• MCC BIG March weeding event

    Haycocks Bush, Motueka River West Bank Road 2094 Motueka River West Bank Road, New Zealand

    The Motueka Catchment Collective’s Pest Management Group are continuing their fight against Old Mans Beard which is taking over in the Motueka Valley & needs to be stopped! This is all the more urgent at the moment as there was a huge flowering this year leaving many seeds ready to fly. The MCC will be […]

  • MCC BIG April Old Man’s Beard weeding event

    Haycocks Bush, Motueka River West Bank Road 2094 Motueka River West Bank Road, New Zealand

    The Pest Management Group invites you to the fourth BIG Motueka Valley April Community Weeding Bee to clear Old Man's Beard vines from native vines from a site near Haycocks Bush. This is an iconic site next to the Motueka River and we need your help to restore it! MCC are continuing their fight against […]

  • Motueka OMB group QEII weeding event

    The Motueka OMB Group, led by Bruce Stare, who is also a member of the Pest Management group of MCC, are holding an OMB weeding event in a significant piece of QEII covenanted bush on private land on Saturday July 27th. Bruce is still finalising details for the event, including the time. Watch this space […]

  • Brooklyn BOMB squad OMB working bee

    Blue Gum Corner

    Brooklyn Old Man's Beard Group aka The BOMB Squad We're looking for new volunteers! We're a very informal group that runs monthly working bees in the hope that we can eventually push Old Man's Beard out of Brooklyn. We have a mailing list of 23 people, with anything between 3-10 people turning up to each […]

  • MCC trap collection

    Ngatimoti Community Rooms

    This Sunday 10 August from 2-5pm is another opportunity to collect the subsidised traps you ordered from MCC in May & June. You will need to pay for your traps in advance: DOC 200 (stoats) $50 Rat Trap $15 TASMAN ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST 03-1354-0519197-00 Use your SURNAME & the words MCC TRAP as your reference. Once paid, please […]

  • Brooklyn BOMB squad working bee

    Corner of Mickell Road, Brooklyn

    With spring growth kicking off, it will be easy to identify the active vines. The more vines and seedlings destroyed before summer flowering, the easier our task will be in the long term. All welcome to join the effort! Meet at corner of Mickell Road then we'll tackle some tricky patches on West Bank Road. […]

  • Haycocks Bush Old Mans Beard working bee

    2094 Motueka River West Bank Road 2094 Motueka River West Bank Road, New Zealand

      Bruce Stare, a key member of the Pest Management Group Join the Pest Management Group for another working bee to tackle Old Man's Beard in the beautiful Haycocks Bush. Let's work together to continue along Haycocks Bush, removing Old Man's Beard vines using the cut and paste method. So much good work has been done […]