New Zealand workshop: Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne, Wellington

Day one

• Sandra Anderson, University of Auckland. Will she be right? Long term considerations for ecosystem restoration.
• Colin Miskelly, Te Papa. Changes in the forest bird community of Kapiti Island following rat eradication
• Carlos Lehnebach , Te Papa. The importance of above- and below-ground interactions in the conservation of threatened orchids
• Sarah Herbert (co-authors – Florence Kelly, Elizabeth Panteleeva, Sydney Dean, Stephan Hartley, Nicky Nelson), Victoria University of Wellington. Short-term responses of terrestrial lizards to habitat enhancement in a pest-invaded landscape on mainland New Zealand
• Hayley Alena, Forest and Bird. The contribution of lizards to seed dispersal in Aotearoa New Zealand
• Nicola Day, Victoria University of Wellington. Wildfire effects on plants and soils in Aotearoa
• Fiona Gordon, Rotokare Scenic Reserve Trust. Maintaining mice at zero-density at Rotokare – reflections on 15 years of adaptive management
• Georgia Pringle, University of Auckland. Investigating the effectiveness of lures for feral cat detection in Northern Aotearoa
• Tirth Vaishnav, Victoria University of Wellington, Seasonality and plasticity in plant resource use by native birds in Zealandia Te Māra A Tāne ecosanctuary
• Bridgette Farnworth, Victoria University of Wellington. We Conquered the Night, But at What Cost? The Ecological Consequences of a Brighter New Zealand
• Dan Markovitz, Victoria University of Wellington. In the bag: leaf litter-filled artificial cover objects reveal urban habitat associations for predatory invertebrates (Onychophora: Peripitoides novaezealandiae and Araneae: Uliodon spp.)
• Graeme Taylor, Department of Conservation. Seabird restoration opportunities for sanctuaries – where, when and why?
• Matt Maitland, Department of Conservation. Biological consequence and forensic resolution of pest incursions at Tāwharanui and Shakespear Open Sanctuaries