Events

Where: Wellpark Reserve

When: Saturday April 5th, 2:00 - 3:30pm

What: Urban Ark works in central Auckland with people who want to make our part of Aotearoa pest free. Come along and find out more about Predator Free 2050 and the groups that are already hard at work in Auckland.

Then we will literally get our hands dirty with a trapping workshop with Urban Ark’s Shannon Ritter in an urban park.

You will learn:

– the basics of how to set different traps

– tips and tricks on placement, baiting, and maintenance

– where to get the equipment you need to set up traps at your own home, workplace, or local park.

We will be walking in a city park so wear good walking shoes and something you don’t mind getting dirty.

Register here to attend this free EcoFest event!

We sometimes call these twilight strolls “Bat Walks” but we’ve never yet detected a bat. Still, we know they thrive in the Waitakere Ranges only 15km to the west, so you never know.

Do your bit for bat detection in inner west Tāmaki by wielding one of our handheld bat monitors as we follow Meola Creek (Waitītiko) from the point it emerges from under the Northwestern Motorway to just before Te Mahurehure Marae. We’ll be spotlighting in the stream along the way and will almost certainly see tuna (eels). Who knows what else we’ll find? Morepork have been heard in the area.

The event is FREE but numbers are limited. Please book here.

Groups: STEPS, Pest Free Pt Chevalier

Attention Lynfield residents!
Have you been meaning to get a rat trap to deal to that pesky rat or simply to give your local native wildlife a break? Then come on down to Lynfield Reserve and say hi. We can provide a FREE rat trap in a wooden safety box that keeps kids’ fingers and dogs’ paws away from the business end of the trap.

If you’re already trapping and just want a refresher, or want to become be part of your local Lynfield Halo Network then we can help with that too. And while you’re here, why not help clear some future planting sites with Friends of Wairaki Stream and learn about the incredible mahi going on in your local park.

We’ll also have possum traps which can be borrowed for a few weeks while you knock back the local population.

When: Saturday April 12th, 9:45 am

Where: Lynfield Reserve/Wairaki Stream

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Join Pt Chev’s Second Sunday Weeders for this month’s visit to Eric Armishaw Reserve. Meet by the playground and we’ll head out to where the weeds are weediest.

Bring your favourite gardening gloves and secateurs if you have them, but we’ll also have spare gear you can borrow. And if you don’t have two hours to spare, but drop in for as long as you can manage.

Sometimes there is cake, often there is good chat, and always there are weeds to pull.

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Group: Pest Free Pt Chevalier

Celebrate Earth Day at Mt Roskill Library!

Bring along your bike for a safety check with Bike Hub Mt Roskill, or check out an e-bike trial with Puketāpapa Climate Action. Urban Ark will also be presenting a short talk on the benefits of trapping and weeding for our native biodiversity and showcase a range of tools you can use in your own backyard! Why not celebrate this Earth Day by developing a new skill or habit that benefits our environment - see you there!

When: Tuesday April 22nd, 9am - 12pm

Where: Mt Roskill Library

Part of the Albert-Eden/Puketāpapa EcoFestival

CVNZ Conservation Conversation - Predator Free 2050: Aotearoa’s fight for our future
CVNZ 保育座谈 - 害虫控制 2050: 新西兰未来的部署

Speaker 讲者: Shannon Ritter (Urban Ark - Manawa Taiao)

Date: 日期: Thursday 24th April, 2025. 周四2025年4月24日

Time: 时间: 2pm-4pm. 下午2点到4点

Location: 地点: Epsom Library

Description: Aotearoa’s goal of becoming pest free by 2050 is a lofty one, but cities, scientists, iwi, and volunteers all over the country are hard at work making it happen. Learn more about the nationwide fight to save our natural biodiversity and the role you can play in your own backyard.

This is a bilingual talk delivered in English and Mandarin.

新西兰到 2050 年实现害虫控制的目标听起来虽然宏伟，但全国各地的城市、科学家、iwi（毛利部落）和志愿者们正努力将其变为现实。来了解一下这场保护本土生物多样性的全国性行动是怎样运作，甚至你的后院可以帮上忙。

本次讲座为双语活动，提供英文和普通话讲解。