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Children's Books from the Waikanae Estuary
Children's Books from the Waikanae Estuary
  • Mick&Boy

    Newsletter April 2021

    Some of you may have realised that there is no Waikanae Estuary Newsletter from Mik Peryer in your inbox this month! After 16 years of writing Mik has decided it is time to stop, Mik’s first newsletter was in 2007 and was three
    pages with wonderful illustrations. So there has been many years of
    commitment!

    Read More Newsletter April 2021Continue

  • Waikanae Scientific Reserve

    Newsletter March 2021

    After being away for a while the white-fronted terns are back in numbers. These birds are often called “the swallows of the sea” because of their swift flight and
    their forked tail feathers.

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  • Newsletter February 2021

    Newsletter February 2021

    Covid has put paid to lots of things!
    However it has made New Zealanders think about their own country! I had a lovely couple on a tour the other day, they had spent most of their retirement house sitting around the World

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  • Book Launch

    Newsletter December 2020

    After a dreary week with wind and rain the Sunday of our book launch dawned beautiful and the crowd came. The result being a wonderful afternoon and a successful book launch of “THOMAS”.

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  • geese

    Newsletter November 2020

    The rainbow relationship of Thomas the goose and Henry the Black Swan received world -wide fame in February 2018 w

    Read More Newsletter November 2020Continue

  • Love

    Newsletter October 2020

    It has taken me quite a while to get the up and going to produce this book, it is based on true stories
    that were preformed over a period of thirty years, with one of the birds
    making it to forty years of age.

    Read More Newsletter October 2020Continue

  • Anton

    Newsletter September 2020

    Aston has an affinity with the birds and can be found talking to them and feeding them out of his hand even when the swans are on the nest.

    Read More Newsletter September 2020Continue

  • Waimanu lagoon 2

    Newsletter August 2020

    The local council has been lowering the water level of the lagoons to reduce the weed as the sun helps to keep it in check, also, they have been doing some maintenance to the weir and need the water level to be reduced to assist this

    Read More Newsletter August 2020Continue

  • Newsletter July 2020

    Newsletter July 2020

    Going back to my last newsletter, I told of the death of the male swan just as its mate was hatching their brood of seven eggs. Well as a single mum, she hatched five on the first day and two the next,

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  • Newsletter June 2020

    Newsletter June 2020

    Our swans are again nesting in the Waimanu lagoons. This time on the western bank – which they have never done before!

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  • Home
  • Buy Mik’s Books
    • Sammy the Seal
    • The Lost Cows of Kapiti
    • Thomas
    • Wild Waikanae
    • Whatever Next!
    • Mik’s Ebooks
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Blog 2007-2021
  • Kapiti Bird Tours
  • Contact Us
  • Other things to do
    • Kapiti Island
    • Escarpment Track
    • Estuary Care Group
    • Kapiti Bike Trails