Picton Dawn Chorus - Fight For The Wild

Picton Dawn Chorus present 'Fight For The Wild'
Come and join us and support Picton Dawn Chorus, for 2 movie evenings at Picton Library. Learn about Predator Free NZ and how teams of dedicated volunteers are battling to preserve our NZ Native Species.

$10 ticket includes viewings for both evenings and a glass of wine. Kids under 12 are free (possibly sat on the floor, depending on numbers).

Event limited to 55 people so book now! For more information or to purchase a ticket contact:
volunteering@pictondawnchorus.nz
OR
027 266 8002

Fight For The Wild Movie Night Part 1: Loss & Defiance. 8th Septemeber, Picton Library 6pm-8:30pm: Discover the unique diversity of ancient Aotearoa and how, since the arrival of humans, so much has been lost. New Zealanders have drawn a line in the sand, announcing that Aotearoa will rid the nation of rats, stoats and possums by 2050. We've been successful on off-shore islands, but what will it take to extend this across the mainland?

Fight For The Wild Movie Night Part 2: Battle & Hope. 15th September, Picton Library 6pm-8:30pm: While birdsong is receding across New Zealand's mainland, hundreds of community-led projects are leading the charge to turn things around.
We travel to predator free Islands to see what the vision of a predator-free Aotearoa could look like. We discover breakthrough technologies and innovations taking us towards that goal.

Fight for the Wild is a beautiful documentary series that takes viewers into the wild heart of Aotearoa and documents the desperate battle to protect it; it explores the notion of a Predator Free 2050 and asks whether this big, bold initiative is achievable and if so, how?

Every year an army of introduced predators devours the eggs and chicks of some 26 million native New Zealand birds, as well as countless insects, amphibians, reptiles and plants.

We currently have more than 4000 natives on the threatened species list and many more vulnerable to predation – New Zealand’s catalogue of shame.

But in 2016, the nation decided enough was enough. Predator Free 2050 was born — an eviction order served on the three most voracious predators — rats, stoats and possums.

It’s our most ambitious conservation effort ever and is to be enforced by hundreds of thousands of ordinary Kiwis.

In Fight for the Wild we walk with the kaitiaki, ecologists, inventors and community trappers desperately defending our taonga species.

We follow the fortunes of kea, kiwi, kakariki and other native species and discover the fascinating initiatives underway as we come to their rescue.

We examine the tough choices our nation needs to make as we navigate the challenges of protecting our wildlife.

And among the hard decisions and desperate losses, we discover bold visions, hard won victories and hope.

Fight for the Wild is a call to action for all New Zealanders. It tells how each of us holds a piece of a jigsaw, and how, if we all play our part, we might just see a wilderness saved and our Wild returned.

Fight for the Wild is produced by Fisheye Films and made possible by the RNZ/NZ On Air Innovation Fund, with support from The Biological Heritage National Science Challenge, Ngā Koiora Tuku Iho, NEXT Foundation, Predator Free 2050 Limited, and Regional Councils of New Zealand Biosecurity & Biodiversity Forum.

CONTACT
volunteering@pictondawnchorus.nz
Annabel: 027 266 8002

This event is part of Conservation Week 2022.