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Weeds and pests bring neighbours together in Grendon Road

Oct 12, 2020

Weeds and pests bring neighbours together in Grendon Road

Gabrielle Fortune writes: We brought the Grendon Road and Warwick Ave community together with a morning tea to talk about Predator and...

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Oct 12, 2020

Curious Tamariki and STNN

Curious Tamariki (run by Ella Rose Shnapp and an amazing crew) is a creative exploration of nature, science and filmmaking for young...

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Oct 12, 2020

Meet Adie, our new facilitator

My name is Adrienne (Adie) Fortune and I would like to share a bit of background about me as I take up the role of STNN facilitator. I...

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Oct 12, 2020

Jess joins the communications team

Hi, I’m Jess Jenkins, and have recently joined the passionate and diverse STNN group. I have come on board as part of the communications...

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Oct 9, 2020

A sign of the times!

Our Kick Start programme just got a facelift! Thanks to a grant from the Waitakere Ranges Local Board, STNN has been able to have these...

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Oct 9, 2020

Valley Road's new co-ordinator

Hello, my name is Meg Catley and I am the new trap and bait coordinator for Valley Road. I have been interested in working to make...

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Oct 9, 2020

Bird protection efforts continue

The next generation of Grey Faced Petrels has hatched! James Russell from the University of Auckland visited Okewa Reserve and banded...

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Sep 30, 2020

Titirangi Beach Weeding Bee this Sunday

The weather is looking promising: big suns in the weather app, no severe weather warning in place - unlike last weekend ! So bring your...

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Sep 10, 2020

When working around Kauri

Advice for Working Bee workers*: When working around Kauri If you possibly can, please: ● Dig an old pair of tramping or gum boots out of...

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Sep 10, 2020

Latest weeding bee achievements

Tinopai – small steps, large achievement! Sunday 6th September’s weeding bee at last realised a major achievement on one property: a...

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Sep 3, 2020

Story of Kick Start visit

We were out of Lockdown on 26th July so the Kick Start team swung into action at a property on South Titirangi Road. This property is a...

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Sep 3, 2020

Beware the moth weed (and report it!)

Moth plant is popping up in Titirangi. Moth Plant is a particularly voracious smothering weed, very difficult to eradicate. It’s listed...

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Sep 3, 2020

Remembering Vicki

In August 2020, South Titirangi Neighbourhood Network lost one of its most valiant crusaders towards a pest-free South Titirangi. Vicki...

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Aug 20, 2020

Just do it!

Success! 615 South Titirangi Road now essentially ‘weed free’ by Sandra Gorter Two years ago I decided to clear my property of noxious...

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Aug 19, 2020

Our Council heroes

STNN wouldn’t be able to do the work we do; supplying neighbours with weed bags, cut n paste, pest traps and bait, if it wasn’t for the...

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Aug 19, 2020

Where are the weed bins?

Finding it hard to locate a weed bin? Auckland Council is generally preferring weed bags instead of bins. Weed bags are cost efficient,...

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Aug 19, 2020

Wonderful working bee in Woontons Lane

Woontons Lane, named after Captain Woonton who came out from the Channel Islands in 1878, was originally a farm track. It is a key access...

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Aug 19, 2020

Sandra's Lockdown Achievements

Sandra Gorter writes: Many people took Lockdown as an opportunity to deal with weeds. My lockdown project was weeding at 624/630 which...