Many people at Waikawa Beach are keen to protect and enhance the environment. These links may be helpful. This page will be updated as more information becomes available.
Funding
- DOC Community Fund: Apply for funding (currently closed)
- Other funding organisations: Funding for community conservation projects
- Predator Free Communities Programme - Predator Free NZ Trust
Reference Material
- Best New Zealand native plants for bees: 8 native that pollinators love | Stuff.co.nz
- Native Plants that Attract Birds | Forest and Bird
- Tī kōuka » Manaaki Whenua
- Seed collection and propagation guide for native trees and shrubs
- Calendar for seed collecting: Ecosource seeds
- Growing Flax Plants - Bunnings New Zealand
Pest Control
- What's on the menu? 5 lures that aren't peanut butter - Predator Free NZ Trust
- The Predator Free NZ webinar at July 2023, Fine Tuning Your Predator Control with Cam Speedy (1 hour) is a must-watch. Key point — it’s useless to just stick a predator trap outside and hope to catch stoats etc. You need to figure out the right place for the trap then make it party-central for the predators you’re after. The video explains details, research and techniques.
- This item about smart traps that could perhaps be available by 2024 is interesting — Rodents beware: AI device being developed in NZ to kill invasive species | RNZ.
- A bud-galling wasp is helping control the invasive pest plant Sydney golden wattle.
Encourage Wildlife
- Make your garden safe for wildlife - Predator Free NZ Trust
- Month by month calendar of plants for native birds (PDF)
Local Groups
- Waikawa Environment Group
- Wild Cats of Waikawa aims to trap wild and feral cats, neuter those that can be rehomed and then rehome them, mostly elsewhere. The cats are checked to make sure they don’t belong to anyone and their health is assessed too.
- Waitohu Stream and Dune Care Group
