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Volunteer

VOLUNTEER

The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.

— Robert Swan

  • Raglan volunteers build traps during a working bee with the Karioi Project for a predator-free New Zealand

    Help out at working bees

    Working bees are a great way to give us a hand. Good with tools or not, we’ll find a task for you - and probably for your kids too! It's a fun and productive way of meeting like-minded people in our community. Our amazing foreman Brett makes a morning's work both easy and satisfyingly productive. Oh, and we always stop for some amazing kai!

    See if there's one soon!
  • Volunteers with Raglan's Karioi Project are taking a break while checking their predator-control trapline

    Adopt a trapline!

    We are always recruiting volunteers! There are traplines on the mountain, the coast, and in town. Lines vary in difficulty and duration. Depending on your availability, traplines are checked weekly, to monthly. A reasonable fitness level is generally required. Training, materials, and safety are provided, but your transport, clothing, and footwear are needed.

    Find out more about this!
  • Karioi Project volunteers in Raglan during a bait deployement day helping restore biodiversity and eradicate pest on Karioi

    Bait deployment days

    To intensify predator control on Karioi, 900 bait stations are filled numerous times a year. This ground-based method allows for targeted baiting and minimises impact on non-target species. Pest numbers are monitored regularly, and we plan these bait deployments accordingly. Join us for a great day on the maunga!

    See when the next day is!
  • Burrow buddies volunteer with the Karioi Project in Raglan to restore biodiversity and protect local populations of seabirds such as the ōi (grey faced petrel)

    Become a burrow buddy

    Seabirds return to the Karioi coastline to establish burrows and rear chicks between April and December each year. Seabird monitoring is scheduled according to the weather and moon phases. Become a burrow buddy to assist us with intensive monitoring and predator control during the breeding season. A good level of fitness is required. All training is provided.

  • Children filling peanut butter jars for Karioi Project's trapline volunteers

    Share your skills

    You may have another talent to share. We will happily receive support in a range of ways: from data entry and technical support to media, marketing, photography, videography and art! From communication, education, and bird monitoring to science, conservation, health and safety, and outdoor skills. The list goes on and on. Get in touch if you have skills to share with us.

  • Local residents volunteer at a community event in Raglan

    Group or corporate events

    We host groups who wish to do good and give back to Papatūānuku. Volunteering with us for a day is a fantastic way to support the work done by the Karioi Project with your organisation, or company. With a growing demand for corporate social responsibility, we have seen an increase in employer-supported volunteering, but we also see and welcome tramping clubs, schools and church groups. Join us for your next team-building day.

Contact us if you'd like to volunteer!