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  • About
    • About Tiakina Whangārei
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Learn More About Trapping
    • Our Supporters and Partners
  • Get Involved
    • Backyard Trapping
    • Start a Trapping Project
    • Measure Your Success
    • Become a Community Lead
    • Volunteer
  • Projects
    • Predator Free Onerahi
    • Predator Free Te Kamo
  • Stories
  • Resources
    • For Backyard Trapping
    • Prevent Invasive Weeds
    • For Businesses
    • For Schools
    • Pest Species in Whangārei
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Community and Conservation Stories

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Backyard trapping with Tiakina

Backyard Trapping Workshops to Launch Predator Free Kamo

Tiakina Whangārei is teaming up with local community group Kamo Community Inc to help Kamo become the next predator free suburb in the district by providing free backyard trapping workshops to More

Community initiative celebrates success in fight against rats

A joint community initiative on Beach Road is celebrating after six months of targeted rat trapping, with the latest trap survey showing no detectable sign of rats. In early February, Onerahi More

Kamo community calls for Predator Free village

Kamo has an exciting opportunity to be part of the national Predator Free movement. Following the establishment of the successful Predator Free Onerahi project, and with Predator Free Parihaka off the More

Locals invited to contribute to first-of-its-kind Parihaka BioBlitz

Biologists, scientists, school children and members of the public will descend on Parihaka Reserve next month as part of an intensive two-day survey of the reserve’s biodiversity. The ‘BioBlitz’ is More

Whangārei residents call for more native wildlife protection in Parihaka

A recent community survey shows overwhelming support from both residents and visitors to increase predator control and support the return of more native species to the Parihaka Reserve. Tiakina More

Let’s protect what we have, together

Rachel M wants to protect our native birds, and their habitats. She first started backyard trapping because she has seen first-hand the effects of pest control. “We lived near the Pukenui Forest More

View from Parihaka, Whangarei

Funding boost to protect iconic Whangārei landmark

Native wildlife residing in Parihaka Reserve - Whangārei’s iconic landmark - will be better protected over the next decade thanks to new funding.  The Whangārei District Council has allocated More

Did you know that we have bats living on the fringe of Whangārei city?

Bats/Pekapeka are New Zealand's only native land mammals and we are lucky enough to have them populating the Pukenui Forest, fringing the western edge of Whangārei. The winged mammals were crowned More

beach road, whangarei waxtag and chew card

Foreshore Rats Attract Joint Community Initiative

A thriving rat population along Onerahi’s Beach Road foreshore is to become the area of focus for a joint community predator control project, with support from residents being sought to ensure its More

Whangārei Pest Control from City to Coast

Tiakina Whangārei is working hard to keep pests out of Whangārei city, encouraging residents to get involved in backyard trapping, and targeting specific areas such as waterways, which research has More

Pest Control Really Does Work – Predator Survey Results 2021

Each year we survey areas around Whangārei to find out more about the pest mammal populations in our city. This is crucial for the work we do to make sure we are on track to achieving our objective of More

Getting involved with Tiakina Whangārei is a ‘no-brainer’

Over lockdown 2.0, we talked with Mark Garry, owner of Pacific Coast Kayaking about his passion to help Onerahi become predator free. He got involved in the Tiakina Whangārei Predator Free Onerahi More

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