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Managing cats to protect biodiversity
Pest management is an important tool for ensuring the protection of New Zealand’s biodiversity.
Restoring Lake Pupuke a high environmental priority
What's tipping our taonga into decline?
How-To-Be-A-Hero Toolkit
The next step to becoming an environmental hero yourself is helping your neighbourhood become pest free.
How to become a hero at beating weeds
Simple steps to control pest weeds in your garden.
Red-light districts help whitebait thrive
Meet the Aucklander who's helping endangered īnanga.
Hunua pest control programme nears start
Gearing up to start 1080 application in Hunua Ranges parklands.
Young heroes take on pests
A team of students have been trapping and capturing rats at the school and local reserve.
Rats running riot – pest control tips ahead of winter
Community groups are fighting back against pests who are a threat to our biodiversity and environment.
Entries closing soon for Mayoral Conservation Awards
Auckland is celebrating its first ever Mayoral Conservation Awards.
Tips for starting your own pest-control group
Our top tips for starting a pest-control group in your neighbourhood.
War on rabbits
A virus to control wild rabbit populations across the region will be released in 2019.
Meet Pest Free Heroes – Inka, Hayley and Henry
This month, Our Auckland chats to not one but three young heroes.
Auckland on the hunt for a Pied Piper
Can you guess how many native birds predators kill each year?
Pesky skinks meet unlikely opposition
Auckland Council and the Department of Conservation have launched an unusual experiment to manage the threat of plague skinks on Great Barrier Aotea Great Barrier.
Calling together a dotterel forum
You’ve heard of a baby-sitter, a dog-walker – but ever come across a dotterel minder?
Conservation stops for no man (or woman)
What better way to spend your weekend than chatting about Auckland's pests and waterways?
