News & Articles

Apr 1, 2020

Protecting kauri during COVID-19

Kauri heroes right down to their boots. Social distancing, quarantine and isolation are no stranger to our magnificent kauri trees as a...

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Mar 17, 2020

COVID-19 Update - 17 March 2020

Need to self-isolate? Seen everything on Netflix? Scoured TVNZ on demand, and read everything twice? Then have we got a suggestion for...

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Mar 3, 2020

Volunteer activities in March

Pest Free Kaipaitki are looking for volunteers who can assist us in the month of March with a number of great events. Kauri Park School...

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Mar 2, 2020

Alex Knight joins the team as a new Restoration Advisor

Alex joins the Pest Free Kaipātiki team straight off the back of completing his PhD in wildlife epidemiology. His research focused on ...

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Mar 2, 2020

Welcome to our new Restoration Assistant Jeremiah (Jem) Raffills

Jeremiah (or Jem) is a student at the University of Auckland studying Ecology, specializing in Biosecurity and Conservation. Jem has a...

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Feb 27, 2020

Meet Nic Charlton, our new Pest Plant Campaign Coordinator

Pest Free Kaipātiki welcomes our new Pest Plant Campaign Coordinator Nic Charlton. Nic comes to us with a background in Ecology, with a...

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Feb 14, 2020

Trees are grasping for water

You may have noticed that many of the street trees in our area are looking worse for wear as the effects of this hot and dry period take...

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Jan 23, 2020

I AM KAURI on facebook

I AM KAURI has just joined facebook and you can now be their friend and share stories. For over 2,000 years our friend I AM Kauri has...

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Jan 23, 2020

First Stage of the Pest Plant Campaign 2020

Our volunteers are starting a door to door letter-drop campaign to encourage weed removal on private properties around bush reserves in...

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Dec 16, 2019

AMP Working Bee

Thank you to the Communications Team from AMP Financial Services who supported volunteers Keith, Roger and Dennis in Akoranga Reserve...

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Dec 16, 2019

Photos from the Birkenhead Santa Parade

Thank you to the amazing volunteers of Rotary Birkenhead and special guest Santa for holding the iconic Birkenhead Village Santa Parade...

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Dec 7, 2019

GIFT A BIG NATIVE TREE THIS CHRISTMAS

The team at Pest Free Kaipaitki have come up with a great Christmas gift idea for you that supports nesting and food source for birds....

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Nov 28, 2019

Helpers needed for targeted letter drop this summer

This summer, Pest Free Kaipātiki plans to deliver letters to 12,000 properties across Kaipātiki in streets where our target pest plant...

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Oct 11, 2019

Call for nominations for election to the Governing Board of Pest Free Kaipātiki Restoration Society

Pest Free Kaipātiki Restoration Society (PFK) is holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Monday, 11 November at the Northcote...

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Oct 11, 2019

Street Champions Get Together

In celebration of the launch of our first three Ecological Halos in Kaipatiki we held our first every Street Champions event on the 3rd...

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Oct 11, 2019

All you need is LOVE!

Thank you to the amazing team at Naylor Love who worked so hard in Spinalla Reserve in Bayview. They cleared an amazing 11 giant black...

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Oct 11, 2019

$9 million to improve tracks in Kaipatiki

If you've been following local conservation news lately you would have probably heard that $9 million is to be spent on track upgrades,...

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Sep 26, 2019

Citizen Science 2019 - Freshwater

Finally all the results of August’s Citizen Science Month are in! A big thank you to all the volunteers who got involved and monitored...

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Sep 26, 2019

Citizen Science Month 2019 - Bird Counts Kaipatiki

Finally all the results of August’s Citizen Science Month are in! A big thank you to all the volunteers who got involved and monitored...

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Sep 26, 2019

Citizen Science 2019 - Recognising & Reporting Pest Plants

Finally all the results of August’s Citizen Science Month are in! A big thank you to all the volunteers who got involved and monitored...

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