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Neighbours getting involved in removing pest plants from each other's properties. This article shares the inspiring story of our volunteer, Sonya English, and her volunteering experience with us as part of our Buffer project in Le Roys Bush. We are incredibly fortunate to live on a property surrounded by native bush and backing onto a beautiful council reserve. Our children have spent years exploring it, and it has always been one of the things we love most about where we l

Chew Card Results Presentation Night 08/09/26 Ngā mihi nui to all our volunteers! Thank you to those who took part in the survey and those who came to the presentation night to see the results. Every year since 2017, monitoring cards have been placed out in 44 different reserves, along 92 different monitoring lines. 2026 was another successful year of data collection, with 36 reserves and 68 lines. Why do we monitor? Monitoring results help to identify current predator re

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 English or common ivy (Hedera helix) is found in many gardens around Auckland and, if kept under...

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

Wild ginger (Hedychium gardnerianum and H. flavescens) does serious damage to our natural areas. It spreads across the ground, chokes out...

Everyone has heard about kauri dieback, but how many of you are familiar with the fiendish organism responsible: Phytophthora...

Though seemingly harmless at a glance, hedgehogs pose a serious threat to the native New Zealand ecosystem. They were introduced in the...

This month's kauri friend is kauri grass/kōkaha ( Astelia trinervia ). Despite its name, kauri grass is not actually a grass but is the...

Pest Free Kaipātiki welcomes you to a community open day on Saturday 13 April! Come for a free coffee* and stay to learn how you can...

The unique wetland ecology of Soldiers Bay has been under serious threat from a range of pest plants and animals. A long-term...

Kauri Glen and Cecil Eady Reserves have a long history of volunteer input. Local volunteers have played a large part in the continued...

One of the many fascinating species associated with kauri trees are kauri orchids, which are found under kauri trees. There are two...

We want to shine a spotlight on one of the amazing species associated with kauri forests: the kauri snail/pūpū-rangi. Kauri...

"Love and learning, the only things worth doing in life.’ What kind of volunteering work do you do? I’ve been a PFK volunteer for about...

This report provides a comprehensive summary of water quality and ecology data generated from monthly water quality and annual ecology...

Kōwhai Genus Sophora Along with pōhukutawa, kōwhai are arguably our most well-loved and well-recognised native flowering plants. A tree...

We are excited to highlight the exceptional efforts of Erica, our dedicated volunteer whose impactful contributions to the community...