Overwintering Exhibition and Taonga o te Ngahere
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Overwintering will feature works from a study of the habitats of local migratory birds, eg godwits, oystercatchers, wrybills etc. These habitats are being threatened by introduced plants, loss of habitat through housing developments (and related causes like the silting of the local estuary), predation by stoats, rats and hedgehogs, and climate change. Food sources are under threat, roost areas being lost and/or the birds disturbed. The image must reflect the habitat.
Taonga o te Ngahere will feature works from the local ecology of the area. Taonga species include bats, fungi, beetles, weta, geckos, butterflies etc and the little blue penguin. These are species vital to the overall functioning of the ecology of forest, bush or estuary and are seldom noticed. The blue penguin is included here as it and its habitat are also under threat.
This exhibition is to be held in conjunction with that of Forest and Bird Hibiscus Coast Branch.