Going Batty!

We’re learning all about native pekapeka (bats) at the moment! We’re lucky to have taxidermy pekapeka on loan from the Department of Conservation for a couple of weeks. We also have a bat monitor and we recorded a long-tailed bat at the Waipahihi Botanical Reserve!

Learn more at Toddler Time at the Taupō library at 10:30 on Wednesday March 4th or at the Tūrangi library at 10am (preschoolers) and 11am (school session) on Thursday March 5th.

Check out our pekapeka information, resources, videos, activities and printable word find/crossword/quiz here.

We’ve had fun putting our bat monitor out. We’ve recorded many birds, insects and rats…but also one native long-tailed bat! It’s so cool to know that we have this taonga species right here in Taupō.