Events

The Predator Free New Zealand Trust is hitting the road, bringing people together for a series of happy hours across the country and Urban Ark is excited to be co-hosting the Auckland Happy Hour.

Join us for an evening of short presentations, good conversation and kai. It’s a chance to reflect on how far the movement has come, swap ideas and experiences and look forward to how we can best support each other in the years ahead.

Come hear Urban Ark, Auckland Council, and Te Korowai o Waiheke discuss project plans and updates. The Predator Free New Zealand Trust will also share the latest on national momentum and the growing support for the Predator Free 2050 mission.

Please make sure you register here, so we know how much food to provide.

We’re teaming up with STEPS (St Lukes Environmental Protection Society) who have transformed the Roy Clements Treeway from grass into a native wildlife haven hidden between shops, schools and housing in St Lukes!

We will be helping them with a weeding bee to keep on top of nasty weeds who are causing problems for the native trees and plants throughout the reserve. We’d love you to join us! Come explore this little slice of beauty in St Lukes, meet some locals and learn about its transformation…

Don’t worry if you’re a newbie, we’ll have experts on hand to teach you how to tell your ecological weeds from your natives. We’re into learning together.

Please register for this event so we know how much gear and catering to bring.

Meet: By the entrance to Kerr-Taylor Park, 35 Fergusson Avenue, Sandringham, Auckland 1025.

Urban Ark will provide:

-Tools and gloves (but feel free to bring your own).

-Refreshments when the mahi is done.

This project is generously supported by Auckland Council’s Healthy Waters Team.

Group: STEPS

We run weeding bees with keen community volunteers in and around local parks on the third Wednesday of each month.

This month we’ll be working on a private property adjacent to a park which is home to a patch of lava ‘rock forest’. The aim is to remove pest plants to prevent them from impacting this rare and critically endangered ecosystem. It will be fun, social and gratifying.

Don’t worry if you’re a newbie, we’ll have experts on hand to teach you how to tell your ecological weeds from your natives.

Urban Ark will provide:

-Tools and gloves (but feel free to bring your own).

-Refreshments when the mahi is done.

Please register here so we know how much gear and catering to provide.

Meeting by the Lynfield skate bowl at 15 The Avenue.

Please wear covered shoes, we will be getting rid of pest weeds. Refreshments will be supplied afterwards.

Group: Friends of Wairaki Stream

We are teaming up with Friends of Grey Lynn Park who have transformed the Rose Road Gully within the park into a little haven! They have been planting, weeding and removing rubbish so that everyone can enjoy the bush, the birds and the sculptures that were located there several years ago along this attractive walkway.

We will be helping them with an easy weeding bee to help keep on top of some invasive ground weeds. We’d love you to join us! Come explore this little slice of beauty in Grey Lynn, meet some locals and see what might be hidden through the walkway…it could be muddy so wear robust footwear and gloves. A hand trowel would be handy if you have one.

Don’t worry if you’re a newbie, we’ll have experts on hand to teach you how to tell your ecological weeds from your natives. We’re into learning together.

Please register for this event so we know how much gear and catering to bring.

Urban Ark will provide:

-Tools and gloves (but feel free to bring your own).

-Refreshments when the mahi is done.

This project is generously supported by Auckland Council’s Healthy Waters Team.

Group: Friends of Grey Lynn Park

Lets connect with te taiao (the environment) at night.

Join Urban Ark Manawa Taiao and Ecologist Freyja for a guided evening adventure through Waikōwhai. Register for free here

Together we will look for nocturnal wildlife and spotlight for native lizards, wētā, and other animals. We will also bring our bat monitor along to see if we can detect some pekapeka clicks.

What to Bring:

• Warm clothes

• Sturdy shoes

• A head torch or flashlight

Please note: the walk takes place at night and includes stairs and uneven surfaces, so it’s not suitable for pushchairs or very young children. A moderate level of fitness and good balance are recommended.

No dogs

Urban Ark are teaming up with Friends of Oakley Creek to give Walmsley Park some love. Come along to help clean up litter from in and around the creek.

The banks of Walmsley Park flow directly into Oakley Creek, Friends of Oakley Creek have worked hard planting along the banks preventing excess runoff and flooding. Rubbish in the creek can cause water levels to overflow much quicker in cases of heavy rain.

Please register here so we know how much gear and catering to bring

Meet: At the entrance to Walmsley Park on Beagle Ave, look out for the Urban Ark Flag. In case of extreme weather condition, you will be notified of the cancellation

This is part of the Making Space for Water Programme generously funded by Auckland Council’s Healthy waters team.

Group: Ngā Ringa o Te Auaunga Friends of Oakley Creek