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#nzbats 🦇
April 2, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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I’m so excited!! 🦇 #nzbats #pekapeka @forestandbird.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Join Finding Franklin Bats for the pekapeka party of the year! Early-bat tickets close soon! 🦇

www.pekapeka.org

#bathui #NZbats #pekapeka #party #Community #conservation
February 28, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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Of course I got the t-shirt! Thanks Art of Joy for this amazing artwork promoting pekapeka 🦇

#pestfreewaitakereranges #nzbats #pekapeka #aklbiodiversity #promotion #advocacy #endangeredspecies
March 11, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Record high numbers of bats have been captured and tracked during an annual count of the vulnerable mammal in the Pelorus area.

#nzbats #community #conservation 🦇🦇
www.thepress.co.nz/environment/...
Record bat numbers counted at Pelorus Bridge
Record high numbers of bats have been captured and tracked during an annual count of the vulnerable mammal.
www.thepress.co.nz
March 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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‘Particularly large’ population of pekapeka discovered near Marton

www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-ch... #nzbats #pekapeka 🦇
‘More than we thought’: Pekapeka discovered near Marton
Pekapeka are still classified as threatened and are declining at a rate of 5-9% a year.
www.nzherald.co.nz
April 12, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Out on a bat hunt with Auckland Council elected members and the awesome team at Finding Franklin Bats 🦇✨
#community #conservation #nzbats #batspotting #pekapeka
February 10, 2026 at 10:14 PM
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The godfather of bats, Colin O’Donnell @docgovtnz.bsky.social, opens the pekapeka symposium giving a state of the bats summary, and their threats from human development and predators 🐀 🦇 #NZES2024 #nzbats
November 27, 2024 at 8:13 PM
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Got to go in the field today at Tāpapakanga Regional Park to talk future planting sites and potential pekapeka roosts 🌱 🌲 🦇

#restoration #aucklandcouncil #aklbiodiversity #nzbats #trees
February 28, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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Hey @ibrc2025.bsky.social attendees,
I’m speaking today at 10:45 in M1 to hear more about Finding Franklin Bats 🦇 #IBRC2025 #nzbats #teampekapeka
nzbatman.bsky.social Ben Paris @nzbatman.bsky.social · Jul 22
In just a few weeks, I’ll be heading to Cairns, Australia to speak at the 20th International Bat Research Conference!

I’m proud to be representing the Finding Franklin Bats on behalf of our dedicated project supporters 🦇

#nzbats #community #conservation #IBRC2025 @ibrc2025.bsky.social
August 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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On International Bat Appreciation Day we celebrate pekapeka 🦇 From winning Bird of the Year to 180+ people gathering for the National Pekapeka Hui, it’s been amazing. Most of all, it’s about growing bat awareness and helping everyday New Zealanders appreciate sharing our world with bats.
#nzbats
New Zealand long-tailed bat with identification arm band in an outstretched hand as part of the Finding Franklin Bats research project in Auckland.
April 16, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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When pekapeka turn political 🦇 #nzbats #pekapeka
franklintimes.co.nz/finding-fran...
May 29, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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🦇 The team at Finding Franklin Bats and Beyond has begun their final catch week for the season.
This season, the focus has been on a newly discovered bat colony in an area being monitored by Predator Free Franklin. The absence of introduced predators in this area allows bats to thrive 🌱 #NZbats
March 29, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Come together with researchers, iwi, kaitiaki, and communities at Rereteewhioi Marae to learn, share, and help shape the future of pekapeka conservation. 2026 National Bat Hui - March 25-27th - Waiuku - hosted by Finding Franklin Bats 🦇
#bathui #nzbats #community #conservation
March 10, 2026 at 2:52 AM
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Supporting Finding Franklin Bats last night with the Wild Heroes film crew helping make these pekapeka TV stars 🌟 🦇

#nzbats #community #conservation #aklbiodiversity #pekapeka #biodiversity #pestfreeakl #wildheroes
November 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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“The more we control pests and provide better habitat, the safer bats feel to hang out where they belong.” 🦇

ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/news/2025/12...

#community #conservation #pekapeka #nzbats #auckland
The bats of summer: party animals with wings
Tiny party animals: how bats holiday like humans.
ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
December 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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In just a few weeks, I’ll be heading to Cairns, Australia to speak at the 20th International Bat Research Conference!

I’m proud to be representing the Finding Franklin Bats on behalf of our dedicated project supporters 🦇

#nzbats #community #conservation #IBRC2025 @ibrc2025.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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So amazing to work alongside some amazingly talented artists who love to show pekapeka in different ways. Can’t wait until everyone gets to see this at the hui! 🦇

www.pekapeka.org

#nzbats #pekapeka #bathui
yesthattallulah.bsky.social Tallulah Cunningham @yesthattallulah.bsky.social · Feb 16
Guess who two thumbs (alas not attached to wings) and was commissioned to do goodie bag art for the Pekapeka Hui Bat Conference in Auckland next month 🦇❤️🦇
The headshot illustration of a New Zealand longtail bat with a hint of a Maori flute (kōauau) The headshot illustration of a New Zealand shorttail bat maree headphones with a hint of bright orange telemetry device visible
February 17, 2026 at 7:06 AM
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🦇 It's not clear how many long-tailed bats are left, but when dusk falls, rural properties near Waiuku, on Auckland's southern border, become a pekapeka-tou-roa hotspot.

Read more at 1News: www.1news.co.nz/2025/01/05/s...

#nzbats #bats #aklbiodiversity #pestfreeakl 🦇
Study underway to learn if bats can be used as 'agricultural tool'
Researchers are studying whether the critically threatened pekapeka-tou-roa / long-tailed bat can be used as pest control on rural properties.
www.1news.co.nz
January 5, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Fredrik Hjelm from BioSense is the handler for Hawke, New Zealand's first dog trained to sniff out dead native bats in an effort to find out more about what has killed them 🦇
#nzbats #conservationdogs www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
New Zealand's first 'bat dog'
Fredrik Hjelm is the handler for Hawke, New Zealand's first dog trained to sniff out dead native bats in an effort to find out more about what has killed them.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 22, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Special shout out to the awesome Kiwi crew 🇳🇿 I’m excited about the opportunities ahead to work together and strengthen our pekapeka conservation network across Aotearoa and beyond.

That’s what it’s all about - collaboration with each other, and protecting bats, together.

#IBRC2025 #nzbats 🦇
August 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Even in 2025, our precious pekapeka still gets a mention for winning the Bird of the Year competition. Was it all worth it? You bet!

All the best to this year’s campaigners—may the best (actual) bird win!

#birdoftheyear #teampekapeka #NZBats #campaigning #elections
September 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Colin concludes with some research priorities for pekapeka including understanding of bats in northern forests, human development, and new technologies #nzbats #NZES2024 🦇
November 27, 2024 at 8:29 PM
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Their hard work, in collaboration with landowners and Predator Free Franklin, is making a significant impact on the conservation of long-tailed bats in this fragmented landscape. 🦇

🌍 Proud to see the next generation of environmental leaders making a real difference! 🙌 #nzbats #teampekapeka
December 10, 2024 at 6:44 AM
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Huge thanks to everyone who’s joined a walk, shared a bat story, or just gotten excited about these tiny nocturnal legends. Here’s to many more years of bat chats, bat detector demos, and late-night bat spotting 🦇

#NZbats #TeamPekapeka #ProjectEcho #FindingFranklinBats #batspotting #conservation
September 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM