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January's pest plants of the month Privet trees (tree privet and Chinese privet) are a real nuisance The invasive pair of tree privet ((...

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...

Climbing asparagus is a serious pest plant! It climbs through, up, and over native plants, slowly smothering them. It forms dense mats...

The threat to native trees and bush from English ivy English or common ivy ( Hedera helix ) is often seen in gardens around Auckland...

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...

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...

Following the storm damage in early 2023, there became an obvious need to share information across different groups quickly, so an...

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

Pest Free Kaipātiki are concerned about the environmental impact of the Fast-track Approvals Bill. Make a submission to oppose this Bill

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 make...

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...