Karioi project news
Kia ora and welcome
A little about us…
The Karioi project is a community led, multi-stakeholder, landscape scale conservation, biodiversity restoration and education project. It focuses on Karioi Maunga and surrounding landscapes – coastal escarpments, forest, freshwater and marine habitats and communities to the north and south of the mountain from Whaingaroa Harbour to Aotea Harbour.
The project is committed to restoring healthy functioning ecosystems on the mountain by building thriving populations of birds and restoring their habitats at a landscape scale. We have a special focus on seabirds – the Oi / Grey Faced Petrels that visit our coastline each year and attempts to breed. We think thats pretty special – since its all happening in our very own backyard – and we hope you do too!
Join the Karioi Backyard Hub!
Nic is our Volunteer Extraordinaire! – Checking traps, dropping bait to our team of 35 regular volunteers and running the Karioi Backyard Hub. If you haven’t met Nic yet, here is what she has to say about trapping in her own backyard.
“I started trapping predators in my own backyard in June 2016. Little did I know how many possums and rats were lurking within. Since then I’ve caught 38 possums, 16 rats and 1 hedgehog! The forest floor is lush with new seedlings and I’ve had tui, keruru and piwakawaka visiting. It’s pretty motivating with such a result to keep going.”
The Karioi Backyard Hub is a trapping initiative set up by the Karioi project. The backyard hub aims to support and educate people to trap for predators around their own home. It’s an opportunity for all residents to contribute to the volunteer work that has been happening since 2009 on Karioi Maunga.
The process is easy – contact us at www.karioimaunga.co.nz or email karioi.backyard@arocha.org we’ll be in touch to arrange a suitable time, you’ll get a visit to set you up and then you’re ready to start trapping!
If you don’t have the inclination to hike up Karioi, then this is a great way to still be involved and also encourage biodiversity within the Raglan area. So come join us and help bring back the dawn chorus to Whaingaroa!