Category Archives: Friends of Te Wairoa

Kia ora Friends of the Te Wairoa River! Kids are heading back to school, and you know that means we’re going to remind you to make sure your traps have fresh lures, and bait stations have new bait. The fruits of summer and bird nests are starting to disappear and empty, so our predators are […]

This year in particular is a year where the environment either thanks us, or sighs with exasperation that we are not doing enough. Luckily, we have 27% of landowners in the Wairoa River Catchment onboard with our environmental restoration vision, and we’re fairly confident the environment will be responding positively to our collective efforts and […]

We’re back in your inbox again, because it’s (the end of) school holidays and that means it’s time for another baiting pulse! For those of you who are new to the mailing list, we send out a newsletter five times per year (in line with school holidays) to keep you up to date with our […]

We’re back in your inbox again, because it’s (the end of) school holidays and that means it’s time for another baiting pulse! For those of you who are new to the mailing list, we send out a newsletter five times per year (in line with school holidays) to keep you up to date with our […]

Kia ora to all Friends of the Wairoa River Catchment! In this newsletter we have two stories – concerning ferrets (quite concerning), and concerning willows (contrastingly positive!). Concerning Ferrets Wairoa River catchment records for January… 8 ferrets trapped in one week on Lockwood Road. 9 ferrets from this property in total this month, and one […]

Kia ora to all Friends of the Wairoa River Catchment! Friends of Te Wairoa are closing off on a highly successful year. We have continued to work with you, the landowners, to collectively improve the health of the Wairoa River. Bit by bit we make a difference, as we provide education opportunities and physical resources […]

Kia ora to all Friends of the Wairoa River Catchment! There are many new recipients of this newsletter – welcome! We have recently merged two separate mailing lists. One was minimally used, so has been brought over to this platform. Hopefully, you’ll find the 5 newsletters per year from us of interest! We cover a […]

Kia ora trappers! Term one is already over and we’re back in school holiday mode. It’s a great time to be checking and setting traps, and rebaiting stations. Use the opportunity to get the next generation involved and teach them about safe handling of pest control equipment, and have that conversation about why we do […]

Kia ora trappers! I’m hoping you’ve had a great start to the year, despite the wet weather situation, and are rested and ready to tackle 2023. I know I am! We’ve reached the end of the school holidays, and it’s time to pulse some baiting again. If you don’t bait year-round, pop some bait in […]

Kia ora trappers! Wow, it feels like the world has woken up with the arrival of spring from a long 2.5-year covid-induced slumber. We’ve had some neat events in the past few months, including a Natural Area Restoration Workshop, a follow-up in-field session to see the theory put into practise at Jodie and Steve’s place, […]