Volunteer

Get actively involved in this community project. We need your skills and effort, (as an individual, a group or a business) to help make the Sanctuary a reality.

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Donate & Join

Support your community through this project with a donation of cash or products and services that can be directly used to develop the Sanctuary.

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Education

    Nelson Montessori

    Nelson Montessori students are regular visitors to the Brook Sanctuary. Hopefully the experience they have will set in motion a connection and appreciatiion of the New Zealand bush that will influence the rest of their lives.

    Posted by webmaster on Jun 7th, 2016

Pests

    Pest removal planned for winter 2017

    The Sanctuary will close for a period of a few months while pests are removed from inside the fenced area in winter 2017. Plans originally scheduled for this winter have been moved.

    Posted by webmaster on Jul 22nd, 2016

Track Building

The Fence

    Fence View

    Check out this drone flight over the fence route 

    Posted by webmaster on Aug 21st, 2015

Visitor Centre

    Winter Hours

    The Visitor Centre is open on weekends from10:30am - 4:30pm.

    Please make sure your vehicle is not in the carpark after 5pm 
    Dogs are Prohibited.

    Please observe all warning signage and check the current track status on the front board at the Visitor Centre. Or here .

    Posted by Rick Field on Mar 25th, 2015

Wildlife Monitoring

    Encouraging birds into our gardens – Roosting

    All birds, like us, rest and sleep. This period of inactivity is called roosting. Some birds roost alone, while others roost in groups varying in size from small to very large. To be honest, you probably won’t want to encourage birds to communally roost extensively in your garden. Just think back to the times when you parked your car under the shade of a large tree, only to return to find it blanketed in guano.

    Posted by Katherine Chamberlain on Apr 16th, 2014