Sound counts

Sound counts

It’s not about the number of pests you remove from the environment, it is how well the native flora and fauna is recovering. And that can be quite hard to monitor! Apart from anecdotal reports from locals that they see more birds (which is great!) or have seen a...
Ongoing predator control

Ongoing predator control

The “protection” part of our three pronged strategy – protection, restoration and education – is our ongoing pest control regime run by volunteers. It consists of traps (checked fortnightly) and bait stations (on a 100 m x 50 meter grid) with...
Working Bees are Back!

Working Bees are Back!

Welcome back! Were very happy we can invite you to Matuku Link again!!! To keep everyone safe, we will ask to see your vaccine passport next time you come though. If you haven’t been before, please REGISTER here. Rest is same as pre-lockdown: no need to bring...
Art for Christmas

Art for Christmas

A wonderful wetland present Of course we said “yes” when local artist Celia Steenhuisen approached us with the offer to create unique artworks for us based on photographs by supporter Imogen Warren and our very own volunteer Stefan Marks – and we are over the moon...
Goodbye Geoff

Goodbye Geoff

10 years after Geoff Davidson and John Staniland surveyed the property at 111 Bethells Road to see if it could be suitable for purchase, the Matuku Reserve Trust Board bought it to become Matuku Link. Fast forward another five years and Geoff Davidson is standing down...
Nursery Tuesday

Nursery Tuesday

Our Tuesday Working Bees started in 2021 with a small team in our nursery. They’ve grown into a weekly event I’m always looking forward to as it is so nice to be with likeminded people sharing stories about plants, life, art… The Waitakere Rivercare...