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We’d love to keep you posted of our upcoming activities, the parties we throw, opportunities to help out and share the beautiful pictures of birds and plants we’ve noticed. Our monthly newsletter will do just that! Hope to hear from you or see you soon out...
Girl Power!

Girl Power!

For the third year in a row, the Girl Guides came to help us! Some of the plants the girls planted as little saplings three years ago, were now twice the girl’s height! After a short welcome by myself, an introduction on mammals and predator control by expert...
Celebrate Conservation Week

Celebrate Conservation Week

Come and pot a plant, plant a tree, rescue a reed or search for a scrub… it’s all part of our September Working Bee for Conservation Week! With the floods from last week, a lot of debris has been collected in the tops of our newly planted trees and shrubs:...
The financial backstory

The financial backstory

Mortgage free in 3 years, for a $2,040.000 property? The trustees of the Matuku Reserve Trust had it on their wish list, and their wish came true, with the help of many parties along the way. This is the story of an Auckland unicorn… The story starts over...
Thank you donors!

Thank you donors!

None of our work could have been done without others supporting our vision. From the $5 donations on our Givalittle Campaign to the $450,000 from The Native Forest Restoration Trust to purchase the land, we couldn’t have done it without you. Contributions...
A picture is worth…

A picture is worth…

… a thousand words? Even more in our case I image, as it is very hard to describe a leaf of a tree, a rare bird or the energy of a group of volunteers. That is why we are extremely blessed to have not one, not two but THREE semi-professional photographers in our...