Events

Ngā Ringa o Te Auaunga Friends of Oakley Creek Friday morning working bees provide a weekday opportunity to join a small group of committed volunteers who are helping to restore our precious awa. This is also an opportunity for you to discover some out-of-the-way areas on the creek.

Tasks and locations vary, depending on the priorities at the time.

If you are interested in joining us let us know and we can include you in the weekly emails. Contact Wendy 027 232 6454 or [Enable JavaScript to view protected content]

For all activites on the creek sturdy / covered footwear, long sleeves and long trousers are recommended.

Group: Ngā Ringa o Te Auaunga Friends of Oakley Creek

Things are moving at a pace on this exciting project, thanks to the great work being done by Sandra and her volunteers. If you have some spare time we would love for you to join us at this special area on the ‘Oakley Inlet’, as we work to restore it.

Meet at the Waterview Park carpark, Waterbank Crescent

For more information contact Sandra 021 166 7647

Group: Ngā Ringa o Te Auaunga Friends of Oakley Creek

Ngā Ringa o Te Auaunga Friends of Oakley Creek Friday morning working bees provide a weekday opportunity to join a small group of committed volunteers who are helping to restore our precious awa. This is also an opportunity for you to discover some out-of-the-way areas on the creek.

Tasks and locations vary, depending on the priorities at the time.

If you are interested in joining us let us know and we can include you in the weekly emails. Contact Wendy 027 232 6454 or [Enable JavaScript to view protected content]

For all activites on the creek sturdy / covered footwear, long sleeves and long trousers are recommended.

Group: Ngā Ringa o Te Auaunga Friends of Oakley Creek

Urban Ark will be supporting a stall to promote several of the trapping groups in our network at the Kelmarna Community Farm Harvest Festival on Sunday 10 March. These include Predator Free Herne Bay-Ponsonby and Predator Free Grey Lynn. If you live in these areas (or anywhere else within the Urban Ark area you can pick up a free rat trap in a wooden safety box….or borrow a possum trap from the Urban Ark gear library.

Kelmarna Community Farm champions and demonstrates a regenerative local food model that supports climate change mitigation, urban resilience and community wellbeing. Their Harvest Festival is a joyful community event with activities and inspiration for the whole family! Come along to celebrate the abundance of summer and get inspired to undertake positive change for our planet.

Groups: Predator Free Herne Bay-Ponsonby, Predator Free Grey Lynn

Things are moving at a pace on this exciting project, thanks to the great work being done by Sandra and her volunteers. If you have some spare time we would love for you to join us at this special area on the ‘Oakley Inlet’, as we work to restore it.

Meet at the Waterview Park carpark, Waterbank Crescent

For more information contact Sandra 021 166 7647

Group: Ngā Ringa o Te Auaunga Friends of Oakley Creek

Ngā Ringa o Te Auaunga Friends of Oakley Creek Friday morning working bees provide a weekday opportunity to join a small group of committed volunteers who are helping to restore our precious awa. This is also an opportunity for you to discover some out-of-the-way areas on the creek.

Tasks and locations vary, depending on the priorities at the time.

If you are interested in joining us let us know and we can include you in the weekly emails. Contact Wendy 027 232 6454 or [Enable JavaScript to view protected content]

For all activites on the creek sturdy / covered footwear, long sleeves and long trousers are recommended.

Group: Ngā Ringa o Te Auaunga Friends of Oakley Creek

Hidden away in pipes below Grey Lynn, Ōpoutūkeha Cox’s Creek largely goes unnoticed. But last January it forcefully reminded us of its presence leaving houses and businesses flooded.

Join us for this guided walk along the route of Cox’s Creek visiting sites where local volunteers are doing their bit for biodiversity and contributing to taming runoff. Visit Rose Road Gully where Covid lockdowns sparked a flurry of weeding and planting, walk through the delightful Hakanoa Reserve, and finish with a rare look at a restored wetland on the former site of Cashmore’s timber mill. This event is followed by “Flooded Streams: Reflections 12 months on” a chance to hear Nick Vigar, Head of Planning for Auckland Council’s Heathy Waters team will talk about the impact of last year’s flooding and what has happened since.

Both events are parrt of EcoFest and are free but numbers are limited. Book through Humantix for:

Exploring Ōpoutūkeha Cox’s Creek (guided walk)

Flooded Streams: Reflections 12 months on (Nick’s talk)

Group: Predator Free Herne Bay-Ponsonby

It has been over 12 months since the major flooding events of late January 2023. For many the impact lingers on, but for others the effect on our streams and wider lives is beginning to recede. But this is not something we want to forget.

Come and hear Nick Vigar, Head of Planning for Auckland Council’s Heathy Waters team, reflect on what happened, why it happened, what has been done since and how we can mitigate the impact of future flooding.

The talk will be preceded by “Exploring Ōpoutūkeha Cox’s Creek”, a guided walk along the (largely underground) route of Cox’s Creek and a change to visit a wetland created on the site of the old Cashmore’s timber mill.

Both events are parrt of EcoFest and are free but numbers are limited. Book through Humantix for:

Flooded Streams: Reflections 12 months on (Nick’s talk)

Exploring Ōpoutūkeha Cox’s Creek (guided walk)

Things are moving at a pace on this exciting project, thanks to the great work being done by Sandra and her volunteers. If you have some spare time we would love for you to join us at this special area on the ‘Oakley Inlet’, as we work to restore it.

Meet at the Waterview Park carpark, Waterbank Crescent

For more information contact Sandra 021 166 7647

Group: Ngā Ringa o Te Auaunga Friends of Oakley Creek

Ngā Ringa o Te Auaunga Friends of Oakley Creek Friday morning working bees provide a weekday opportunity to join a small group of committed volunteers who are helping to restore our precious awa. This is also an opportunity for you to discover some out-of-the-way areas on the creek.

Tasks and locations vary, depending on the priorities at the time.

If you are interested in joining us let us know and we can include you in the weekly emails. Contact Wendy 027 232 6454 or [Enable JavaScript to view protected content]

For all activites on the creek sturdy / covered footwear, long sleeves and long trousers are recommended.

Group: Ngā Ringa o Te Auaunga Friends of Oakley Creek

Things are moving at a pace on this exciting project, thanks to the great work being done by Sandra and her volunteers. If you have some spare time we would love for you to join us at this special area on the ‘Oakley Inlet’, as we work to restore it.

Meet at the Waterview Park carpark, Waterbank Crescent

For more information contact Sandra 021 166 7647

Group: Ngā Ringa o Te Auaunga Friends of Oakley Creek

Ngā Ringa o Te Auaunga Friends of Oakley Creek Friday morning working bees provide a weekday opportunity to join a small group of committed volunteers who are helping to restore our precious awa. This is also an opportunity for you to discover some out-of-the-way areas on the creek.

Tasks and locations vary, depending on the priorities at the time.

If you are interested in joining us let us know and we can include you in the weekly emails. Contact Wendy 027 232 6454 or [Enable JavaScript to view protected content]

For all activites on the creek sturdy / covered footwear, long sleeves and long trousers are recommended.

Group: Ngā Ringa o Te Auaunga Friends of Oakley Creek