Conservation / April 2025
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Upper Hutt's First-Ever E-Day: A Community Recycling Event!
- Upper Hutt City Council
- We’re thrilled to partner with Echo, New Zealand's largest e-waste recycling company, to bring you Upper Hutt's first E-Day event! This event offers a convenient and environmentally responsible way to recycle your unwanted electronics. Join us for a drive-through event that makes recycling easy and accessible for everyone!
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Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5218, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Upper Hutt gets involved with the Caps and Lids Recycling Scheme
- Upper Hutt City Council
- Did you know that one in 10 pieces of litter consists of caps and lids? To tackle this, the Caps and Lids Recycling Programme was launched in September 2024, with the goal of recovering these small items and helping protect the environment.
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Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5218, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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How we keep improving
- Predator Free Wellington
- We’re experts in urban rat removal but when we first started, no one had successfully removed rats from an entire suburb or city. We learnt lots from island eradications but also knew that engaging the community was essential. As our project has developed we have kept trying new things to make our work…
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Turning over a new leaf (or not)
- Zealandia
- In some parts of the world, autumn is a time when the hillsides become resplendent in oranges, reds, and yellows before all the leaves fall from the trees. By losing their leaves, trees can conserve ...
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Early morning melodies
- Zealandia
- With the mornings getting darker and darker, we’re more likely to be awake to hear the manu/birds singing at dawn. This early-bird behaviour is thought to happen for territory defence and attracting ...
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Take action for nature: looking for leaks
- Zealandia
- We all need freshwater to survive, and the health of our freshwater ultimately determines how healthy we are as people. One way we can look after our freshwater is by looking after the whole ...
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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A freshwater journey
- Zealandia
- Over the last few years, we have been focusing on restoring our freshwater ecosystems. From creating a safer environment by removing invasive species and bringing in endangered species to ...
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Coming together for kai
- Zealandia
- In autumn and winter, you may see flocks consisting of multiple species, like pōpokotea/whitehead, pīwakawaka/fantail, riroriro/grey warbler, and tīeke/saddleback, all foraging together. These ...
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Don’t sit on the fence
- Zealandia
- The Zealandia fence has protected vulnerable native wildlife in our capital city for over 25 years, and we need your help to ensure this protection continues. It takes a community of support ...
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Can Wellington be predator free?
- Predator Free Wellington
- This article was written by Kasey McDonnell for threesixtysix on 24 March 2024. Predator Free's work carries an inspiring lesson: dedicated communities can make impossible visions real. The other morning, I struggled through the bushy Town Belt. A field operator named Keaton was taking me to a nearby bait…
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From Risk to Resilience: Suncorp Steps Up
- Manawa Karioi Ecological Restoration Project
- In recent years a group of over 20 old pine trees at Manawa Karioi were beginning to show signs of collapse and both the Tapu-Te-Ranga Trust and the Manawa Karioi Society had become concerned about the risk that these trees posed to people visiting Manawa Karioi.
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Te Ahi Ka - Loop Track, Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Te Herenga Waka community supports tuatara research at Zealandia
- Victoria University of Wellington
- More than 700 people from the Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington alumni community attended a friends and family event on Saturday 22 March.
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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