Seeds away!

Seeds away!

Seeds away! One of our nursery volunteers loves to grow plants and was wondering how to regrow the native plants and trees on the many slips in the Waitakere River valley. Usually those barren sites get colonized by weeds before the native trees can take hold....
Education and inspiration

Education and inspiration

Of course our main aims at Matuku Link are protection of all our native flora and fauna, through best practice pest control (thank you trappers, baiters, weeders and sprayers!) and restoration of our wetland with our eco-sourced plants grown in our nursery (thank you...
The Tuesday Team

The Tuesday Team

If you’ve got some time on Tuesday mornings, are interested in helping out and love good company and home baking, join our Tuesday Team! What started with a couple of people looking after the plants in our on-site nursery has evolved into several different...
Kayak Adventure

Kayak Adventure

Every year the VIP Kayak Day is different, we’ve had super hot summer days when most guest went for a voluntary dip in the clear Waitakere river, a chilly day in October, postponed by covid from March, and this year a post-cyclone silted river adventure. Three...
Bug hunt with experts!

Bug hunt with experts!

Evening Entomology Excursion – A Bug Hunt! Saturday 18 March, 7pm-10pm, $5 – booking required: www.matukulink.org.nz/shop/product/bughunt What bugs hide in our bush? Professional entomologists from Auckland Museum and Auckland University will help you...
Cancelled Wetland Festival

Cancelled Wetland Festival

I’m writing this with the sound of large helicopters evacuating people from Muriwai, and in the knowledge half of our Te Henga community residents don’t have power, internet or water – hang in there, our thoughts are with you! Here at Matuku Link our little wetland...