Launching the Forest Recovery Team of Bream Head/Te Whara
With the funding Chairperson Robyn Bigelow & dedicated volunteer Jenny Lawrence gained for Weed Action Whangārei Heads from the Department of Conservation’s Community Funds last year, we were able to engage our community to establish a passionate group of volunteers to combat environmental weeds at Bream Head/Te Whara. Led by two motivated environmental champions: Mike […]
New Year, New Mahi!
Happy new year to our wonderful community, we hope everyone enjoyed the holiday period and had the opportunity to re-charge body and mind. In 2020 we will see Weed Action’s strategic direction re-charged with an opportunity that was granted to us from the Department of Conservation’s Community Funds at the end of 2019. There was […]
Reotahi Working Bee
Mt Aubrey/Reotahi Reserve is one of the four peaks in Whangarei Heads that is recognised as ecologically significant and is a prime example of Northland coastal podocarp broadleaf forest. Unfortunately the forest is becoming increasingly invaded by environmental weeds, with wild ginger, elaeagnus, cotoneaster, woolly nightshade, taiwan cherry amongst some of the worst offenders that […]
Upping the Ante – Stopping the Spread of Tree Privet
Introducing the Parua Bay Privet Buffer It’s with much excitement, Weed Action can now share with residents our not-so-small project that has been in the pipeline for over a year. During the next few months (September – October) we will be in the process of connecting a network of landowners south of Whangarei Heads Road […]
Green Waste Trial Bin at Whangarei Heads Enterprises
Need to get rid of some green waste responsibly? We’ve got you covered! Spring means people get out and into their gardens. In the past that has meant that we start to see more dumping of green waste down roadside banks and into reserves. This dumping is unsightly, and worse than that, often contains the […]
Meet the New Project Coordinator
Introducing Kelly! November marks the start of a new chapter at Weed Action with a new Project Coordinator taking the helm – Kelly Maxwell. Jo Barr, the goddess of strategic weed warfare at the Heads for 3 years, has taken up a position as a Biosecurity Specialist at Northland Regional Council. Much of her new […]
Look out weeds – the kids are coming for you….
The future of our forests are in good hands if the kids of Whangarei Heads School are anything to go by. Last week I spent some time with each class and we talked about the weeds invading one of their favourite places, Fern Valley. We talked about what those weeds would mean for the future […]
Imitation – the sincerest form of flattery!
You know you are on to a good thing when other people start to copy what you are doing! Our community-led Weed Action project is providing inspiration for the Waipu-Mangawhai community to start up a similar project in their neck of the woods. Last weekend Weed Action coordinator Jo Barr ran a workshop for 20 […]
Free Kiwi Link Weed Control Workshop – Sunday August 12th
Are you knee deep in weedy species and not sure of the best tactics to beat the weeds in your neighbourhood? Come along to our weedy workshop focused on giving Kiwi Link landowners the advice and info (and herbicide!) needed to prioritise and tackle weeds as effectively as possible. Thanks to Kiwi Coast and the Kiwi […]
Thanks for using the Community Weed Bin!
Our Community Weed Bin trial is now finished and we are so pleased with how it has worked and how the community has used it, respected the bins purpose and followed the rules. Out of 5 very full bin loads, there has been only a small amount of non-target vegetation, and we only had to […]