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65 issues of the monthly eNews.
Planting days, bird counts, events, volunteer stories and ways to help.
Subscribe20266 issues
- JuneHave You Seen a Matuku-hūrepo? · Memorandum of Understanding renewal with The Forest Bridge Trust · Thank you Judith Williams Trust · Monthly Spotlight: Volunteers at Huawai Bay
- MayUpcoming Events · Fernbirds Heard at Te Muri Estuary · Growing Our Restoration Team · Monthly Spotlight: Blue Star Group Donation
- AprilIntroducing Maxine Finlay · Mahurangi Estates Ltd Donation · Volunteer Support & Volunteer Planting Coordinator Position
- MarchFarewell Nada · Nature Walk · Trailer needed
- FebruaryResignations & New Appointments · Regional Park Buffer Zone Contract
- JanuaryHuawei Bay Reforestation Project · EcoFest – Sustainable Living Event · Calling on Paper Road Volunteers · Mahurangi West Pest’s 60th Edition!
202512 issues
- DecemberSpecial Edition
- NovemberPaper Rd Volunteers Gift 64 Hours · Tui Tops Spring Bird Counts
- OctoberOur [Joint] Annual Event a Success! · Paper Road Volunteer Planting Day [Sunday, 9 November]
- SeptemberOur CRG and MWP Annual Event will be fun for everyone! · Online Toxin Talk (from Restore Rodney East) · Remediation and Biodiversity
- AugustCalling for planting volunteers for Saturday, 6 September · Report on August 9 Planting Day (Cnr Opahi Bay and Jamieson Bay Roads) · Date set for our joint CRG & MWP Annual Event ( Sunday 12 October )
- JulyKikuyu Lacks Biodiversity! [Calling on volunteers to transform an overgrown site] · Five Years Of Council Support · Volunteering For The Birds
- JuneNZ-Made Herbicide Gel Pens An Alterntive To Spraying Weeds
- May
- AprilVolunteers On A Mission
- March
- FebruaryOne-Hour Weed Cafe Schedule · Asparagus Fern Control Update · Volunteering Can Slow How You Age · Donations to MWP
- January
202412 issues
- DecemberDonations / Regular Payments (how you can help MWP reach its goals) · [Auckland] Council’s Northern Team Visit (to Mahurangi West) · Kaka At Gemini Golf · Annual Report July 2023 to June 2024
- NovemberSociety Member Rosanna Whaanga · Are you passionate about plants? [join our team as planting coordinator]
- October
- SeptemberBuffer zone asparagus fern update · Generosity Corner, Warkworth, thanked for its donations to MWP
- AugustBittern Monitoring Event At Hall [ Sunday, 8 September ]
- JulyCouncil Renews Coordinator Wage · Update on our Bat Research · Controlling Wild Ginger (plus Buffer Zone update)
- JuneEnviro Expo a Huge Success · How to Dig Out Asparagus Fern (roots ‘n all) · Esplanade Reserve Planting (Sunday June 9)
- MayEnviroExp (Saturday 22 June) – sponsored by Restore Rodney East & The Forest Bridge Trust · First Quarter Bird Counts · Planting Morning & BBQ (Sunday 9 June) · Join Dotterel Protectors In Spring?
- April(Report on) Informative Community BBQ · Massive Attack on Bay’s Weeds (Jamieson Bay Esplanade Reserve)
- MarchRestore Rodney East (RRE) hosts us at the A&P Show · One Date Two Events coming up ( 14th April – Weedathon / CRG MWP joint events)
- FebruaryFind Us At The Show
- January
202312 issues
- DecemberFoundation North (Grant) Opportunity · Live Captures with Tāwhiti (smart cages)
- NovemberBuffer Zone Weedathon (winners)
- October3 EVENTS (for November): · Buffer Zone Weed Liaison Update
- SeptemberBreaking news from Foundation North – Grant for $11,439 · Look out for endangered Green Mistletoe (Pirita) · Rare sighting of the Matuku-Hurepo (Australasian Bittern)
- AugustRodney Community Board Assistance · Regional Park Buffer Zone update · Roadside Planting Bee (corner Mahurangi West and Opahi Bay Rds) · The Forest Bridge Trust lends a hand (with native seedlings)
- JulyPlanting Bee Reminder – Cnr Opahi Bay and Mahurangi West Rds – Sunday 20 August · The Gift that Grows – Surplus Mānuka Seedlings · Helping Nature and People Thrive (Ministry of the Environment) · The Forest Bridge Trust (acknowledgment)
- JuneOur environment project matters (support from Restore Rodney East) · Sunday 20 August – put it in your diary – Our Next Planting Bee
- MayHugh Kininmonth – Our (new) Bullock Track Coordinator · Bats Prefer Old Trees With Cavities (100 years old is best!) · Sign up to Restore Rodney East news & events
- AprilBuffer Zone Assessments / Update · Wanted – A Mavic drone volunteer
- MarchBuffer Zone around the Regional Park – update on assessing weed infestations.
- FebruaryReminder for Saturday 4th : Joint Community BBQ with the Mahurangi West Community Response Group · Asparagus control work continues …
- JanuaryCommunity Event Saturday 4 March · First dotterel chick in decades
202212 issues
- December2022 Facts and Figures · New Trail Cameras Calibrated · Bat Research Team Update
- NovemberMost common birds tauhou (silvereye) and tui · More on Regional Park’s buffer zone weed control · Kids’ Christmas gift book idea (It’s my egg and you can’t have it!)
- OctoberUpdated new look, logo and name for Mahurangi West Pest · Biggest turnout for our October Weedathon on Opahi Rd/Mahurangi West Rd/Corner site · Introduction to our new Weed Control & Planting Programme Coordinator – Gay Miers · Buffer Zone spraying starts in November 2022
- SeptemberWeed-a-thon on Saturday 8 October 9am to Noon · Seeking a Weed Control Coordinator (or combined role with Planting Coordination) · MWP launches its first Annual Report · An update on the Buffer Programme for control of asparagus weed
- AugustMWP – A booming success – thanking our donors · Breaking news – we now have our own bank account · Construction materials from ITM Warkworth (timber) and PLYMAN, Henderson (plywood)
- JulyNatives replace pest weeds in Jamieson Bay · Celebrating Matariki with kūtai mussel regeneration · Working together for success … Mahu West Pest making a difference
- JuneSunday 3 July Planting Event has been postponed (until the plants arrive…) · Celebrating National Volunteer Week 19-25 June and calling for MORE volunteers · Keeping up-to-date with bat tech information thanks to biology student Loretta Steele
- MayNew birds counted this quarter · Jamieson Bay to encourage biodiversity · Events: Sunday 3 July Planting Bee on Jamieson Bay foreshore
- AprilSightings of Red-Crowned Kākāriki · A Kereru Chick Caught on Video, by Mike Jenkin
- MarchThe Pekapeka Report · Jamieson Bay’s foreshore to get a makeover · Mook Hohneck, Chair of Ngati Manuhiri’s recent visit · Ann McShane’s great photo of the NZ forest gecko
- FebruaryWorld Expert’s BATS 101 seminar a hit! · Pest Plants on MWP’s Website
- JanuaryBats In Your Belfry? – Research Grant for Bat Research · Joining Forces for Nature Conservation – The Forest Bridge Trust and MWP collaboration
202111 issues
- DecemberWrap for the Year from the Chair · A Year of Bird Counts
- NovemberHigh-vis vests and more from Auckland Council
- OctoberCombating invasive weeds – Jamieson Bay volunteers’ Weedathon · This month’s pest plant – Cape Ivy · Incorporation news flash
- SeptemberArea 4 : North of Mahurangi West Road · Plant Pest – Climbing Asparagus · Bird Count Update – Cuckoos fly in …
- AugustMeet Mahu West Pest’s youngest volunteer Cameron Davey – and a call out for more volunteers · Flooding risk significantly reduced in Opahi Bay – Mahu West Pest initiative · This month’s plant pest is the Monkey Apple · Bird counts last month included New Zealand indigenous parrot – the kaka
- JulyFight for the Wild · Volunteers Staying Safe · Sedges for Wetlands · Pest Plant – Cotoneaster
- JuneEvery donation helps the cause … · New Community Position · Planting at Te Muri · Plant Pest – Tradescantia (Wandering Willie)
- MayPest Plant – South American Pampas · Weed Eradication update · eBirders Update
- AprileBirders Update with Auckland Council Ranger · Planting Co-ordinator role · Community Event – Forest & Bird support · Pest Plant – Old Man’s Beard
- FebruaryCommunity Event – Mahurangi West Community Response Group and Mahu West Pest · Donated Plants – Higgins Contractors Ltd.
- JanuaryHistory of Mahu West Pest volunteers group · Bird Monitoring with Takatu Landcare