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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.

Let’s finish the job

The case for urgent investment for the wilding conifer crisis

The recent Government decision to cut funding to the National Wilding Conifer Control Programme by 75% (from $25m to $10m/annum) is effectively a death sentence for effective and sustainable wilding pine management in New Zealand.

Join our campaign to advocate for increased funding to the Wilding Conifer Control Programme and Let’s finish the job…

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News / Blog

Government proposal to establish private public partnerships to plant trees (including pines) on lower value Crown land – submissions close 28 Feb.

The Government is looking for partners to plant trees on Crown-owned land that has low conservation and farming value. The intended purpose is that it will contribute to climate change targets, spur economic growth…

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Stevenson’s Peninsula – Lake Wanaka – inaugural control project for Upper Clutha Wilding Tree Group

The Upper Clutha Wilding Tree Group (UCWTG) are a community-led, not-for-profit organisation with the goal of protecting the outstanding natural landscapes and indigenous biodiversity of the Upper Clutha region from the threat of key…

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The Tort of Nuisance – a potential avenue to leverage wilding pine control

The success of the national collaboration that is the wilding pine management network is based on the “carrot approach” – good relationships where landowners, agencies and communities agree that wilding pine control is necessary,…

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