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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

Contorta to native – a super initiative in Central Otago

The Central Otago Wilding Group has recently received a funding boost totaling $150K from the Otago Regional Council for the project of transitioning contorta shelterbelts to native plants shelter in the Styx valley (upper…

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How quickly do pine trees break down

I have been asked a couple of times in the last few months about the above. People are interested as they consider whether to poison trees standing or fell them. Most of the time…

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Could dwarf mistletoe help solve the giant wilding conifer problem?

dwarf mistletoes (Genus Arceuthobium Bieb.) on a lodgepole (P. contorta) pine Waves of wilding conifers are currently moving across the New Zealand landscape and there seem to be few long-term options available to control…

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