The National Oiled Wildlife Response Team is coordinated by Massey University, under contract to Maritime New Zealand.
When wildlife are involved in a marine oil spill, the National Oiled Wildlife Response Team (NOWRT) may be mobilised. This team is trained, managed, and coordinated by specialists at Massey University’s Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences. In addition to Massey staff, the NOWRT consists of other wildlife specialists and coordinators from the regions. Each region also has a team
16/11/2015
Little blue penguins on the mend after oil spill - Conservation Little blue penguins cleaned up after a 2011 oil spill in New Zealand now appear to be diving normally — a hopeful sign for their long-term recovery.
02/11/2014
Wildbase Recovery: Urzila Carlson Wildbase Recovery Community Trust Ambassador, tells us like it is - like one in three of even our most common birds are in trouble. But you can help do somet...
24/10/2014
26/03/2014
More than 50 oiled birds found at sanctuary In the wake of an oil spill in Galveston Bay, Houston Audubon Society scientists have found more than 50 oiled birds on just one section of the Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary - a globally important wildlife refuge just two miles from the spill. During the spring migration, now underway, more than...
Hi everyone. There's been lots going on in Oiled Wildlife Response circles lately, so much so that Wildbase Oil Response at Massey University (who run the National Oiled Wildlife Response Team) have two brand new and exciting positions in Oiled Wildlife Response based at the University in Palmerston North. If you are interested or know anyone who might be, you can find more information at:
http://jobs.massey.ac.nz/PositionDetail.aspx?p=8196
http://jobs.massey.ac.nz/PositionDetail.aspx?p=8195
Thank you!
23/10/2013
This year’s Blue-Banded Pelican Sighting Contest winners Deanna Barth, this year’s winner of the Blue-Banded Pelican Sighting Contest The 2013 Blue-Banded Pelican Sighting Contest has come to an end, and it was a success — although very different from the previous contest from October 2012 to January 2013. This year’s contest ran from July ...
23/10/2013
Chemical responsible for thousands of seabird deaths is banned New maritime laws ban discharge at sea of PIB pollutant that affected more than 4,000 birds on south-west coast of England
05/10/2013
As Gulf Faces Tropical Storm Threat, Shutdown Keeps Oil Spill Experts Off the Job Heading into the weekend, there are three very disturbing realities coming together that make those of us who care about the ocean very uncomfortable: Tropical Storm Karen is making its way through...
22/04/2013
...And, they spoke with John Dowding about the NZ dotterels.
Vulnerable dotterels start breeding again in wild - National - NZ Herald News The Rena disaster posed a grave question for ecologists racing to save the Bay of Plenty's precious population of endangered New Zealand dotterels.
22/04/2013
The New Zealand Herald caught up with a researcher doing post-release monitoring of penguins in the Bay of Plenty.
Happy feats: Saving the penguins after disaster - National - NZ Herald News A light shines through the darkness, dancing over rocks a few metres from the night tide gushing against Moturiki Island.