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Thank you to all those who were involved in the chew card campaign this year! Link to the running pest abundance maps from 2017 to 2021....

Left: rewarewa flowers, middle: rewarewa tree, right: rewarewa flower buds, if you look closely you can see the flower closest to the...

September's pest plant of the month The threat to native trees and bush from English ivy English or common ivy (Hedera helix) is often...

Participate this August and September 2021. Pulse to help our environment WIN and perhaps take home a prize yourself! In a nutshell - If...

Kūmerahou Pomaderris kumerahou Also known as gumdiggers soap, kūmerahou is a native shrub endemic to the top half of the North Island....

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

It's the perfect season for native plantings. Get those gumboots out and join in one or more of the local events coming up in Kaipatiki....

July's pest plant of the month Difficult to get rid of, spreads easily, and stops our precious native plants from establishing is why...

Whether it's weekly on a Monday morning, once a month in response to a reported weed, or as part of the massive moth plant hunt, the pest...

Warning: do not try to eat wild ginger. Apparently it tastes horrible! Another reason to dislike this pest plant. Additionally, it does...

Huge effort from volunteers to control moth plant this April The Massive Moth Plant Hunt challenge during April helped to tackle one of...

Be part of the global City Nature Challenge Join in a global biodiversity survey by adding to the PFK Nature Challenge and the Auckland...

Although it may sound quite cute, there is nothing cuddly about the woolly nightshade. Like much of the nightshade family, it is...

In April 2021, a second round of applications for VIP grants opens. Pest Free Kaipatiki have been granted funding thanks to the Kaipatiki...

Thanks to the Auckland Council and Park Ranger Dan Marrow for sharing this with our PFK network, please see the details below for free...

Biodiversity is a beautiful and sometimes surprising thing. Here in New Zealand we have a wealth of unusual, special taonga or treasured...

Bag some moth plant pods and bag a free native plant Register here to take part Across the Kaipātiki area, horrible moth plant is...

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

Myrtle rust is a wind borne fungal disease that severely attacks iconic plants in the myrtle family including pōhutukawa, mānuka and...

Visit to Kauri Point Centennial Park & Chatswood Reserve In early November, Restoration Advisor Nic Charlton visited the volunteers of...