News

Winning Wilders

Date: 1st November 2022

Great excitement at the New Zealand Biosecurity Awards last night at Auckland Museum. We are thrilled to announce that our two nominations succeeded in their categories. Congratulations to the Whakatipu Wilding Control Group who…

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What the future could look like…………

Date: 21st October 2022

Richard Bowman WPN Chair and our coordinator presented to the NETS (national biosecurity) conference in Christchurch in August 2022. The presentation was on the role of advocacy in a landscape scale biosecurity response but…

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Wildings in the Mackenzie – lend a helping hand

Date: 20th October 2022

Take the time to listen to this interview with Ross Ivey, Chair of the McKenzie Wilding Trust and Rachel Smalley from Today FM. Dated 13/10/22 it was done to advertise upcoming volunteer days. In…

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October 2022 Newsletter is finally out

Date: 19th October 2022

https://mailchi.mp/331486178670/autumn-newsletter-from-the-wilding-pine-network-9089417 In this newsletter – information on our advocacy programme ” Sustaining the Gains” to address the 2023 funding reduction and how you can help, a new member on our management committee, the recently…

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WPN is now on Facebook

Date: 19th October 2022

We have broken new ground and entered a new age! Thanks to Lauren Prebble our social media specialist we have established a social media profile. www.facebook.com/WildingPineNetwork Social media helps amplify advocacy efforts by potentially reaching…

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Control progress 2016-2022

Date: 19th October 2022

Effective wilding control is all about keeping the pressure on -catching trees when they are small and before they get a chance to cone and send their winged progeny out to create more problems…

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SUSTAINING THE GAINS

Date: 18th October 2022

An advocacy campaign to address the 2023 national programme funding reduction. The significant gains made by the National Wilding Conifer Control Programme is at risk due to a reduction of funding to the programme…

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Control Guidelines now available

Date: 18th October 2022

                                      12308A A5 Booklet Wilding Pine Aug 2022 WEB These Guidelines were originally written in 2009 by…

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WPN releases new policy report

Date: 8th April 2022

The WPN has recently released a report about the gaps and limitations in policy and legislation.


Wilding Pine Network welcomes the PCE’s report on weeds in native ecosystems

Date: 16th November 2021

The Wilding Pine Network endorses the PCE’s report on weeds titled “Space invaders: A review of how New Zealand manages weeds that threaten native ecosystems”. Weeds are a significant threat to Aotearoa’s native ecosystems…

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