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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Active traps
Rats removed

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Rats removed
Mustelids removed

12

Mustelids removed
Possums removed

639

Possums removed
Hedgehogs removed

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Hedgehogs removed
Others removed

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Others removed

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We have a 5 minute bird count on this Sunday at 10am. You can help us to help the birds by counting every bird you see or hear in 5 minutes. Details here: https://akv.nz/events/winter-birdcount-13-july-2025
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We had a great time at our first movie night on Thursday. We're back on again this week! This week we're watching 'The Black Robin - A Chatham Island Story'. Come and hear how the black robins were saved from just 5 robins, to around 350 robins today. https://akv.nz/events
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Tomorrow is the start of July! That means that it's time for our Thursday movie nights. We're showing a different film each Thursday in July, 5.30pm - 6.30pm, starting this Thursday with Seven Black Robins. See you there! For further details and to RSVP: https://akv.nz/events
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Want to help the pīwakawaka, our bird of the month? Here are three things you can do: 1. Leave leaf litter on your garden. Fantails are insect eaters and leaving the leaf litter on your garden will make more fantail food. 2. Plant native trees and shrubs, like kōwhai and hebe. These will also make more insects for fantails to eat. 3. Trap. Fantails are eaten alive by introduced mammalian predators. Trapping will result in more fantails.
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Here's our sweet wee bird of the month - the pīwakawaka fantail. These 8g bundles of cuteness are endemic to New Zealand. That means this species is found nowhere else in the world. There are three subspecies of fantails: North Island, South Island and Chatham Island. About 5% of the South Island fantails are all black. Have you seen a black one lately?
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It's dark and cold out! So come and join us round the fire for a series of movie nights. All welcome. When: 5.30-6.30pm every Thursday in July. Where: 381 Kaikorai Valley Road. https://akv.nz/events
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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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