Friends of the Blade operates under the korowai of Whakamārama Community Incorporated, and every year we write up a report for their AGM of what we’ve been up to: AT220 Autotrap Perimeter Completed 2023-24 As of April 2023, this was the status of our effort to ring fence our trapping area with AT220 auto trapsContinue reading “What We’ve Been Up To”
Category Archives: Community Outreach
Autumn Working Bee
A huge shoutout to the 13-strong crew of volunteers from Tauranga offices of the engineering company Vitruvius who turned out on Thursday, 21 March, 2024, to tackle some of the maintenance work that we never seem to get on top of. We are so grateful for all their mahi! • Steps were cut into steep and slipperyContinue reading “Autumn Working Bee”
Benefit Gig: Have fun, Help the Kaimai!
Envirohub’s ‘Sustainable Backyards’ organising team have pulled together a benefit gig to raise money for traps for our predator control work. Huge thanks to them for spearheading this — we’re very excited to take part, and hope all our readers, supporters and volunteers will spread the word, and come along. Here’s a link to theContinue reading “Benefit Gig: Have fun, Help the Kaimai!”
Open Day Report
The weather didn’t co-operate for our Open Day on 19 November, which was moved from the Department of Conservation carpark at the Blade indoors at the Whakamārama Community Hall. About 20 people visited our trap demos and info tables, watched our trailcam videos and enjoyed a sausage straight from the BBQ. Check out some photosContinue reading “Open Day Report”
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