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Envirohub Marlborough unites, inspires and assists their community to achieve their environmental goals! Kia ora & Welcome to Envirohub Marlborough! An environmental charity that unites, inspires and assists the Marlborough community to achieve their environmental goals. Conservation Kids NZ S.O.S. Programme Check out the events and online resources for our Save the Species programme. Each month we concentrate on a species or habitat. If you can't make it to an event, no worries! You'll find all you need right here! Ocean Health Envirohub Marlborough works alongside Sustainable Coastlines to help run Litter Intelligence sites around Marlborough. Want to be a part of this national citizen science project? Click to find out more. Zero Waste Services & Dishwashing Trailer Be a part of the solution! Everything from inspiration to what we can do to help your next event be Zero Waste. See our full range of Zero Waste services, including our NEW Zero Waste Dishwashing Trailer! Community Directory Need to find your closest Environmental organisation, service or recycling station? Click on our directory for everything conservation, sustainability, recycling, op-shops, ethical retail, bulk food stores and so much more! Waitohi Picton Community Garden Watch the progress of our Waitohi Picton Community Garden project as it starts to take shape. Want to be involved? Click here to find out more! Earth-friendly Products Did you know we sell Earth-Friendly Retail products? Choose to re-use and support Envirohub Marlborough all at the same time! We are located at the Picton Environment Centre - 14 Auckland Street, Picton! Our Mission Our Goal, Vision & Commitment Our Events Unite, Be Inspired & Take Action! Get Involved Volunteer, Participate, or Donate What's On Kiwi Day with CKNZ Sat, 19 Jul Blenheim School Hall Register here Latest News Want to receive our latest newsletter? Subscribe Thanks for your interest and we will be in touch! Contact Us Picton Environment Centre 14 Auckland Street Picton (open Mon-Fri, 9-3) PO Box 10 Waikawa Bay, Picton 7251 info@envirohub.co.nz Proudly Supported by..

Our Events Come and join Envirohub Marlborough and environmental organisations around Marlborough at our next event! We work with and run Zero Waste events, Conservation Kids NZ family events, beach and town clean-ups, fundraisers, workshops, and more! Sign up to our mailing list or our social media pages to stay in the loop for our next event. Want to work with us, or interested in running an event with us? Drop us a line : info@envirohub.co.nz ! Kiwi Day with CKNZ Sat, 19 Jul Blenheim School Hall RSVP here

Learn about our beautiful taonga species, the Pekapeka or long-tailed bat and check out our games, activities, arts and crafts and how you can better protect them! Pekapeka-Tou-Roa ~ Long-tailed Bat (Chalinolobus tuberculatus) Did you know we have bats in New Zealand? Our long-tailed and short-tailed bats are Aotearoa's only native land mammals! Our long-tailed bat populations are classified as nationally critical, meaning they are extremely rare, and face extinction if we don't protect them. Pekapeka Facts! Pekapeka are extremely rare, but can potentially be found all around New Zealand, including right here in Marlborough at the Pelorus Bridge Scenic Reserve. Pekapeka are nocturnal, meaning they are active at night and sleep during the day. If you have a keen eye (and are lucky!), you might spot them flying above the tree line or even feeding off insects under a streetlight. Pekapeka fly super-fast - you need to be quick to spot one in the air. You can also use a special bat detector to help pick up the pekapeka's high-frequency echolocation calls into a sound that is audible to humans and can tell us they are nearby! General Image Credit - Science Learning Hub ACTIVITIES, CRAFTS, GAMES AND QUIZZES Throughout this page you'll find some fun activities and resources you can explore at home with your whānau and friends. Some of these resources have been put together with the help of our fantastic local organisations. A huge thank you to those people who have helped put these together for us, we appreciate your support! Don't forget to share your activities with us, either tag us on social media or email them to us at conservationkids@envirohub.co.nz Māori folklore refer associate pekapeka with the mythical, night-flying bird, hōkioi, which foretells death or disaster. The Pekapeka is even part of the Mataora (full face ta moko). Above the eyebrows on the forehead is the tiwhana, represented by the pekapeka with wings outspread. I mōhio rānei koe? Did you know? From a Māori worldview, pekapeka (as well as moths, butterflies and cicadas) are considered manu (birds)! Pekapeka Facts! Te Ao Maori Image Credit - Community Waitakere Art - Pekapeka Wings Pekapeka Wings Test your scientific skills of observation! Have a go at drawing wings on our pekapeka's body. Use the image below or any other image you might find of a pekapeka in flight for reference. Click on the image to download! Pekapeka like to live in the hollows of tall, large like old rimu trees. The pekapeka is rather selective when choosing a roost, they prefer low altitude locations like the bottom of valleys. You will often find the bats roosts in large groups for warmth. Their natural habitat is older mature forests. Three-quarters of roost trees identified in the South Island were at least one hundred years old. This is why we need to protect our old growth forests so much! Pekapeka Facts! Habitat Image - Creator: - Science Learning Hub CRAFT - KCC Build a Bat KCC Build a Bat Head on over to the Kiwi Conservation Club page and have a go at building you very own pekapeka! Click the image to download the PDF sheet! Pekapeka Facts! Ecology & Diet The pekapeka diet is made up of flying insects, such as moths, midges, mosquitoes and beetles. Pekapeka will use their mouth to send out a pulse of sound and then listen for that sound to bounce back. When the sound bounces back it paints a picture for the Pekapeka of what is around them - this is called echolocation. These tiny bats use this echolocation to not only to find their way in the dark, but to find and capture their food. Image -Credit - Department Of Conservation Pekapeka GAMES Grab some of your friends or whānau and have a go at these fun Pekapeka games and activites. Ecolocation Game Click on the image to the right to head on over to the Kids Greening Taupo website where you can have a go at playing the Ecolocation Game! This is a fun way to demonstrate how echolocation works and how our native bats find their food. Do you know any other mammal in the world that also uses echolocation? Click on the image to download the instructions. If you give this game a go with your class or some friends take a pic or video a nd share it with us! Female Pekapeka only give birth to one live offspring a year, meaning their reproduction is very slow. A baby pekapeka is called a pup and is completely flightless for the first 4-6 weeks of life. Pekapeka pups will be left in the roost with other pups while the mothers head out to hunt and feed. Male pekapeka don't roost with the mothers and pups at all. Image Credit - Rob Morris NZ Geographics Pekapeka Facts! Breeding ACTIVITY - Test Your Knowledge Test Your Knowledge - Species Quiz! Have a go at testing wh at you have learnt about the pekapeka-tou-roa. Click on the image below to download the quiz as a PDF and draw or write in your answers! Click the image to download the quiz! Click the Bat to download the answers. Pekapeka Facts! Short-tailed bat Did you know? The only other native land mammal in New Zealand - aside from the pekapeka-tou-roa (long-tailed bat) - is the pekapeka-tou-poto or short-tailed bat. What's special about these short-tailed cousins is that they don't just fly! They also like to scurry around on all fours on the ground. Their wings can fold like origami, tucking them away and using their forearms as front legs. This allows them to move around the forest floor looking for insects, fruit pollen or nectar. These pekapeka, like many of our native species in Aotearoa, evolved to safely move around on the ground as they had few to no threats on the ground until humans began introducing them. Image Credit - Department Of Conservation Other Pekapeka Resources Below you will find links to other Pekapeka resources, click the images to take you to the websites. Check them out! Pekapeka New Zealand Bats by David Bell Build a Bat Roosting Box Activity by Resene DOC - Toyota Kiwi Guardian Activity Help look after our Long-tailed Bats and become a Backyard Detective! Although the Toyota Kiwi Guardian programme has now finished and you can no longer claim the medals, their activities are still a fantastic way for you and your tamariki to support the conservation of these beautiful taonga species. Below is a link to the "Backyard Detective " activity instructions. Find out what lives in your backyard ... then take action to help protect it! Click the image to download a PDF Instruction sheet to learn how to become a Backyard Champion Image Credit - Community Waitakere Pekapeka-tou-roa are at risk of extinction due to introduced species like rats, stoats, possums, and cats. These species often feed on the extremely vulnerable young pekapeka pups, as well as the adults. Another threat is Kauri dieback. The loss of large old trees like Kauri that are often 100's of years old, means the loss of habitat and roosts for the pekapeka and many other species out there. Pekapeka Facts! Threats Pekapeka Facts! What YOU can do! There are many ways you can help our Pekapeka to thrive, even in your own backyard. Getting involved in your local pest control and trapping group is one way you can help. Helping to lower the pests that harm our native species, not only helps the Pekapeka but other native species as well. Another way you can help our Pekapeka is by helping with tree planting. This can go a long way to helping protect our pekapeka and all of our native species. They need large trees to makes roosts in for their homes. The Te Hoiere Bat Recovery Project hosts a tree planting day every year that you can get involved in - follow them on Facebook to see when their next one is - Click the link below Forest & Bird Te Hoiere Bat Recovery Project Image Credit - CKNZ Event, Meika O'Donnell Visit a Pekapeka In Marlborough you can go bat spotting at the Pelorus Bridge Scenic Reserve at certain times of the year. The best time of day to see them is right on dusk between December and March. Keep a keen eye on the treeline and under the streetlights and if you're lucky you can spot them feeding on the bugs in the air. It's truly a magical experience... give it a try! Pekapeka / Long-tailed Bat Gallery Images from some of our Pekapeka events 2024 Pekapeka Evening 2023 Pekapeka Evening 2020 Ten Year Forest & Bird Te Hoiere Pekapeka Project Celebration 2020 Pekapeka, Marlborough Youth Trust Event 2019 Pekapeka Event