The destruction of a wetland at Raumati Beach

Welcome to the Midnight Collective Broadsheet 1

Actively supporting NZ's endangered wetland birds

We are an independent film making Collective who have been recording the wetland wildlife community on the Kapiti Coast NZ, over the past 3 years. Our attention has been centred on a rare unprottected dune lake in Raumati Beach. This is a remarkable survivor of the urbanisation of Kapiti and home to a wide range of water and wading birds. Some of these are rare, including the nationally threatened dabchick, the regionally rare New Zealand scaup  and the critically endangered parera, (pictured), amongst others.

Male PARERA – critically endangered NZ Grey Duck - Raumati Beach, NZ. Early morning Oct 26 2013

Royal Spoonbill - Raumati Beach Dune Lake Dec 8 2013

This wetland is about to be destroyed by an expressway. Midnight Collective have been  monitoring the project, and this broadsheet will introduce the inhabitants  of the wetland and their connections to the wider wetland community, while charting the course of the destruction. A full length feature film is in preparation.