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Mana Island heritage peach trees
- Friends of Mana Island
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Mana Island, Moki Street, Titahi Bay, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5022, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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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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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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Stoat detector dog gives Miramar a clean bill of health
- Predator Free Wellington
- This article was written by Justin Wong for The Post on 30 July 2025. Wero the dog and his best friend Brad Windust have just completed a sweep of the Miramar Peninsula and Mt Victoria looking for signs of unwanted stoats and weasels. They were pleased to have picked up none at this check, but Windust said…
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Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Insights from the 2025 Bush Bird Survey
- Manawa Karioi Ecological Restoration Project
- We're excited to share the fascinating results of the 2025 Bush Bird Survey, conducted on June 29th and 30th, 2025, at Manawa Karioi! This year's survey provides valuable insights into the birdlife thriving within our cherished reserve.
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Te Ahi Ka - Loop Track, Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Manawa Karioi Bush Bird Survey
- Manawa Karioi Ecological Restoration Project
- Join us for a fun, family-friendly afternoon helping count manu as part of the NZ Garden Bird Survey, now in its 18th year! Together, we’ll build a picture of the birds living in and around 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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Predator Free Wellington and Wellington City Council win Supreme Award at Local Government Excellence Awards
- Predator Free Wellington
- Predator Free Wellington and Wellington City Council have won the Supreme Award at the LGFA Taituarā Local Government Excellence Awards held at Tākina Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre this evening. The LGFA Taituarā Local Government Excellence Awards celebrate programmes, projects, and approaches…
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Tākina - Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Sealing Up The Edges of the Forest
- Manawa Karioi Ecological Restoration Project
- Planting a forest is a fairly complicated process, but once you understand the stages, it's not too daunting.
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Te Ahi Ka - Loop Track, Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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A Special Working Bee – Garden Bird Survey at Manawa Karioi
- Manawa Karioi Ecological Restoration Project
- Sunday 29 June, 1pm–3pm June’s last Working Bee will be a little different – instead of our usual planting and track maintenance, we’ll be turning our eyes and ears to the sky! Manawa Karioi is taking part in the New Zealand Garden Bird Survey, a nationwide project that helps track bird populations across Aotearoa.
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Te Ahi Ka - Loop Track, Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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20 years (on and off) with Manawa Karioi
- Manawa Karioi Ecological Restoration Project
- Written by Vanessa Patea When I first moved to Wellington at the start of the millennium, I discovered nestled in the hills of Island Bay, an improbable wooden building called Tapu Te Ranga Marae.
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Te Ahi Ka - Loop Track, Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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After the Storm: New Life on the Slopes of Manawa Karioi
- Manawa Karioi Ecological Restoration Project
- The big storm that rolled into Wellington in early May caused minor damage at 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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The Wrap Up (Term 2, Week 2, 2025)
- Wellington High School
- Ascend to magnificent heights on a stunning trip to Nepal. As Winter sports get underway, cheer on our competitive teams. Make a positive environmental impact by participating in the school's recycling and composting endeavours. This and much more in this week's Wrap Up.
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Wellington High School, Taranaki Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The Wrap Up (Term 2, Week 2, 2025)
- Wellington High School
- Ascend to magnificent heights on a stunning trip to Nepal. As Winter sports get underway, cheer on our competitive teams. Make a positive environmental impact by participating in the school's recycling and composting endeavours. This and much more in this week's Wrap Up.
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Wellington High School, Taranaki Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Predator Free Wellington faces $1.75m annual shortfall
- Predator Free Wellington
- This article was written by Kate Green for RNZ on 8 May 2025. Predator Free Wellington is facing a shortfall of $1.75 million annually, largely due to a decrease in government funding from next year. The group has successfully eradicated rats from the Miramar peninsula and turned its attention toward the…
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Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Ngaio Community Recycling
- Ngaio Progressive Association
- Ngaio community recycling this Saturday!, and first Saturday each month (except January). Come and have a chat with us and recycle! The post Ngaio Community Recycling appeared first on Ngaio Crofton Downs Residents Association.
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Ngaio, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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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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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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The Tale of Rejected Tetrapaks
- Ngaio Progressive Association
- Before the March recycling day, I sent out messages saying that at the Ngaio Recycling Days, we are moving to only accepting tetrapaks which have been cut, opened flat and washed clean. Thank you to everyone who received the message … Continue reading →
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Ngaio, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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New World Thorndon Introduces New Recycling Programme
- Thorndon Residents Assocation
- New World Thorndon has started a recycling programme for plastic and metal lids that can’t go into normal recycling bins, and there are specialist bins to take these at the entrance to the supermarket.
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Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Ngaio Recycling
- Ngaio Progressive Association
- This month we avoided sending to landfill: – 29kg of tetrapaks – 32kg of plastic lids – 21kg of metal lid – 12.5kg of batteries – 1.8kg Colgate packaging – 1.9kg of medecine blister packs – 3.7 kg of Nespresso … Continue reading →
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Ngaio, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The Wrap Up (Term 1, Week 1, 2025)
- Wellington High School
- Welcome back to the first Wrap Up of 2025. We've had an eventful week celebrating new students and staff and sharing kai at Pōwhiri. Check out the variety of itinerant music opportunities for students to engage in and get involved in Shakespeare 2025. Warm up your pedals for the Bike Challenge and support our recycling initiative. This and much more in this week's Wrap Up.
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Wellington High School, Taranaki Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The Wrap Up (Term 1, Week 1, 2025)
- Wellington High School
- Welcome back to the first Wrap Up of 2025. We've had an eventful week celebrating new students and staff and sharing kai at Pōwhiri. Check out the variety of itinerant music opportunities for students to engage in and get involved in Shakespeare 2025. Warm up your pedals for the Bike Challenge and support our recycling initiative. This and much more in this week's Wrap Up.
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Wellington High School, Taranaki Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Ngaio recycling – blister packs
- Ngaio Progressive Association
- From this month (Saturday 1 February), we are going to run a trial to see what demand there is for recycling the blister packs used for packaging tablets. If you have blister packs at home waiting for a solution – … Continue reading →
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Ngaio, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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DNA unravelling rat populations
- Predator Free Wellington
- This story was taken from our 2023/24 impact report . Genetic sequencing data of the last remaining rats on the Miramar Peninsula helps us understand the local rat population, and gives us a snapshot into the effectiveness of our biosecurity efforts. This genomic study, the first of its kind in a New Zealand…
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Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Recycling – Restarting on 1 February
- Ngaio Progressive Association
- Saturday 1 February will be our first recycling day of the year – 10am to noon at Ngaio Union Church, Crofton Road. Below is a refresher on the items that we collect, and a couple of requests to make the … Continue reading →
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Ngaio, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Biosecurity remains top of mind for residents
- Predator Free Wellington
- This story was taken from our 2023/24 impact report . The Miramar community are essential for spotting rat invaders; they are our constant eyes and ears on the ground. Reporting possible rat activity is quick and easy, and for residents of Miramar it’s a natural expression of kaitiakitanga (guardianship).
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Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Predator Free Wellington aim for pest-free Newtown, Ōwhiro Bay in 2025
- Predator Free Wellington
- This article was written by Nick James for RNZ on 28 December 2024. Predator Free Wellington (PFW) is aiming for a pest-free Newtown and Ōwhiro Bay by the end of 2025. The push is part of the group's wider project that aims to eliminate pests across the entire Wellington region. The project is split into…
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Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Predator Free Wellington aim for pest-free Newtown, Ōwhiro Bay in 2025
- Predator Free Wellington
- This article was written by Nick James for RNZ on 28 December 2024. Predator Free Wellington (PFW) is aiming for a pest-free Newtown and Ōwhiro Bay by the end of 2025. The push is part of the group's wider project that aims to eliminate pests across the entire Wellington region. The project is split into…
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Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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