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

479

Active traps
Rats removed

529

Rats removed
Mustelids removed

11

Mustelids removed
Possums removed

619

Possums removed
Hedgehogs removed

163

Hedgehogs removed
Others removed

451

Others removed

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Some of the AKV team got to head out to Hikaroroa for a winter mission servicing AT220 auto traps. It was a great time in some very challenging terrain. You can see the full story here: https://akv.nz/aroha-kaikorai-valley-news/hikaroroa-mt-watkin-winter-trapping-mission
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Our gorgeous bird of the month: tauhou. These 12cm bundles of cuteness are susceptible to predation. You can help them by keeping your cat inside at night and by trapping rats on your property. Please reach out on connect@akv.nz if you want us to help you to help them!
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Here's our bird of the month: the waxeye | silvereye | tauhou. They live in a variety of habitats across New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific. One advantage they have is their diet is quite varied. They'll eat insects, fruit, nectar and fat. We recommend planting a variety of native plants so they have a food source all year round.
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This wee nest hanging in a maple tree belongs to our bird of the the month: the waxeye | tauhou. In spring, they'll lay 2-4 little blue eggs in the nest. After just two weeks, the eggs will hatch and we'll have brand new waxeyes in our world!
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Total AKV predator catches by month. Let's take a look at how your hard work over the last year has paid off! Hedgehogs: They hibernate over winter, but we are still able to help our native wildlife by catching them when they emerge in the spring. February saw our highest hedgehog catch numbers. Mice: It's been pretty steady. They seem to be always around. Summer saw a bit of lull mouse catches. Possums: We had a huge spike in August when we set up the Stevenson Road trapline. We caught 100 possums on that line! Rats: Probably the most consistent of the lot. Rats have been always lurking! Thank you for playing your part in removing these 690 predators from Kaikorai Valley over the past year. What a massive gift to our native wildlife!
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Bird of the month: Waxeye | Silvereye | Tauhou. In winter they come to our back yards and flock together. Often they'll huddle close and preen each other. <3
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👀Last night we were lucky enough to have Simon Whitton at our monthly meeting. . . . . . . . 🐟He talked about Kaikorai Stream, the fish in it, and the challenges they face trying to navigate a modified stream bed. ⚛Fascinating stuff! in fact it prompted this email to the inbox "I just wanted to drop you a very quick line to say I thought last nights talk was super interesting and informative" 🌼Thank you Simon and thank you all who contributed. Find out more about us https://akv.nz/
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It's been a week! But seeing an email message like this makes it all worthwhile. AKV cannot claim all the credit there has been wonderful work going on all over the place. Shout out to City Sanctuary Kate Tanner Catherine Bradley Penny, Zac, all those other volunteers who did the Mahi in the background, and most of all you backyard trappers giving those traps the love they need. If you want to get involved. head over to www.akv.nz to register your interest. #thankyou #CitySanctuary #predatorfree #AKV #arohakaikoraivalley #tui
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