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Before humans set foot on the landscape, Hillcrest would have been covered in lush forests, with giants like Kauri, broadleaved...

July's pest plant of the month! Agapanthus spreading and surrounding a native tree Why is agapanthus harmful, and does it matter if...

A dense stand of wild ginger in flower Warning: do not try to eat wild ginger. Apparently, it tastes horrible! Wild ginger does serious...

woolly nightshade showing flower buds and berries Although it may sound quite cute, there is nothing cuddly about the woolly nightshade....

Charlie Brown Pest Free Kaipātiki Citizen Science Reporter Fiona Smal, Senior Restoration Advisor and Tamilla Todd, Intern, analysing...

Pampas grass is a really tough pest plant which can bully our native plants...

March's pest plant of the month is Madeira vine Flowering Madeira vine, beginning to strangle red matipo (Myrsine australis). Madeira...

Did you know we have wetlands in Kaipātiki? Wetlands act like the kidneys of the earth, cleaning the water that flows into them. They...

February's pest plant of the month Flowers and leaves of blue morning glory a.k.a. blue bindweed Blue morning glory, Ipomoea indica , may...

Comparison of Tree Privet (Ligustrum lucidum) on the left and Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinense) on the right, highlighting their...

December's pest plant of the month This month we feature two plants: kaihua, the native New Zealand jasmine and the pest plant Japanese...

Photo: Trevor James   Moth plant is a serious pest!   Moth plant ( Araujia hortorum ) is a climbing vine with bell-shaped flowers native...

Angela Mueller Biodiversity Educator Kaipātiki students are stepping up as environmental champions, learning hands-on restoration skills...

Volunteer with Pest Free Kaipātiki and . . . Connect with your neighbours and the environment, Help Protect our local biodiversity by...

An area of bush infested with climbing asparagus Climbing asparagus is a serious pest plant! It climbs through, up, and over native...

An area smothered with English ivy The threat to native trees and bush from English ivy English ivy growing up a pohutukawa English or...

Thank you to all those who attended our AGM on Tuesday 15 October. We are incredibly proud of what we have achieved together in this past...

Don’t let its looks deceive you. It may look delicate, but Jasminum polyanthum smothers other plants, blocks out native seedlings, and...

Pest Free Kaipātiki’s annual chew card campaign is the largest urban reserve monitoring survey of its kind in Auckland. Starting on 26...

Difficult to get rid of, spreads easily, and stops our precious native plants from establishing: Agapanthus ticks all the boxes for our...