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Wetland Open Week
Celebrate Our Gold Star Award with an Open Week at Matuku Link Matuku Link has been recognised on the world stage, winning a Gold Star Award at the Wetland Link International Awards – one of only three wetland centres in the world to be given this award! We’re...
Matuku Link Wetland Centre Recognised on the World Stage
Matuku Link, a community-led wetland restoration project in Te Henga, West Auckland, has been recognised on the global stage, winning one of only three Gold Star Awards in the world at the Wetland Link International (WLI) Star Wetland Centre Awards, announced during...
Species Spotlights: Fungi
We’ve been highlighting some of the amazing plants, animals and fungi you can find at Matuku Link on our social media. From well-hidden birds to unique flowers and mushrooms, here are a few of our favourites. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram to see more! 🍄 Basket...
Winter Fungal Foray
Our Winter Fungal ForayJune 2025 Our recent Fungal Foray at Matuku Link was a sell-out success, despite the cold and wet weather. Nature lovers and curious minds bundled up and joined us for a fascinating walk led by expert mycologist Dr Peter Buchanan. Peter’s...
A Night with Pekapeka
Bat Walk at Matuku LinkJune 2025 Our recent bat walk was a wonderful chance to connect people with the creatures that come to life after dark in our wetlands and forests. Although Saturday’s weather wasn’t on our side, we were lucky to have clearer skies on Sunday...
Legacies: Leaving a gift to Matuku Link in your will
Leave a gift in your will Since 2016 donors such as yourself, working alongside hundreds of volunteers and supported by many donor organisations, have transformed old farm paddocks into a vibrant, regenerating wetland. We have seen signature species such as the...
Plant and Free a Tree
It's planting season again! Time to plant and look after last year's planted trees. We'd love you to join us at 111 Bethells Road to plant some new trees and care for the ones we've planted earlier. We do recommend gumboots - a bit of splashing around in the mud makes...
Plant grid survey
Some of our keen-eyed wetland volunteers may have recently noticed a mysterious cordoned off square in Totara Glade in recent months! You may also have heard, some months ago, something about a plant survey. This first weekend in March, this project has begun, and...
Matuku Link song!
The talented Anna Rugis has written an incredible song for Matuku Link, and we've paired it with images and videos to bring it to life. Anna created this song to highlight the vital role of healthy wetlands - not only for Matuku Link’s namesake, the matuku hūrepo...
Small lids big dents
Image: Annalily in front of the window wall made from upcycled window frames by our volunteersAuckland Council's Waste Minimization Fund has granted Matuku Link $4750 towards a trial for the project we've called "Small lids, big dents". Recently, the rules on what you...
Matuku Muster
That Matuku Muster Starting in September, The Great Matuku Muster 2024 was the first attempt to gather data nationwide on the number of male matuku-hūrepo [Australasian bittern]. Matuku are very mobile easily managing to travel several scores or hundreds of...
Species Spotlights: Flora
We’ve been highlighting some of the amazing plants and animals you can find at Matuku Link on our social media. From well-hidden birds to unique flowers and insects, here are a few of our favourites. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram to see more! 🌳 Kahikatea: A...
Species Spotlights: Fauna
We’ve been highlighting some of the amazing plants and animals you can find at Matuku Link on our social media. From well-hidden birds to unique flowers and insects, here are a few of our favourites. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram to see more! 🦇 Pekapeka tou roa...
Open Studios at Matuku Link
Open Studios Waitākere at Matuku Link!📅 Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th November | 10am - 4pm Join us at Auckland’s largest mainland wetland for a weekend of art and nature! We’re excited to host several local artists for Waitākere Open Studios this year, right here at...
World Wetland Day 2025
Celebrate World Wetland Day with us at Matuku Link!📅 Saturday, 1st February 2025 | 10am - 3pm Join us at Auckland’s largest mainland wetland for a day of nature, learning, and fun! We’re celebrating World Wetland Day with our annual open day, featuring a wide range of...
Donate to educate
Our Wetland Education Programme for local low decile primary schools, is a huge success with over 1500 children a year visiting Matuku Link. Our incredible educators teach them to love wetlands and appreciate the bush, nature and the natural environment while doing a...
Great Matuku Muster 2024
The actual idea for the Great Matuku Muster - bittern survey 2024 started more than a decade ago with John Sumich dreaming up a drone with a heat detection camera and another drone with a regular camera to spot bittern from the air. He worked with Peter Solaris from...
Spring and Summer Sundays
It's hot, it's dry.... and still the weeds are growing! Help us free our earlier planted trees from grasses overwhelming or convolvulus strangling them. We'd love you to join us at 111 Bethells Road at one of our Summer Sundays. For H&S reasons: if you haven’t...
Tracking at Matuku Link
Last week, I had the exhilarating opportunity to join Tarn from Auckland Zoo's conservation team on an adventure off the beaten track right here at Matuku Link. Auckland Zoo's Siân has been helping us collect data from our tracking tunnels since Matuku Link first...
Free (and plant) a Tree
It's planting season again! We'd love you to join us at 111 Bethells Road to plant some new trees and care for the ones we've planted earlier. We do recommend gumboots - a bit of splashing around in the mud makes it even more fun! For H&S reasons: if you haven’t...
Wetland Nightlife: Insects and Arachnids
Tonight we are hosting a "Bug Hunt" at Matuku Link. Along with expert entomologists and visitors, we'll be searching the wetlands for many legged critters and trying to identify them. Over the last week, we've let te aitanga pepeke (the insect world, including...
Contact us:
Secretary Annalily van den Broeke
022 692 2016 or email us at hello@matukulink.org.nz
Physical address:
111 Bethells Road, Te Henga, Auckland
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