A Year of Collective Action
What does conservation look like here in Whāingaroa?
Sometimes it’s a volunteer checking a trap line. Sometimes it’s whānau checking a trap in their backyard, school students connecting through conservation work, a landowner opening their property for monitoring, or a team of volunteers listening for the booming call of matuku-hūrepo at dusk.
Often, conservation is simply small acts of care, repeated over time - connected across a whole landscape.
Our 2025/26 Report shares the story of these collective efforts across Karioi and the wider Whāingaroa community. Over the past year, our predator control network has continued to grow, alongside biodiversity monitoring, restoration, environmental education and opportunities for people of all ages to take practical action for this place and the species they care about.
None of this happens alone. Mana whenua, volunteers, landowners, schools, other community groups, partners, funders, and supporters make it possible, working alongside one another.
Together, we’re helping protect species such as ōi, kororā, matuku-hūrepo and pekapeka, while creating opportunities for tamariki and rangatahi to spend time in nature, build skills and discover their own role as kaitiaki.
Hundreds of volunteers have contributed thousands of hours, and hundreds of households now take part in backyard trapping and restoration efforts across Whāingaroa.
Each trap checked, bird monitored, wetland restored, and young person connected with nature is part of something bigger - a community working together to restore the biodiversity of this remarkable landscape.
“Ko au te taiao, ko te taiao ko au.
I am the environment, and the environment is me.”
