Conservation / September 2025
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Interview with Helen Mechen: Virescent Gardens
- Manawa Karioi Ecological Restoration Project
- Welcome to our Q&A with Helen Mechen, the founder of Virescent Gardens, a native plant nursery nestled in Stokes Valley of Wellington.
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Te Ahi Ka - Loop Track, Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Strong support for Predator Free Wellington among local election candidates
- Predator Free Wellington
- A survey of local election candidates found overwhelming support for Predator Free Wellington. 98% saw biodiversity as central to the city's identity while 86% backed the funding we receive. These numbers echo Wellington City Council surveys which found 98% of Wellingtonians support a predator free city.
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Can New Zealand really go predator free? Wellington shows both the promise and the peril
- Predator Free Wellington
- This article was written by Nikki Macdonald for The Post on 6 September 2025. Predator Free Wellington is showing birds can boom in cities, but the bigger national vision is at a crossroads as Nikki Macdonald reports. When Marcus Hull started monitoring an eight-trap line in Wellington’s Worser Bay, he’d…
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Worser Bay, Marine Parade, Seatoun, Wellington, 6022, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Snap and share: our photography competition
- Predator Free Wellington
- What does a rat free neighbourhood mean to you? We'd love to see! Maybe it's more birds, you and friends out enjoying nature, having a good night's sleep or your fruit trees uneaten by rats. Show us your #LifeWithoutRats. Send us a photo from Wellington that shows what a rat free neighbourhood means. Our…
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