Events

Regular, monthly working bee. Check out our Facebook page for details https://www.facebook.com/OakleyCreek

Group: Ngā Ringa o Te Auaunga Friends of Oakley Creek

Join Kaipātiki Project to help regenerate the native bush along the Waipapa Stream, a beloved piece of local history close to Parnell railway station. This is an area Urban Ark will be increasingly involved in over the coming year.

As a community project, we need your help to ensure that this beautiful stream is protected and preserved for generations to come. And it’s not just about hard work and making a difference, it’s also a great opportunity to socialise and have fun with friends!

Spread the word and invite your friends to join us on this meaningful journey towards a greener future.

What to Bring:

• Gloves (if you have)
• Hat
• Water
• Old Clothes
• Sturdy Closed-Toe Shoes

All tools provided.

For those in the Puketapapa area, Roskill Together are hosting a fun family day out! Urban Ark have a stall promoting community flood resilience and our mahi in the local environment

With strong rain and wind warnings for Sunday morning we have decided to postpone this month’s Second sunday weeders by a week. Check it out here.

Look after yourselves on Sunday.

Group: Pest Free Pt Chevalier

2 Symonds Street, Auckland CBD,

Come along to an urban walk across Auckland CBD organized by City Centre Gardening Network, and Aaiotanga Trust. Guided by an expert ecologist, this Balcony to Bay walk provides insight into the natural wonders that exist within the city, and how to best look after them. Each part of our journey will highlight the plants, insects, birdlife and landscape features of our city, as well as the surprising opportunities there are to transform unexpected spaces in-between, for the life and well being in the city.

Beginning at St Andrew’s Hall (behind the big beautiful church on the corner of Alten Road and Symonds St), we will gently make our way through the grounds of Old Government House, down through the lush vegetation of the Law School to the University of Auckland Bee Sanctuary in Eden Crescent, through to Emily Reserve and completing at Aaiotanga Community Space, 22 Emily Place. Urban Ark will be attending this event in order to promote backyard trapping and our existing regeneration projects around Auckland Domain.

Booking essential - Register here

Building on the success of Wellpark Reserve, Urban Ark - Manawa Taiao and the locals are keen to turn attention to planting out the bottom end of Francis Reserve. All we need now is community muscle to help clear some pest plants to make room for natives at the site, so please join us! It’s a great chance to connect with your neighbours and other locals. Refreshments provided when the mahi is done!

Please Register here if you plan to attend so we can plan how much gear and catering to bring.

Bring: Sturdy footwear, water bottle.

Priovded: Urban Ark provide guidance, gloves and tools … but feel free to bring your own gear if preferred.

Meet: By the playground

If you’re keen to help with the June planting event check out the details here.

Mt Eden Village Centre, 449 Mount Eden Road, Mount Eden, Auckland 1024

Kākā have been spotted on the Epsom side of Maungawhau/Mt Eden! Urban Ark-Manawa Taiao invite you to a talk by Auckland Museum bird ecologist Josie Galbraith about how native birds are doing in Auckland. You’ll hear about some case studies of birds returning to urban areas and learn some cool facts about the evolution and behaviour of our native birds. There will also be a chance to get up close and personal to some taxidermied birds from the Auckland Museum ornithology collection. Phil Simpson from Urban Ark will also weave in some extra info about the Maungawhau Ecological Halo, a community project working to create conditions for native birds to thrive around Mt Eden.

Registration essential - https://events.humanitix.com/native-bird-talk-by-auckland-museum-bird-ecologist-josie-galbraith-ytj7y7jm

This event is part of the Albert-Eden & Puketāpapa Eco Festival.

Get ready to knock out some kahili ginger with us. We need you and your strong ankes to help us tackle ginger that is suffocating our threatened king fern. Welcome to session 1 of 6 !

Group: Conservation Volunteeers NZ

UPDATED CYCLONE VAIANU DATE 19/04/26 Waikōwhai Forest Restoration Network and Urban Ark join forces to stop weeds further spreading along the magnificent coastline. No experience is necessary so come along for the ride and we can point you in the direction of weeds and teach you how to knock them weeds out !

Bring with you some gardening gloves and some secateurs if you have them, but we’ll have spare gear you can borrow. There is no pressure to stay for the 2 hours but you wont want to miss out on the snacks ;)

Contact Joe ([Enable JavaScript to view protected content]) or Nikita (nikita[Enable JavaScript to view protected content]; 021 072 4553)

Group: Friends of Waikowhai Park

Join Pt Chev’s Second Sunday Weeders in Eric Armishaw Reserve, a place we’ve weeded a few times before. The Reserve isn’t in bad shape, but there’s always stuff to do. Let’s stop the weeds in their tracks. Controlling weeds gives our regenerating ngahere a chance to thrive, providing quality habitat for our native species.

• Meet on the grass beside the car park at 117 Walker Rd; look for the Urban Ark flag
• Bring your favourite gardening gloves and secatuers if you have them, but we’ll also have spare gear you can borrow.
• If you don’t have two hours to spare, just 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.

Contact Paul ([Enable JavaScript to view protected content]; 021 150 8284)

Group: Pest Free Pt Chevalier