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Our Tuna Swims into the International Science Festival!
Also, Channel 9 interviewed Jenny Nielson about Velvet’s part in the International Science Festival. Check it...
Chica Jo
Aug 3, 20121 min read
Kaikoura Kids Jump In!
Sweet-as! Love that koura K! Thanks for joining in to the Tuna Tapestry! Great work.
Chica Jo
Jun 10, 20121 min read
Grey Star Shines with Tuna Article
Kia ora fellow Tuna lovers. My friend Kim McPherson in Hokitika just sent this along to share: Grey Star June 7, 2012 ...
Chica Jo
Jun 10, 20121 min read
Kids First Lincoln Tote Taniwha Tuna for Community to See!
…And here is what KidsFirst Linclon kindergarten teacher,Jeanne Williams, had to share about her kids’ taking leading roles as kaitiaka...
Chica Jo
Jun 9, 20121 min read
Tales of Canterbury and Beyond…
Our dear travelling tuna has been so busy we can’t even keep up with her as she is getting around all over on the South Island. Thanks...
Chica Jo
Jun 9, 20121 min read
Swimming the Waikato!
Kia ora korua, Just a note to say all went really well with Velvet over the weekend. We were able to display about 40 metres of her...
Chica Jo
May 26, 20121 min read
EELS on Radio New Zealand!
Kudos to Lois Williams’ recent reporting on the critical state of New Zealand’s longfin eel. Please give her story your ears for a few...
Chica Jo
Apr 30, 20121 min read
Jaguar Crosses University of Arizona Campus
This past Saturday was a gorgeous late-spring day in the Old Pueblo. A fine day for Arizona State Museum’s “Culture Craft Saturday” that...
Chica Jo
Apr 30, 20121 min read
Something Fishy at Nelson’s Provincial Museum
Thanks to Debbie-Daniell Smith J (Arts and Heritage Adviser) and Jo Martin (Environmental Education Adviser) and many others Velvet was...
Chica Jo
Apr 25, 20122 min read
Our Cat at Patagonia’s Earth Fest!
Patagonia community members say “for bringing the Jaguar Tapestry to its home range in Patagonia!” Thanks to Yosef Funke and Carolyn...
Chica Jo
Apr 25, 20121 min read
VELVET IS OVER 100 METRES!
Talk about a taniwha! Thanks to D.O.C.-Te papa Atawhai Ranger, Trudi Ngawhare, Tairawhiti Enviroschools with DOC in Gisborne, and lots...
Chica Jo
Apr 18, 20122 min read
From Patagonia to Patagonia…..
Last week some Patagonia, AZ first and second graders pondered how the current range of the jaguar is from Patagonia the country, near...
Chica Jo
Apr 12, 20121 min read
Return to the Wild West Coast!
Kim McPherson, the energetic and super-busy manager of Hokitika’s National Kiwi Centre, “What a day that was when I drove back up to...
Chica Jo
Apr 2, 20122 min read
From the Deep South…
Here are the thoughtful words Patricia Hoffmann, Living Streams Project Manager & Environmental Education Officer, shared about Velvet’s...
Chica Jo
Apr 2, 20121 min read
Our Eel Swims to Auckland’s Zoo!
Yes, our Travelling Tuna Tapestry found her way to the big city and was welcomed there by the Auckland Zoo before heading off to the...
Chica Jo
Mar 22, 20121 min read
Eel Runs Triathlon!
Well, Velvet wasn’t actually in the race but she was excitedly paraded along the Waihopai River at the start of Environment Southland’s...
Chica Jo
Mar 21, 20121 min read
Velvet Stretches Around Whangerei Town Basin
Thanks to the great organizing skills and creative ideas of Kim Jones, the National Coordinator for the Whitebait Connection, Velvet...
Chica Jo
Mar 20, 20121 min read
175 Foot Giant Jaguar Seen on A-Mountain Today!!!
With the help over 50 friends, neighbors, and volunteers WE DID IT! We carried the jaguar and all its glorious biodiversity up and down...
Chica Jo
Jan 8, 20122 min read
A Panel for the Underfrogs!
I was speechless today when the Fed-Ex guy arrived with a new Sewing Spots Together panel freshly made over the holidays by Nathalie Aall...
Chica Jo
Jan 5, 20121 min read
“Hey mom, if a jaguar and an allosaurus got into a fight, who would win”?
The Tucson Children’s Museum not only displayed Sewing Spots Together last week, but the young visitors created a whole new panel for the...
Chica Jo
Jan 5, 20121 min read
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