Friends of Kawaka Reserve Walkway

05/06/2026

Free kowhai seedlings at Auckland Botanic Gardens!

27/05/2026

Not quite a stoat, but a rat will do! He must be sick of the rat bait and lure in the rat trap right next to the stoat trap!
Nothing quite like an egg….

27/05/2026

Our annual planting day is coming up soon, 13th June. We have a few hundred plants to get into the ground in our recently cleared area! Come and join us. Spades provided and refreshments afterward. If you have gumboots, you'll need them 😁

19/05/2026

Getting ready for planting day on the 13th June. Site is fairly clear now.

Also had a couple of successes in the trapping department! Been a while since we have caught any possums.

We now have a stoat trap installed also, so that will be interesting!

02/05/2026

02/05/2026

Great session this morning down at the reserve. We are working our way towards the southern end of the stream, clearing out either side and removing lots of huge woolly nightshade (aka to***co plant), Taiwan cherry, some ginger, arum and black taro. See before and after photos.

The stream is now cleared of debris and logs so the water is flowing much better for our resident eels.

Great work team!

Planting date 13th June.

14/04/2026

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The Waitakere Ranges are precious.  They provide Auckland with fresh air and clean water.  They provide us with serenity and artistic inspiration.  They have been described as “the lungs of Tamaki Makaurau” and Te Wao Nui o Tiriwa is a very effective sequesterer of carbon.  T...