Hunua Forest: Landscape-scale restoration
Watercare purchased Hūnua Forest to protect Auckland’s water supply. Since 2018, Whirka has supported managers to undertake one of the largest native forest restoration projects in Aotearoa – to revert 2,300 ha of pine plantation to native forest. Why...
Predator Free Dunedin – a community collaboration
Over just a few years, the idea to coordinate predator control across Dunedin and beyond to bring back the birds became a reality. By bringing together twenty groups and agencies – including iwi, research institutes, government, and grass-roots community groups...
Activating a vision for forest restoration in Wanaka
Rocky Hill, near Wānaka, is a large property with Outstanding Natural Landscape values, including tourist hot spot Diamond Lake. Once part of a larger high-country station, the property has been farmed and proudly cared for by one family for several decades. They have...