🦇 Bats. Brews. Banter.

Kick off National Pekapeka Hui 2026 next Tuesday at The Kentish Hotel with our icebreaker and bat-themed cocktails🍸. Sip, mingle, & let the hui take flight!

🎟️ Tickets: pekapeka.org — don’t let this one fly away!

#BatHui #BatVibesOnly #nzbats #pekapeka #cocktails #Icebreaker

Come together with researchers, iwi, kaitiaki, and communities at Rereteewhioi Marae to learn, share, and help shape the future of pekapeka conservation. 2026 National Bat Hui - March 25-27th - Waiuku - hosted by Finding Franklin Bats 🦇
#bathui #nzbats #community #conservation

Join Finding Franklin Bats for the pekapeka party of the year! Early-bat tickets close soon! 🦇

www.pekapeka.org

#bathui #NZbats #pekapeka #party #Community #conservation

Don’t pass up the opportunity to nab some excellent merch at next month's National Pekapeka Hui!

Registrations are open: lnkd.in/eU8DQvzC and tee shirts are up for sale!

Limited run. No restocks.

Artwork by the incredible Troy McDonald: lnkd.in/e-crxr-g

#pekapeka #nzbats #bathui

So amazing to work alongside some amazingly talented artists who love to show pekapeka in different ways. Can’t wait until everyone gets to see this at the hui! 🦇

www.pekapeka.org

#nzbats #pekapeka #bathui

Franklin to host bat hui - Franklin Times Bats are set to take centre stage in Waiuku next month as Finding Franklin Bats prepares to host the National Pekapeka Hui. The native long-tailed bat, or Chalinolobus tuberculatus, is one of New Zeal...

Bats are set to take centre stage in Waiuku next month as Finding Franklin Bats prepares to host the National Pekapeka Hui.

franklintimes.co.nz/franklin-to-...

#nzbats #pekapeka #bathui #franklin

Out on a bat hunt with Auckland Council elected members and the awesome team at Finding Franklin Bats 🦇✨
#community #conservation #nzbats #batspotting #pekapeka

Ngā mihi to all who walked, taught, and learned with me this year. Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini. This mahi isn’t mine, it’s ours

#NZBats #Pekapeka #Community #Conservation #2025Wrapped

The bats of summer: party animals with wings Tiny party animals: how bats holiday like humans.

“The more we control pests and provide better habitat, the safer bats feel to hang out where they belong.” 🦇

ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/news/2025/12...

#community #conservation #pekapeka #nzbats #auckland

Couldn’t be prouder of the authenticity and passion they brought to the tent today. It was a powerful reminder of why this work matters. Thanks Natasha for shaping and mentoring this mahi!

🐟 🦇

#nzbats #nzfish #pekapeka #ika #community #conservation #kaitiaki #leadership

Supporting Finding Franklin Bats last night with the Wild Heroes film crew helping make these pekapeka TV stars 🌟 🦇

#nzbats #community #conservation #aklbiodiversity #pekapeka #biodiversity #pestfreeakl #wildheroes

Huge thanks to everyone who’s joined a walk, shared a bat story, or just gotten excited about these tiny nocturnal legends. Here’s to many more years of bat chats, bat detector demos, and late-night bat spotting 🦇

#NZbats #TeamPekapeka #ProjectEcho #FindingFranklinBats #batspotting #conservation

Even in 2025, our precious pekapeka still gets a mention for winning the Bird of the Year competition. Was it all worth it? You bet!

All the best to this year’s campaigners—may the best (actual) bird win!

#birdoftheyear #teampekapeka #NZBats #campaigning #elections

I’m so excited!! 🦇 #nzbats #pekapeka @forestandbird.bsky.social

Special shout out to the awesome Kiwi crew 🇳🇿 I’m excited about the opportunities ahead to work together and strengthen our pekapeka conservation network across Aotearoa and beyond.

That’s what it’s all about - collaboration with each other, and protecting bats, together.

#IBRC2025 #nzbats 🦇

Hey @ibrc2025.bsky.social attendees,
I’m speaking today at 10:45 in M1 to hear more about Finding Franklin Bats 🦇 #IBRC2025 #nzbats #teampekapeka

In just a few weeks, I’ll be heading to Cairns, Australia to speak at the 20th International Bat Research Conference!

I’m proud to be representing the Finding Franklin Bats on behalf of our dedicated project supporters 🦇

#nzbats #community #conservation #IBRC2025 @ibrc2025.bsky.social

Funding boost for Auckland’s rare long-tailed bats A total of 64 conservation groups have been boosted with grants to help with their work in protecting and enhancing the natural environment.

EcoQuest Centre for Indigeneity, Ecology and Creativity Finding Franklin Bats lead researcher Natasha Bansal said the funding will help employ a coordinator who will connect their work with the community 🦇

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3607...

#nzbats #batspotting #community #conservation #pestfreeAKL

When pekapeka turn political 🦇 #nzbats #pekapeka
franklintimes.co.nz/finding-fran...

🙏 A huge thanks to EcoQuest, Predator Free Franklin, and landowners for facilitating such amazing research and to the students for their invaluable contributions to preserving our precious pekapeka. 🦇

#Conservation #nzbats #aklbiodiversity
#WildlifeProtection #FindingFranklinBats

‘More than we thought’: Pekapeka discovered near Marton Pekapeka are still classified as threatened and are declining at a rate of 5-9% a year.

‘Particularly large’ population of pekapeka discovered near Marton

www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-ch... #nzbats #pekapeka 🦇

I actually have one of the chubby pieces at the back 😜 #naturally #nzbats

Love this 🖤
#nzbats 🦇

🦇 The team at Finding Franklin Bats and Beyond has begun their final catch week for the season.
This season, the focus has been on a newly discovered bat colony in an area being monitored by Predator Free Franklin. The absence of introduced predators in this area allows bats to thrive 🌱 #NZbats

Record bat numbers counted at Pelorus Bridge Record high numbers of bats have been captured and tracked during an annual count of the vulnerable mammal.

Record high numbers of bats have been captured and tracked during an annual count of the vulnerable mammal in the Pelorus area.

#nzbats #community #conservation 🦇🦇
www.thepress.co.nz/environment/...

Of course I got the t-shirt! Thanks Art of Joy for this amazing artwork promoting pekapeka 🦇

#pestfreewaitakereranges #nzbats #pekapeka #aklbiodiversity #promotion #advocacy #endangeredspecies

Got to go in the field today at Tāpapakanga Regional Park to talk future planting sites and potential pekapeka roosts 🌱 🌲 🦇

#restoration #aucklandcouncil #aklbiodiversity #nzbats #trees

New Zealand's first 'bat dog' Fredrik Hjelm is the handler for Hawke, New Zealand's first dog trained to sniff out dead native bats in an effort to find out more about what has killed them.

Fredrik Hjelm from BioSense is the handler for Hawke, New Zealand's first dog trained to sniff out dead native bats in an effort to find out more about what has killed them 🦇
#nzbats #conservationdogs www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

Study underway to learn if bats can be used as 'agricultural tool' Researchers are studying whether the critically threatened pekapeka-tou-roa / long-tailed bat can be used as pest control on rural properties.

🦇 It's not clear how many long-tailed bats are left, but when dusk falls, rural properties near Waiuku, on Auckland's southern border, become a pekapeka-tou-roa hotspot.

Read more at 1News: www.1news.co.nz/2025/01/05/s...

#nzbats #bats #aklbiodiversity #pestfreeakl 🦇

Their hard work, in collaboration with landowners and Predator Free Franklin, is making a significant impact on the conservation of long-tailed bats in this fragmented landscape. 🦇

🌍 Proud to see the next generation of environmental leaders making a real difference! 🙌 #nzbats #teampekapeka