Maternity colony (bats) Maternity colony (bats) A maternity colony refers to a temporary association of reproductive female bats for giving birth to, nursing, and weaning their pups. The colonies are initiated by pregnant bats. After giving birth, the colony consists of the lactating females and their offspring. After weaning, juveniles will leave the maternity colony, and the colony itself will break apart. The size of a maternity colony is highly variable by species, with some species forming colonies consisting of ten or fewer individuals, while the largest maternity colony in the world in Bracken Cave is estimated to have over 15 million bats.
BATS Theatre by Makerita Urale, "Banging Cymbal, Clanging Gong" (2002) by Jo Randerson, "Vula" (2002) by Dianna Fuemana, "And What Remains" (2006) by Miria George and "" (2008) by Kip Chapman. "Krishnan's Dairy" by Jacob Rajan premiered at BATS in 1997 and is being adapted into a feature film. Other successful New Zealand names in theatre and comedy have presented early works at BATS, including Flight of the Conchords, Duncan Sarkies, Rhys Darby, So You're a Man, The Naked Samoans and Maori playwrights Hone Kouka and Riwia Brown. The comedy play "Benedict Cumberbatch Must Die" written by Abby Howells, premiered at BATS