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Bagging Up!
Not everyone can head up Karioi with a backpack full of bait - but almost anyone can help pre-bag the toxins in preparation.
This work isn’t hard, but it is time-consuming -and many hands make light work of it! Bring your friends along because it’s also a great time to socialize while giving back to nature.
RSVP Now!
Bait Refill Day
Join us for a fun & physical day on some of Karioi’s less-travelled tracks. We’re looking for fit & strong volunteers to fill bait stations for a day (or two!). Home baking is guaranteed!
This is a great way to get involved with the project!
Bait Refill Day
Join us for a fun & physical day on some of Karioi’s less-travelled tracks. We’re looking for fit & strong volunteers to fill bait stations for a day (or two!). Home baking is guaranteed!
This is a great way to get involved with the project!
Bait Refill Day
Join us for a fun & physical day on some of Karioi’s less-travelled tracks. We’re looking for fit & strong volunteers to fill bait stations for a day (or two!). Home baking is guaranteed!
This is a great way to get involved with the project!
Bait Refill Day
Join us for a fun & physical day on some of Karioi’s less-travelled tracks. We’re looking for fit & strong volunteers to fill bait stations for a day (or two!). Home baking is guaranteed!
This is a great way to get involved with the project!
Kōrero over coffee
Drop in, have a chat, and learn about backyard trapping, volunteering with us, or our education programmes.
Environmental Holiday Programme
Our programmes blend child-led play with some planned activities, all within an environment that encourages exploration and connection to nature.
Bagging Up!
Not everyone can head up Karioi with a backpack full of bait - but almost anyone can help pre-bag the toxins in preparation.
This work isn’t hard, but it is time-consuming -and many hands make light work of it! Bring your friends along because it’s also a great time to socialize while giving back to nature.
RSVP Now!
Bait Refill Day
Join us for a fun & physical day on some of Karioi’s less-travelled tracks. We’re looking for fit & strong volunteers to fill bait stations for a day (or two!). Home baking is guaranteed!
This is a great way to get involved with the project!
Bait Refill Day
Join us for a fun & physical day on some of Karioi’s less-travelled tracks. We’re looking for fit & strong volunteers to fill bait stations for a day (or two!). Home baking is guaranteed!
This is a great way to get involved with the project!
Bagging Up!
Not everyone can head up Karioi with a backpack full of bait - but almost anyone can help pre-bag the toxins in preparation.
This work isn’t hard, but it is time-consuming -and many hands make light work of it! Bring your friends along because it’s also a great time to socialize while giving back to nature.
RSVP Now!
Bait Refill Day
Join us for a fun & physical day on some of Karioi’s less-travelled tracks. We’re looking for fit & strong volunteers to fill bait stations for a day (or two!). Home baking is guaranteed!
This is a great way to get involved with the project!
Bait Refill Day
Join us for a fun & physical day on some of Karioi’s less-travelled tracks. We’re looking for fit & strong volunteers to fill bait stations for a day (or two!). Home baking is guaranteed!
This is a great way to get involved with the project!
Detox & Track-clearing Day
Help us empty the bait stations across the wide network on Karioi, and snip back overgrown branches as we go.
Detox & Track-clearing Day
Help us empty the bait stations across the wide network on Karioi, and snip back overgrown branches as we go.
Rugged Rogaine on Karioi
The Rugged Rogaine is a fun way to explore the beautiful Raglan countryside, experience an adventure sport, practice map reading and navigation, and improve your fitness. Beginners welcome!
Bust those weeds!
Join us for a hands‑on, down‑to-earth workshop all about the pest plants causing trouble around here.
Up your trapping game!
A practical skills tune‑up workshop for all Karioi Project volunteers and backyard trappers!
Bird and bat talks
Birds
Kylie - our seabird ranger and the compassionate force behind Raglan Native Rehabilitation — will take us inside the real lives of our coastal and forest birds. She’ll share the highs and lows of caring for ōi, kororā, and some standout manu in our ngahere. Bring your questions about any species; she’s seen it all and has stories to match.
Bats
Georgia - our in‑house ecologist with a special love for pekapeka — will introduce Aotearoa’s only native land mammals and the mysteries of their night‑time world. She’ll update us on recent mahi to locate long-tail bats around Whāingaroa and explain the simple things we can all do to keep pekapeka-tou-roa safe in our own backyards.
Nibbles and cake provided, too!
RSVP for the location
Kōrero over coffee
Drop in, have a chat, and learn about backyard trapping, volunteering with us, or our education programmes.
Ōi listening on the coast
As the sun dips below the horizon, we will gather above Ngarunui and with luck on our side, we’ll observe the ōi as they return to land for their breeding season.
Casual catch-up for our VOLUNTEERS!
This event is for all Karioi Project volunteers! Let’s catch up - and celebrate the mahi we all do!
Māui Dolphin Day
Māui Dolphin Day & The Recycled Raft Race is back this year!
It is early days, but it's locked in, so start dreaming up your raft builds and gather your team!
We’re also hoping to build more rat trap tunnels on the day, and recruit community members in our buzzing Backyard Trapping Hub - so if you’d like to volunteer with us on the day, we’d love your help!
We’re looking for anyone happy to
use a hammer,
oversee quality control, or
smooth-talk locals into taking action!
If you know you’ll be there and happy to help, let us know.
This event is made possible by the team at the Whāingaroa Environment Centre / Te Pokapū Taiao o Whāingaroa. More info about the day here.
Detox Day (a.k.a fun day out!)
Help us empty the bait stations across the wide network on Karioi. A one day blitz!
Karioi Rangers (9 to 12 y/o)
Looking for nature-enthusiast tamariki who love an adventure. Let's go bush, explore Karioi, and discover the great world of conservation through our after-school environmental education programme!
Environmental Holiday Programme
Our programs focus on child-led free play with a few planned activities, all within an environment that encourages exploration and connection to nature. We foster creativity and a love for the natural world—making it fun and the reason they keep coming back!
Catch-up for our VOLUNTEERS!
This event is for all Karioi Project volunteers! Let’s catch up - and celebrate the hard mahi we’ve all done over winter!
Waikato Biodiversity Event
Waikato Biodiversity Event
Working Together to Restore Biodiversity from Mountain to Sea
Join us for a full day to celebrate and strengthen restoration efforts in and around Whāingaroa Moana and Karioi Maunga - You won't want to miss this local Waikato Biodiversity Forum event.
Date: Next Wednesday, 26 November
Time: 9:30 am – 3:15 pm
Location: Union Hall, 3 Stewart St, Raglan
Cost: Free
RSVP: Essential
This event brings together local groups, researchers, and community members working to restore indigenous biodiversity across our rohe. Expect inspiring presentations, shared challenges and opportunities, and a guided field trip to restoration sites.
Speaker Lineup:
Mahuru Wilcox - Toreparu Wetland Restoration & Landcare Research
Lianne Steel - Whāingaroa Weedbusters
Tim Newton - Te Rekereke Taiao Trust, Rare to Here Project
Robbie Bennett - QEII Trust Covenants - the how and why
Kristel van Houte - The Karioi Project
After lunch, to see some mahi in action, we’ll head out on a short field trip to:
Wainamu Beach - with Angeline Greensill and Stacey Hill, Coast Care
Ngarunui Beach - with Kristel, Karioi Project
This is a chance to connect, learn, and celebrate the incredible work happening across our coastal and mountain landscapes. We’d love to see you there.
Featured projects include;
The Karioi Project, Whāingaroa Weedbusters, Coastcare Waikato, Toreparu Hūrepo Wetland Restoration
Build a trap tunnel!
We’ll be in town on Saturday, the 15th, and we are inviting the whole community to come along, meet the team, and build a trap, or ten!
We’d love to get everyone set up with a backyard trap. Thanks to our current funding, we can offer these at little to no cost, if cost has been what’s held you back.
So, come along, build a trap and take it home to tackle rats and possums in your backyard!
Can’t wait until then to get started?
New date! Bait Day #2
Join us for a fun & physical day on some of Karioi’s less-travelled tracks. We’re looking for fit & strong volunteers to fill bait stations for a day (or two!). Home baking is guaranteed!
This is a great way to get involved with the project!
New date! Bait Day #1
Join us for a fun & physical day on some of Karioi’s less-travelled tracks. We’re looking for fit & strong volunteers to fill bait stations for a day (or two!). Home baking is guaranteed!
This is a great way to get involved with the project!
Bagging Bait Up!
Not everyone can head up Karioi with a backpack full of bait - but almost anyone can help pre-bag the toxins in preparation.
This work isn’t hard, but it is time-consuming -and many hands make light work of it! Bring your friends along because it’s also a great time to socialize while giving back to nature.
RSVP Now!
Karioi Rangers (9 to 12 y/o)
Looking for nature-enthusiast tamariki who love an adventure. Let's go bush, explore Karioi, and discover the great world of conservation through our after-school environmental education programme!
Karioi Kids (7 & 8 y/o)
This is for the nature-enthusiast 7 & 8 year olds who love an adventure (and still have energy to burn by 3 o’clock! Let's go bush, explore our beautiful natural world, and discover the great world of conservation through our environmental education programme!
Nature Spring Adventures
The holidays are near, and the Karioi Project has a fun-filled environmental holiday programme lined up to keep the kaitiaki of tomorrow busy!
September’s Bait Station Filling Day - Day 2
Join us for a fun & physical day on some of Karioi’s less-travelled tracks. We’re looking for fit & strong volunteers to fill bait stations for a day (or two!). Home baking is guaranteed!
This is a great way to get involved with the project!
September’s Bait Station Filling Day - Day 1
Join us for a fun & physical day on some of Karioi’s less-travelled tracks. We’re looking for fit & strong volunteers to fill bait stations for a day (or two!). Home baking is guaranteed!
This is a great way to get involved with the project!
Bagging Bait Up!
Not everyone can head up Karioi with a backpack full of bait - but almost anyone can help pre-bag the toxins in preparation.
This work isn’t hard, but it is time-consuming -and many hands make light work of it! Bring your friends along because it’s also a great time to socialize while giving back to nature.
RSVP Now!
The Great Matuku-Hūrepo Muster of 2025
Matuku-hūrepo (bittern) is a severely threatened species on the brink of extinction.
The best opportunity to estimate the population is to count the males while they are booming in the spring. Join us, whether this is learning a new skill or as an experienced birder!
The muster is on 1 to 3 consecutive days mid-September, mid-October and mid-November, so we’ll need many volunteers!
Casual catch-up for our VOLUNTEERS!
This event is for all Karioi Project volunteers! Let’s catch up - and celebrate the last few months’ mahi!
August Bait Station Filling Day
Join us for a fun & physical day on some of Karioi’s less-travelled tracks. We’re looking for fit & strong volunteers to fill bait stations for a day (or two!). Home baking is guaranteed!
This is a great way to get involved with the project!
CANCELLED - Bagging Bait Up!
Not everyone can head up Karioi with a backpack full of bait - but almost anyone can help pre-bag the toxins in preparation.
This work isn’t hard, but it is time-consuming -and many hands make light work of it! Bring your friends along because it’s also a great time to socialize while giving back to nature.
RSVP Now!
Evening kōrero with Jesse Golden- eBird App
Join Hamilton Zoo’s Jesse Golden—local bird enthusiast and conservation leader—for a hands-on introduction to the eBird app!
July’s Bait Station Filling Day - Day 2
Join us for a fun & physical day on some of Karioi’s less-travelled tracks. We’re looking for fit & strong volunteers to fill bait stations for a day (or two!). Home baking is guaranteed!
This is a great way to get involved with the project!