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Central Energy Trust Wildbase Recovery

Operational Progress Update

Key Achievements

• The facility is now operating 6 days a week for visitor

interactions and 7 days for animal care

• The education programme is running Monday to Friday
• Public access is Wednesday to Saturday
• The facility is operating as it was envisioned with 34 patients

being rehabilitated over the past 3 months

Facility operational status

• The education programme has been accessed by 1500

students

• We have had over 34,000 total visitors to the Centre
• Peak days include the Explore Victoria Esplanade Day where
• ver 5,000 people attended throughout the day
• Easter holidays saw an average of 180 people per hour

through the Centre

Public Engagement Highlights

• While the majority has been general public we have also

accommodated a number of community groups such as rest homes, disability networking group and many others

• These groups have informed other operational

requirements/modifications

Groups

Key Achievements

• Feedback from the students and teachers has been fantastic
• Fully booked term 2
• A demand for an ECE programme was identified
• Developed ECE programme based on workshops with ECE

teachers to meet their needs

• Junior Wildbase Conservationists programme has been

started to engage youth outside of the school programme

Education Programme

• The website is fully operational and is in the testing phase
• Once testing is completed we will begin phase two with the

addition of a full Te Reo Māori toggle capability

Website

• Both Te Reo and English brochures have been developed and

are in circulation

• Both versions have shown a high demand

Brochure

Opening approach – Phased opening

Booking process

• To deal with initial high

demand

• To help our visitor hosts

find their feet

• To give high quality

experience to inform the public about our purpose Limited hours to allow completion of further enhancements

• Involved reducing

education programme days

• Education programme is

now running Monday – Friday

• This enabled an informed

approach to help develop the programme for term two

• Identified the need for
• ther programmes

Public access

• No longer need bookings
• Various days allow for

different experiences

• Wednesday – Friday

1:00pm – 4:00pm suit

• lder groups where

crowds may not be suitable

• Saturday 10:00am –

4:00pm is perfect for families to come through

Public Engagement

 Over 34,000 people

through the Centre as at 11/05/2019

 Explore Esplanade Day saw

• ver 5000 visitors through

in a limited capacity – the feedback about this was extremely positive

Public Feedback

 “Great place to learn, explore and a

nice way to take care of the birds”

 “A great place. Lovely to see our

native birds and interactive learning for the children that they enjoyed”

 “A wonderful place, thank you for all of

your hard work”

 “A beautiful place, great to see the

Māori language implemented”

 “Amazing that Palmerston North has

this to offer”

Visitor Host and Programmes Feedback

 “The guides were very knowledgeable and friendly, and we

look forward to seeing you again when we return on our annual visit to Palmy next year - by which time you'll be fully

• perational! “

 “We were both impressed by the facilities, the information

and especially by the volunteers. They were all so enthusiastic when speaking about the facility, the' patients' and the conservation work of Wildbase. Please thank them all.”

 “The layout is beautiful and amenities world-class. We were

very amused by the antics of the kaka and were delighted with the story of their developments since moving into the free- flight aviary, having lived so long in the dreadful concrete cages by the paddling pool.”

 “I hope that you will consider doing this again for our science

trip next year as both the staff and students were raving about the wonderful sights and knowledge they learnt from your

• visit. “

Education Programme Breakdown

Education Booking Type (15/1/2019 to 10/5/2019) # of bookings # Students Primary School 11 755 Early Childhood 7 129 Enviro Group 1 20 Secondary School 1 300 Home Educators 2 33 Scout 1 25 English Learning 3 108 Holiday Programme 5 160 Totals 31 1530

Education Programme Bookings

Primary School Early Childhood Enviro Group Secondary School Home Educators Scout

Animal Care Operations

Status Number

Released

25

Current Patients 6 Euthanised 3 Total 34

Some of our patients

 Kārearea (NZ falcon)  5,000 – 8,000  The population is recovering  This patient was successfully

released

 Public came specifically to see

this patient

Some of our patients

 Kororā (little blue

penguin)

 Succuessfully

rehablitated

 Sent to Auckland Zoo to

be a part of their captive breed for release programme

 She was the superstar of

the centre and kids still come in asking about her

Some of our patients

 Kōtare / Kingfisher  We have seen a

number of this species through the centre

 All have been

successfully released with one current patient due for release very soon

Some of our patients

 Kāhu / Harrier Hawk  Suffered multiple fractures  Stay at the centre was approximately 3

weeks to regain muscle mass

 Successfully released  We have seen a number of this species in

the Centre

 Even though they are common, engagement

with them has been high as it is not often you can see them ‘up close’

Some of our patients

 Kererū  This species has made up the

majority of our patients

 Primarily keel and sternum

fractures

 One even flew inside the Centre

which was in need of treatment! It must have known we were open for business

Captive Breed for Release Programme

 Pāteke (brown teal)  Only around 2500 left  This season the pair produced 6

successfully fledged chicks

 These have been sent to The Issac

Conservation and Wildlife Trust hardening facility

 We have increased our breeding

programme to 3 pairs of pāteke, utilising the existing Victoria Esplanade aviaries

Captive Breed for Release Programme

 Whio / Blue duck  Very happy in their

new enclosure

 Still working out what

they are meant to be doing…

 We are hoping for big

results in the coming breeding season

This is all credit to your help and support!

 We would like to take this chance to thank our

wonderful sponsors and supporters for continuing to enable the vitally important mahi

• f our world class facility.