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Dunedin Nightlife - Orokonui Ecosanctuary After Dark

Orokonui Dusk Tour

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Hereweka Garden - From Gorse to Gondwana

Peter Cooke is passionate about trees, and has collection of trees with a Gondwana link to our native trees.

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Nature Podcast with Karthic

Refreshing nature sounds and stories from the wilderness in ten episodes and produced in Dunedin. Karthic is a wildlife filmmaker telling simple fun stories about nature and the wild places of Aotearoa. He is from Tamil Nadu, India and is currently based in Dunedin.

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Whakahekerau – Second Beach

Jon Moore and Steve King are part of Whakahekerau – Second Beach Ecology Action.

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Land Art - created from nature’s materials

For the 2022 Festival environmental artists Martin Hill and Philippa Jones guided the community in the construction of a Wild Dunedin ephemeral work at St Kilda beach, that the tide returned to nature.

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Otago Peninsula Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial 1914-1918

Otago Peninsula Fallen Soldiers' Memorial - you will be rewarded by phenomenal views after a steep 10 minute walk.

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Orokonui Estuary Walk

Orokonui Estuary - a peaceful place just 20 minutes drive from the city.

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Lala Frazer - Wild Hero of Otago Peninsula

Lala Frazer, Wild Dunedin’s Wild Hero for 2020.

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Monarch Wildlife Cruise on Otago Harbour

Extinct volcanoes, a lighthouse, seal pups, a sea lion, albatross, spoonbills, the suction dredge, the science of flight, krill in the water – all this on an hour long cruise on the Monarch.

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Larnach Castle's Native Plants

Native plant expert and compulsive weeder Fiona Eadie is Head Gardener at Larnach Castle.

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Wild Hero: Professor Phil Bishop

We are part of a long list of people, academics, students and conservationists, who considered Phil a true Wild Hero.

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Encouraging Native Birds to Your Garden with Rod Morris

Since the Otago Peninsula Biodiversity Group (OPBG) started in 2008, 21,000 possums have been removed from the Otago Peninsula. This has led to increased food available for birds, insects and reptiles. Possums eat birds and eggs as well as fruit and vegetation.

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Make a Backyard Herbal Tea

Wildcrafting to our Wild Dispensary team has always been about more than just the wild herbs themselves but also about the chance to rewild, slow down, be present and connect with nature and its grounding effects.