List of BioBlitzes in New Zealand

This is a list of BioBlitzes that have been held in New Zealand. The date is the first day of the BioBlitz if held over several days. This list only includes those that were major public events. BioBlitz was established in New Zealand by Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research initially based on seed funding from The Royal Society of NZ's "Science & Technology Promotion Fund 2003/2004". BioBlitz events have always been a collaborative activity of professional and amateur taxonomic experts from multiple organisations and the public. Auckland BioBlitz events were coordinated by Manaaki Whenua, later from 2015 moving to events coordinated by Auckland Museum. The first events were 24 hours continuously, e.g. from 3 pm Friday overnight to 3 pm Saturday. Subsequently, this changed to 24 hours spread across mostly daylight hours over 2 consecutive days.[1][2]

Date Location Species Recorded Ecosystem Reference
30 Apr 2004 Auckland, Dingle Dell and Meadowbank School, St Heliers (with base camp at Vellenoweth Green, St Heliers) 1556 Urban Park and Primary School [3]
12 Mar 2005 Auckland, Auckland Domain 1779 Urban Park [4]
8 Apr 2005 Christchurch, Christchurch Botanic Gardens and Hagley Park 1197 Urban Park [5]
24 Mar 2006 Auckland, Opanuku Stream, Henderson (with base camp at Corban Estate Arts Centre) 1262 Urban Park [6]
4 Apr 2008 Auckland, Smith's Bush, Northcote 946 Urban Park [7]
17 Apr 2010 Auckland, Auckland Domain 1775 Urban Park [8][9]
2 Mar 2012 Westland, Denniston Plateau, vic Westport Conservation Reserve [10]
30 Mar 2012 Auckland, Auckland Regional Botanic Gardens and Totara Park Urban Park [11]
28 Feb 2013 Auckland, Pūkorokoro / Miranda Coastal [12]
6 Mar 2015 Bay of Plenty, Uretara Catchment, Katikati Catchment [13]
27 Mar 2015 Auckland, Pourewa Reserve / Kepa Bush 1003 Urban Park [14]
29 Jul 2015 Auckland, Kurt Brehmer Walkway, Te Whau River Urban Park [15][16]
24 Mar 2017 Auckland, Opunaku Stream, Henderson Urban Park [17][18]
7 Apr 2017 Canterbury, Lincoln, Liffey Stream Urban Park [19][20]
27 Oct 2017 Auckland, Whatipu Coastal [21]
16 Feb 2018 Waikato, Lake Rotopiko, vic. Te Awamutu, Waikato[22] Wetland [23]
25 Mar 2018 Northland, Kapowairua Coastal [24][25]

References

  1. ↑ "BioBlitz - finding nature in the city". Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research. Archived from the original on 2019-01-11.
  2. ↑ "Bioblitz Guide". iNaturalist Help. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  3. ↑ Kleinpaste, Rudd (November 2004). "A backyard blitz". New Zealand Growing Today. 18: 36–39.
  4. ↑ "Aquatic treasures among damp BioBlitz highlights". www.scoop.co.nz. April 21, 2005. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  5. ↑ "Newsletter" (PDF). Friends of the Christchurch Botanic Gardens. 103: 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-01-19. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
  6. ↑ "Beat it - The Listener". Noted. Archived from the original on 2019-01-11. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  7. ↑ Gregory, Angela (2008-03-30). "City reserves havens for unexpected life forms". ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  8. ↑ "Bioblitz 2010". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Archived from the original on 2019-01-30. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  9. ↑ "BioBlitz 2010 : finding nature in the city : report of a 24- hour biodiversity assessment of the fauna, flora, and fungi of Auckland Domain, Saturday 17 April 2010 - Sunday 18 April 2010".
  10. ↑ "'Bio blitz' to find new West Coast species". Archived from the original on 2019-01-09.
  11. ↑ "BioBlitz 2012 – finding nature in the city". Archived from the original on 2019-01-09.
  12. ↑ "Bioblitz! Help us find a thousand species". Archived from the original on 2019-01-09.
  13. ↑ "Katikati Bioblitz". RNZ. 13 March 2015.
  14. ↑ "Local species of Orakei to be surveyed at Bioblitz event in 2015". Auckland Museum. 4 March 2015.
  15. ↑ "te Whau BioBlitz 2015".
  16. ↑ "Te Whau BioBlitz 2015". Te Whau River Catchment Trust.
  17. ↑ "Bioblitz 2017".
  18. ↑ "Observations by bioblitz-opunake2017".
  19. ↑ "Lincoln BioBlitz 2017".
  20. ↑ Caddick, Kent (19 April 2017). "Sun shines on Bioblitz". Archived from the original on 2019-01-11.
  21. ↑ "Newsletter of The Waitakere Ranges Protection Society Inc" (PDF). November 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-01-24.
  22. ↑ "BioBlitz uncovers wetland creatures at Lake Rotopiko". ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  23. ↑ "Wetlands Bioblitz 2018: Rotopiko". Archived from the original on 2019-01-09.<ref><ref>"Rotopiko Bioblitz". EventFinda.
  24. ↑ "BioBlitz Kapowairua 2018".
  25. ↑ Rawlence, Nic. "Back to the Future in Northland: Fossils illuminate a flight path towards ecosystem restoration". Archived from the original on 22 June 2022.
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