Tui ( prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) are endemic “native and unique” to New Zealand. They are found on the three main islands and belong to the honey eater family. Tui are a fully protected in New Zealand. The name Tui is derived from the Maori language with the plural being simply tui. Europeans who first colonised New [...]
It was mid May last year when I wrote about the tui returning to our garden and how pleased we were to see them. This year they’re gracing our garden six weeks earlier than expected which is a real bonus and as always we’re delighted to see them. It was early morning about ten days [...]
The above photo shows the latest addition to our very popular range of tui feeders. We have one just like this adjacent to the deck that leads off from our family room as it offers us a great view of all the birds that come and go, especially the tui. From time to time customers [...]
Wow … how quickly time passes when you’re just relaxing. Seems just like yesterday that we were finalising the last of the December orders and preparing to take time out. We hope you’ve had an enjoyable and refreshing break as we have and that you are looking forward to the challenges and rewards that are [...]
Our blog has been some what neglected of late as we’ve been frantically busy getting all the December orders made up to be delivered in time for Christmas. This has meant my blogging and garden have taken a back seat. One morning last week I even dragged myself out of bed at 4.30 so as [...]
Even though I’ve lived in Auckland for almost 40 years I’ve never visited any of the off shore islands so when I was invited to check out “Tiri” about 4 weeks ago I jumped at the chance. Brian a friend of mine from Forest & Bird was keen to get back to the island with [...]
It took almost a year for the sparrows to discover the four tui feeders scattered around our lifestyle block but once they did they quickly made up for lost time. When tui are about sparrows are unceremoniously chased off the feeders as tui are very territorial and act like a spoilt child who is unwilling [...]
Normally one of these stained tui feeders would set you back $95.00 plus delivery but here’s your chance to get one FREE. No we’re not mad rather just wanting to spread the word about our “World Famous In New Zealand Tui Feeder” All you have to do is visit the the Garden NZ website home [...]
It goes without saying that the vast majority of tui feeders we make end up hanging in a tree in someone’s garden however occasionally we get a customer who doesn’t have a tree or at least one that’s in the right spot. Often this is due to the fact that they’ve just built and the [...]
A few days back whilst toiling away in my workshop I spotted two kereru or wood pigeons land in a gleditsia tree about 35 metres down the back lawn. At the time I was busy making up tui feeder orders so decided to admire them from a distance and continue with my work. This was [...]
