Waitī is a whetū in the Matariki cluster. It is the star connected to freshwater: springs, streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands and the plants and animals that live in freshwater. This year, every Year 7 and 8 student at Raglan Area School had the chance to join a 2-day outdoor education experience exploring local streams with the Karioi Project team.

Hope - and a great community - has led us to where we are today. Kristel reflects on leaders of the past and those of the future.

Malibu Hamilton was the TWoK convenor who helped establish the Karioi Project’s goals and vision for a restored maunga together with about a dozen volunteers in 2009. It means a lot to us to be able to tell this story about a person who has meant so much to so many!

Karioi is packed with a diverse range of these fascinating organisms, from beautiful specimens to some slightly less attractive ones…

The Karioi Project is concerned about the Fast Track Approvals bill. We ask you to consider your thoughts and position on this bill and the potential impact it may have on our taiao.

This year is particularly exciting because it marks an important milestone reached, as the 50th chick in six years leaves the burrow.

It’s thanks to volunteers like Christine, Lenny and many others that the Karioi Project can operate. There are more than a hundred regular volunteers, checking over 2500 traps every fortnight.

In the spirit of the festive season, the Karioi Project team are appealing to locals to choose the Karioi Project as a worthwhile cause to support.

The Karioi Project completed its second Raglan-wide survey for pekapeka-tou-roa / the long-tailed bat. Highly endangered, they are classed one level below extinct and have the same threatened status as the kākāpō!

Our team of rangers is immersed in Karioi’s bush day most days, and here we learn a bit more about what they are seeing out there this October.

This one is a bit of a "nature diary" in which you can find out what’s happening out on the local maunga - kind of like a "current events" or even a gossip column, but for the birds and the trees!

Kristel recently met the legendary Hugh Wilson on a recent trip to Hinewai Nature Reserve. What an inspiration!

It’s always so exciting to see the first signs of new life when chicks spring to life in their coastal burrows.

It’s been a busy week, and it happens to be Conservation Week! Read about what we’ve been up to…

A reflection on the last year as we farewell 2022. Read more…

Here’s a little wrap-up for the year, looking at the awesome volunteer force behind the Karioi Project.

The 2022 ōi season is shaping up to be the most successful one yet and marks a record since we had the first seven chicks fledged in 2017.

Miro, a species indicator dog, has found new kororā burrows on Ngarunui Beach. We want to remind all our community and especially dog walkers to keep dogs on leads to help this native taonga thrive!

Winter signals the time for Ōi / Grey-faced petrels to lay their eggs. After spending time at sea where they feed and fatten up, the Ōi return to their burrows around July to lay a single white egg.

Whāingaroa’s newest and biggest subdivision is taking action to tackle invasive predators! What was farmland only a few short years ago is fast filling with new houses, and numerous residents now call the peninsula home.