Wanted! Your moth plant pods! Back by popular demand there is now a skip located at Parua Bay Community Centre for you to get rid of your pesky pods. And to dangle a carrot we're giving away 1st, 2nd and 3rd vouchers to Parua Bay Pub for those of you who post pictures of your piles of … [Read more...]
What's New
Whaka ora Reotahi – A Native Habitat Restoration Project
On February 10th we launched Whaka ora Reotahi - A Native Habitat Restoration Project. The project provides the opportunity to make a concerted effort to remove large areas of environmental weeds that are choking and smothering the Reotahi maunga. Whaka ora Reotahi is a collaboration between … [Read more...]
Annual Report Synopsis 2020-2021
We continue to be guided by our mission for Whangārei Heads to be free of invasive exotic plants that threaten the natural systems and the indigenous ecology of the area. Aligned with this mission we became a Charitable Trust and renamed ourselves Weed Action Native Habitat Restoration Trust. … [Read more...]
FREE Invasive Weed Disposal – Community Weed Amnesty
* Note; this service is available to Whangarei Heads Residents only* Weed Action is trying to make it as easy as possible for you to take action against weeds. Following the success of our previous weed amnesty initiatives, here's another to help motivate our community. After all, what better time … [Read more...]
Bi Annual Newsletter January – June 2020
Want in on the Action?! Here’s what’s been happening in the world of weeds at the Heads… Supporting Landowners and Volunteers In January, another annual event was conducted for residents with the invasive ground cover Tradescantia fluminensis to collect their own population of bio-control … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 who has been the goddess of strategic weed warfare at the Heads for 3 years, has taken up a position as Biosecurity Specialist at Northland Regional … [Read more...]
