Aroha Kaikorai Valley planting

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.

137

Active traps

57

Rats removed

0

Mustelids removed

66

Possums removed

34

Hedgehogs removed

99

Others removed

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Happy Otago Anniversary Day to our beautiful native wildlife! Our whole province is 32,000 sq km, but here at AKV, we've been working hard to make our small patch of Ōtākou a better place to be for our native birds.
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Supporter shout out! Massive thanks to Penny from the ArtisanPantry & Cafe for hooking us up with 20kg Flour and 12kg of Icing sugar. Already paying dividends in the local hood helping us catch more predators. If you get the chance pop in and say hi to Penny and the team, do yourself a favour and grab one of their famous frozen lasagnas while you are there. #thankyou #AKV #arohakaikoraivalley
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Come and join us this Thursday to learn some handy trapping tips and tricks! Meet at the Turboweb building, next to the Aroha Kaikorai Valley shed, 381 Kaikorai Valley Rd. The meeting will run from 5.30-6.30pm. Contact connect@akv.nz for more information.
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Numbers are changing quickly these days. Up three possums, 4 rats and 5 traps. Hedgehogs have slowed down.
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Josh and Paul in the local scrub working on trap setting videos to drop into our Adepty for the volunteer crew. #arohakaikoraivalley #getadepty #turboweb
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We've cracked 100!
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Come and join us at the Aroha Kaikorai Valley shed, 381 Kaikorai Valley Road, this Saturday 13 January 2024 from 1-2pm. We’ll check in with how our trapping is going and how we can level up in 2024! We know lots of people are still on holiday but we'd love to see you if you can make it
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*Kaikorai Secrets!* We're looking for the secret gems hiding in Kaikorai Valley. Hidden secrets are everywhere, but you need to observe carefully. I walked straight past this Kānuka, thinking it was just another shrub. But then noticed it had flowers bunched together, and then saw that every single tiny flower had an amazing pattern! Have you seen any hidden secrets in Kaikorai Valley?
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