

Tomtit in Kaipātiki
Female – note the classy orange boots and the white wing flash. A NZ native White Breasted tomtit or miromiro (Petroica macrocephala) was...
Apr 29, 2020
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Backyard Biodiversity Challenge
The most observed species: The South African mantis (image credits John B., iNaturalist, licence CC BY-NC 4.0) It's been over three weeks...
Apr 29, 2020
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April predator pulse
People at home, already with traps and resources ready to go you should start their pulse in April as usual. Make sure if you use DITRAC...
Apr 1, 2020
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Halo happenings
Two Saturday's prior we had a great day engaging with people in the newly launched halo surrounding Fernglen, Muriel Fisher, Kauri Park...
Apr 1, 2020
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A trailer with the Wow Factor!
You have probably heard that PFK were lucky enough to get funding from Auckland Council for a trailer for use at events and working bee....
Apr 1, 2020
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Virtual volunteer activities in April
Pest Free Kaipāitki are looking for volunteers who can assist us virtually in the month of April. Below are a list of activities that we...
Apr 1, 2020
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Tui Williams joins the team as a new Community Activator
Tui joins the Pest Free Kaipātiki team as PFK's new Community Activator. Tui has a background in community building and engagement. She...
Apr 1, 2020
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Rocking lockdown
Pest Free Kaipātiki and RocksNZ are partnering up to promote the celebration of kauri and an awareness of kauri dieback disease. We are...
Apr 1, 2020
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Tackling pest plants in Kaipatiki through community engagement.
Over the last few months we have been engaging with the community through our Pest Plant Campaign. The aims of the campaign are to raise...
Apr 1, 2020
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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...
Apr 1, 2020
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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...
Mar 17, 2020
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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...
Mar 3, 2020
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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 ...
Mar 2, 2020
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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...
Mar 2, 2020
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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...
Feb 27, 2020
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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...
Feb 14, 2020
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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...
Jan 23, 2020
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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...
Jan 23, 2020
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AMP Working Bee
Thank you to the Communications Team from AMP Financial Services who supported volunteers Keith, Roger and Dennis in Akoranga Reserve...
Dec 16, 2019
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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...
Dec 16, 2019
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