Aroha Kaikorai Valley

It's time to make a change

The magnificent Kaikorai Valley is home to a large community with a mix of industrial and residential buildings and magnificent green spaces. The centrepiece of Kaikorai Valley is Kaikorai Stream, which threads its way through many historical features and modern developments. It has seen the best and worst of times. Now it's time for us to band together and make a difference.

Aroha Kaikorai Valley (AKV) is a registered charity, community and business-led organisation. Together, we can bring about massive change. We can eliminate weeds and pests, plant native plants to enhance our environment while attracting birds and cleaning up our waterways. 

Some great work has already been started by various organisations and AKV is hoping to build on that progress by teaming business support with people power to make Kaikorai Valley as beautiful and healthy as possible.

Active traps

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Rats removed

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Mustelids removed

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Possums removed

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Hedgehogs removed

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Games night at AKV! Come and join us for some fun from 5.30-6.30pm, Thursday 20 March! RSVP https://akv.nz/events/games-night
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Hi everyone! We have a few AKV updates to share: 1. The volunteer admin team is at reduced capacity for the next couple of weeks, so things may chug along a bit slower until we catch up. Thank you for your patience in the meantime! 2. Games Night! We have three conservation themed card games at the ready to play. Come and join us on Thursday 20 March, 5.30-6.30pm. Note we usually have our Thursday meetings on the 2nd Thursday of the month, but our meeting will be on the third Thursday this month. Further details to follow. 3. We've caught a total of 915 predators. Can't wait until we hit quadruple figures! Thanks everyone 💙
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It's time to kick off our monthly Thursday night meetings again! Join us this Thursday 13 February, 5.30-6.30pm. This month we'll be doing 5-minute bird counts at Frasers Gully. Details at https://akv.nz/events
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Would you like an opportunity to be part of a team that checks traps on reserves in Kaikorai Valley? Benefits include helping the native ecosystem to regrow, getting fresh air and exercise, improving your physical and mental health, and being a part of an exciting new volunteer community! This trapline would be suitable for beginners. The terrain is flat and the traps are easily accessible. We're looking for a commitment of one hour per month. We're running a training session this Thursday 30 January, 5.30-6.30pm, meeting at Townleys Road. For details and to RSVP, see here: https://akv.nz/events/townleys-road-trapline-training If you're interested in being a part of the mission, but can't make the session, please contact connect@akv.nz
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Exciting times! We're about to learn a lot more about what's living in Kaikorai Valley! We teamed up with some experts (Janice Huang and Andrew Innes) on Wednesday to collect water samples from the Kaikorai Stream. We're looking for environmental DNA (eDNA). This is the tiny traces of genetic material of living creatures that is left behind in waterways. The water samples will go to a lab, where they'll be able to find the genetic code of the living things have passed through the stream. We can't wait to see the list and to share it with you!
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To the native wildlife of Kaikorai Valley, better things are coming your way! A small group of us learnt to use victor rat traps on Sunday. The result of this will be fewer introduced predators in your home, and a much healthier ecosystem overall. We promise to look out for our wee patch of the environment this year. To the humans of Kaikorai Valley, keep an eye on future environment-enhancing AKV events here: https://akv.nz/events
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We have an AKV session on Sunday to learn how to use victor rat traps. Using these traps will make it a great start to 2025 for our native wildlife! Further details here: https://akv.nz/events/victor-rat-trap-training
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It's been a while since we checked our traps! Let us know if you want to be involved in regular trap checking this year. We'd love to have you on board. Contact connect@akv.nz or have a chat with Paul or Beth at our free training session on Sunday https://akv.nz/events
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