Brook Waimarama Sanctuary

Address: 600 Brook St, Nelson

Phone: (03) 546 2422

Website: www.brooksanctuary.org

Attraction Types: Nature reserve

Restrictions: All Ages

The Brook Waimarama Sanctuary is a community-based initiative working to create a pest-free wildlife sanctuary close to the Nelson city centre in New Zealand.

Imagine a place... where native plants and animals thrive, without threat from introduced pests... alive with birdsong, where rare species such as kiwi, tuatara and kakapo roam freely... where you can get involved and make a difference... where visitors can see native flora and fauna close to home.

Integral to creating the Brook Waimarama Sanctuary is construction of a pest-proof fence 14km long, to enclose the area, and to eradicate all the pest mammals within it. This will enable the re-creation of a historic piece of New Zealand which today is only found on a few offshore islands. Resident birds, reptiles and invertebrates will flourish and species previously lost from the area will be re-introduced. The project was launched in 2004 and has strong community involvement and support.

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