Community bat walk attendees try to detect bats in West Auckland’s Henderson Valley. Photo: Matthew Cattin

Plight of the pekapeka

May 2019

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A citizen science army is helping to expose the mysterious lives of New Zealand’s only endemic mammals

Like millennials hunting for a phone signal, we wandered with bat detectors held high, ears pricked for interruptions in the hiss of static. Eyes squinting into the lavender dusk sky, my heart fluttered at every flitting silhouette – sadly more pīwakawaka than pekapeka on this occasion. It was the perfect evening for detecting bats in […]
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