Here is the latest list of volunteer opportunities in the Hunua Ranges.
Mountain bike trails - this is run via the Auckland Mountain Bike Club, click here.
Kokako - this is run via the Hunua Kokako Recovery Project.
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| Park: | Task Description: | Dates: | Numbers required: | Contact Person: |
| Ambury | Beach clean-up | Anytime | 4 - 60 | Janine 636 6118 |
| Awhitu | Track cutting | Anytime | 4 - 10 | John 09 235 1106 |
| Beach clean up | Anytime | 4 - 20 | 09 235 1106 | |
| Hunua West | Metalling stairs on Ernies track | Anytime | 6 - 20 | Nathan 292 4267 |
| Mountain bike track metalling | Anytime | 6 - 20 | Scott 292 4267 | |
| Challenge track metalling | When dry | 2 - 100 | Nathan 2924267 | |
| Metalling Massey track | Any time | 2 - 10 | Scott 2924267 | |
| Lower Mangatawhiri Valley track - upgrade for PTA | May-Feb | 2-10 | Scott 2924267 | |
| Metalling Wairoa tracks | While dry | 2 - 100 | Nathan 292 4267 | |
| Hunua Habitat and Piggotts bait line regular groups | Any time | individual | Scott 2924267 | |
| Hunua East | Whakatiwai - Rabbit proof fence work | Anytime | 4 - 10 | Josh 09 232 2714 |
| Waharau red track upgrade for PTA | May - Sept | 4 - 20 | 09 232 2714 | |
| Waharau bait-lines - regular weekly group | All year | individuals | 09 232 2714 | |
| Omana/Duder | Shellbank clean-up | Anytime | 6 - 40 | Mags 536 7012 |
| Nursery Weeding | Anytime | 2 - 12 | Laura 536 6007 | |
| Beach clean | Anytime | Mags 536 7012 | ||
| Whakanewha (Waiheke) | Weed control, this involves focusing on certain areas of the park and involves cutting or pulling out certain weed species and painting with a herbicide to prevent regrowth, tools required would be handsaws and gloves, we would provide the herbicide which is in a bottle and is simply painted on the stump of the weed. | Anytime | 2 - 10 | Dan or Jonah: 372 5647 |
| Track benching and metalling, this involves digging and shovelling metal into wheelbarrows and transporting to location (sometimes quite a distance in the bush) tools required are wheelbarrows (we can provide three or four) and shovels and spades. | Anytime | 4 - 20 | Dan or Jonah: 372 5647 | |
| Gorse clearing and rubbish pick up in bush along Gordons road roadside, gloves and hi viz vests. We can provide bags for the rubbish and herbicide to treat the gorse | Anytime | 2 - 20+ | Dan or Jonah: 372 5647 | |
| Bait line clearing. Trim back vegetation with loppers, secateurs and handsaws. 1-3 volunteers. | All year | 1 - 3 | Dan or Jonah: 372 5647 | |
| Shellbank weeding. Pull out weeds and unwanted plants from shellbank to protect dotterel breeding area | Autumn & winter | 1 - 5 | Dan or Jonah: 372 5647 | |
| Waitawa | Mountain Bike Track metalling | Anytime | 6 - 20 | Stan 292 2457 |
| Beach clean-up & Amenity garden weeding | Anytime | 6 - 20 | 292 2457 |
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Higher risk tracks in the Hunua Ranges Regional Park are closed from 1 May 2018.
A number of higher risk tracks in the Hunua Ranges Regional Park are closed. A Controlled Area Notice (CAN)* is in place across the forested areas of the Hunua Ranges as well as the Waharau Regional Park.
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Departing Ranger for Hunua Rangers Scott Kusabs joins us to reflect on his 13+ years at the job...
The re-introducion of Kiwi to the Hunua Ranges has begin - exciting times...
Normally associated with Christmas, this interesting plant is now regionally threatened in Auckland. The Mistletoe Project has seen us work with Auckland Council to help recover it's propagation in the Hunuas...
Friends of Hunua Ranges Merv Hood recently visited the UK and shares these interesting observations with us around the parks systems and how they differ from the New Zealand model...
Friends of Hunua Ranges Chairman Merv Hood has been involved in the Hunua Ranges Regional Park almost since it's inception and therefore was the natural person to turn to to give us a summary of things as we approach 2016 - the year that we celebrate 50 years of Regional Parks in Auckland...
Back in 2012, budding filmmaker Matthew Neary produced this great video based on the awesome MTB tracks in the Moumoukai Valley. Worth watching!
Moumoukai River south of the dam was a busy place through winter of 2014 as decades old willow trees were removed in the interests of the area
We joined some energetic folks from the Auckland Mountain Bike Club to see what goes into their regular Working Bees at Hunua...
Every year the Rangers of Southern Regional Parks put on a day of food and activity as thanks to volunteers who have given their time over the year. This year was special in that volunteers got a sneak preview of work on the soon-to-be-opened Waitawa Regional Park...
It was a beautiful mid winters day that marked the official opening of the new MTB Skills Area and the Friends of Hunua Ranges group.
