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Supporting the management of wilding conifer infestations in New Zealand via advocacy, advice and action.

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Wilding Pine Network

The Wilding Pine Network is an Incorporated Society aiming to raise awareness of the wilding conifer issue, advocate for funding for wilding conifer control, and provide nation-wide coordination of and advice to community groups involved in active wilding conifer management.

Community Groups

Our community groups play an important part of wilding conifer control. These groups often organise volunteer days, and welcome your help. Being part of a group can be fun and rewarding. You don’t need any special knowledge, skills or tools, just an average level of fitness.

Webinar & Resources

The Wilding Pine Network facilitates information sharing through webinars, newsletters, reports, and workshops. Our Resources page has links to our webinars and publications, as well as details about latest research findings.

Help Save Campaign

Help to save our landscapes from the threat of wilding pines. 

Find out more about our campaign and why urgent action is needed. 

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News / Blog

The challenge of wildings in the Mackenzie – a landowner’s perspective

Following on from our very successful 2025 conference for your viewing pleasure or perhaps displeasure please see the following videos with Mackenzie landowners and contractors: Visual, concise and factual personalizing the challenge and scale…

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Wilding conifers and Bovine Tb – spend now to save later

History shows that large scale, long term national biosecurity programmes need to be adequately and consistently resourced over the full extent of their lives. Failure to complete these programmes in the most cost effective…

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Contorta just keeps on giving

A recent email from Nick Ledgard highlighted the above and the seriousness of a delay in control due to insufficient funding to act proactively on all fronts. The graph below shows how just a…

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