The Green Desk: October 15, 2019

This week on Green Desk Mitch speaks to Sophie Barclay and Mandy Patmore about
Community Waitakere’s project on the pekapeka tou roa. In an attempt to create a better
understanding about the pekapeka tou roa including their presence and behaviour in West
Auckland, Community Waitakere ran a project which has enabled the pekapeka to be radio
tracked. To raise more awareness and share information on the pekapeka, Community
Waitakere is hosting an exhibition on the 31 st of October which will showcase work by
environmental artists and share information about the pekapeka tou roa. Mitch and Sophie
discuss the findings of their research as well as the threats they are facing before chatting to
Mandy about her work as an environmental artist and the exhibition itself. To begin,
Mitchell asks Sophie to exactly what the pekapeka tou roa is.