Hopes new study will help boost population of threatened NZ freshwater mussels, get them back ...
(WorldNews New Zealand)

Lower North Island iwi and conservationists have launched an ambitious project in Wellington this weekend with an aim to boost the population of the at-risk New Zealand freshwater mussel. An experiment is underway in Wellington to try to boost the mussels` survival rates by giving some a new home. Source: 1 NEWS Two hundred kakahi have been relocated from Wairarapa Moana and Lake Kohangapiri to Zealandia eco-sanctuary in Wellington. Zealandia conservation project leader Pascale Michel said the endemic species is...