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Community conservation in action. Help us save Coromandel kiwi
VOLUNTEER spotlight! Jeremy Scott donates his time VOLUNTEER spotlight! Jeremy Scott donates his time to our Coromandel Backyard Trapping Project, part of a team of volunteers who are servicing the traps around backyards in town. His patch covers boundaries of the Coromandel Golf Club, helping to protect rare birds like pāteke who have made their home in front of the 6th Tee! Let's go behind the scenes with the five quick questions challenge for Jeremy.. 1. What is most satisfying about backyard trapping? Knowing that every catch will help give our vulnerable native species a better chance of survival. 2. We hear golf is your passion - what creatures have you encountered while playing a round of golf or checking the traps? At the Coromandel Golf Club, you'll often encounter Kererū, Tūī and our resident Pāteke (Brown Teal). Cute little Piwakawaka (Fantail) will follow you around the golf course while Pīpīwharauroa (Shining cuckoo) pop in over the spring/summer 3. Favourite snacks to take out? I'm a big fan of food and don't like being separated from my lunch but if we have to part company for any length of time, I'll slip an OSM Bar into my back pocket. That'll get me through... 4. Do you have a lucky item of clothing to wear golfing or trapping (and if not, favourite colour to wear?) A good mate of mine (Minnsy) has advanced multiple sclerosis and two years ago, he organised an MS charity golf day in the UK where he lives. I flew over to take part in the event and everyone wore bright pink shirts, Minnsy's favourite colour. I occasionally wear this shirt when playing golf because it reminds me of my incredible friend and his love for the game he sadly, can no longer play. 5. Why should people get involved in backyard trapping? An individual rat is estimated to kill up to 50 native birds, chicks and eggs in its lifetime. If we all had a single trap in our own backyards, just imagine the difference we could make as a community. Jeremy is a true inspiration. We are so fortunate to have him helping on this project, a collaboration with @drivingcreeknz Conservation Team, and @predatorfreenz to spread trapping efforts throughout Coromandel town. Get in touch if you want to find out more!
We're seeing some beautiful bowers of puawānanga, We're seeing some beautiful bowers of puawānanga, native clematis blossoming in the bush and climbing up roadside kanuka at the moment. Always a wonderful reminder of spring. The vine grows up to the canopy and opens its flowers to the sky, it uses the tree for support but doesn't smother it. Unfortunately we're also seeing the more rampant climbing jasmine escaping over the garden fence and strangling some native pōhutukawa and smothering ground cover plants. This is just a friendly reminder that if you're choosing starry blooms for your garden, consider the native clematis puawānanga, as it won't escape and cause problems for other plants. 💚 Find more info about problem plants by searching the Weedbusters website
Some weeds are strangling our native plants or cro Some weeds are strangling our native plants or crowding them out. We find wild kahili ginger growing in some weird places #environmentalweeds #gingerbash
Another great team effort 💪 We really are making a Another great team effort 💪 We really are making a huge difference to the understory in this ngahere behind Coromandel town. Thanks to everyone who has been part of a Wild Ginger Bash! Thanks Driving Creek conservation team for leading this and for the treats after too! @drivingcreeknz #waikatoregionalcouncil
Next wild ginger weeding day is tomorrow! Sat 5th Next wild ginger weeding day is tomorrow! Sat 5th September 9am at Driving Creek Railway carpark. We'll travel into a nearby valley where we've been working together to release native plants from smothering weeds. Thanks @drivingcreeknz and volunteers 🙏 #waikatoregionalcouncil
Shout out to one of our corporate sponsors Stihl S Shout out to one of our corporate sponsors Stihl Shop Thames. We rely on your quality products in some tough environments and your excellent service. Thanks for sponsoring our work for another year 😍💚🙏💥 We are so grateful for your support.
Welcome Spike! We're so excited to have a new fiel Welcome Spike! We're so excited to have a new field team member to introduce to you! We surprised Spike with five very important questions: 😃 1. What breakfast do you have before heading into the field? Porridge in winter, muesli in summer 2. Favourite part of the job so far? Chatting with the piwakawaka 3. Where did you grow up? Colville and Wellington 4. Moments that make you stop and wonder? Friendly Kaka. Nikau groves. The endless beauty of the ngahere. 5. Other jobs you've done before this? School, Shop, Mill, Cafe, Postie... pretty much all the jobs in Colville. Behind the scenes with one of our new team members 😃 Thank you Spike!
It's a jungle out there! Thanks @peri_em for captu It's a jungle out there! Thanks @peri_em for capturing some great footage of what it's really like in the field! Last week we had the absolute pleasure of working with the @predatorfreehc field team, helping us clear tracks with our field team and volunteers. It's tough, heavy duty work, thank you Aaron, Jeffrey, Logan, and volunteers Nicole and Arwen, and Meg field team 🙏
Another reminder with one of @anna_sephton_ gorge Another reminder with one of @anna_sephton_ gorgeous images. Shorebirds will begin nesting soon, let's help them this nesting season by controlling dogs and giving them space 🩶 Image: tūturiwhatu/NZ dotterel chick a threatened shorebird Fun fact... A dotterel can live for 20-25 years!
Thank you @savethekiwinz 🤎 we are thrilled to rece Thank you @savethekiwinz 🤎 we are thrilled to receive funding for our mustelid trapping network from you for another year. That helps us keep tracks clear for our volunteers, traps checked and upgraded, and 120 dozen eggs purchased every month as lure (for 1450 traps). We're so grateful for your support! And best of all, we know our kiwi population is growing because of stoat control. Thank you to all the trappers keeping up the mahi over so many years. And our funders, members and donors. We need you all 😍 Ngā mihi nui Save the kiwi for keeping us in action.
We're Back! Join the team for another wild kahili We're Back! Join the team for another wild kahili Ginger Bash with Driving Creek on 5 September 2026. Spring into some fabulous volunteer work this spring 🌱 Invasive ginger crowds out our native species with dense tubers that stop any seedlings from establishing. It can grow in shaded environments which makes it so important to remove to give our native plants a chance at regeneration. Meet some great people for a couple of hours mahi with treats after. See you at 9am, 5 Sept 2026 in the Driving Creek carpark, Kapanga/Coromandel town. (Please wear protective long sleeves and leggings and be prepared for a stream crossing). @drivingcreeknz
We're celebrating the work of photographer @anna_s We're celebrating the work of photographer @anna_sephton_ this week with a reminder about our backyard trapping project in Kapanga Coromandel town. This beautiful tūī was visiting a garden in town and has since become famous as a cover model for a NZ gardening magazine! Thanks for the photo Anna 💚 We are partnering with @predatorfreenz and @drivingcreeknz to introduce predator control throughout town in a systematic way. If you want to register your interest in having a rat trap in your backyard, please get in touch on info@meg.org.nz Huge thanks to our sponsors and generous individual donors who are contributing towards the traps. 🙏🙏🙏
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