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Helping lake birds breed, Lake WānakaKei te āwhina i ngā manu repo ki te whakaputa uri, Wānaka

Members of the Glebe Recovery Project provide floating nests for grebes to breed and raise chicks. Their efforts have meant 200 chicks have hatched.

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Ka hanga ngā mema o te Glebe Recovery Project i ngā kōhanga hei māunu ki runga i te wai mā ngā tokitoki. Nā runga i ā rātou mahi kua whakaputaina kia 200 ngā pīpī.

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This project is part of Te Taiao | Nature at Te Papa.

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