Trustee John Sumich is "Doctor John Sumich" when he's working... as is his daughter, 'young Doctor Sumich'! She also got roped in to follow in John's footsteps and give a hand with the installation of the plastic side covers for the open part of the barn,...

The floods and storms of February, March and April this year were severe: with 180.000 houses without power in March, let's hope it is the "30 year storm" and not a regular event. For us at Matuku Link we were 'only' without power for five days, which did...

Our volunteers seem to like our working bees, the shared lunch or the chance to walk around bare chested: whatever it is, you can join us! We usually try to see an eel, or some of our resident pateke might come and say hello. Tui song and flittering visits...

Our volunteers seem to like our working bees (or the donated Nice Blocks ice creams, or the shared lunch): almost two dozen showed up to help us with cleaning up after the storm, clearing the grass from the plants, constructing the nursery and many more...

On 15th of March the whole world is celebrating their rivers... and we aim to celebrate by reaching our funding goal for stream side planting. The best way to care for a river is to ensure its water stays cool and its banks won't erode: riparian planting...

We're aiming for 750 metres of stream restoration planting...and with two weeks to go, are looking for funding for the last 2/3rds! If you’ve flown last year, or are thinking of flying in 2018, why not compensate your CO2 emission with a donation towards...

Celebrating World Wetland Day at Matuku Link! World Wetland Day is worth celebrating, especially since we don’t have much of if left in New Zealand. Easy to drain for farming or houses, over 90% of our wetlands have gone, and with it the habitat for our native birds...

Wanting to get fit? “Enjoy nature” or “Learn more about native plants”” on your New Years’ resolution list? Or would you like good company and a way to give back to the environment and your community? All of the reasons above, and many more, should lead to...

A group of very interested volunteers were led by Geoff Davidson (from Oratia Native Nursery as well as a Matuku Link trustee) to collect the seeds of many different species of Carex...by the end of the day I hope the others remembered more than I did! If we hadn't...

One year Matuku Link... that's something to celebrate! Despite the weather, which gave us the only rainfall in the whole of November, we enjoyed the band, the barbeque, the food and the speeches. But most of all: the company of all the people who've...