Hi,
By now you should know about our efforts to support Weta in the Hunua Ranges via our Weta Hotel project - visit our Weta Web Page for all the details.
It is great that you have chosen to help the Weta by purchasing our unique Friends of Hunua Ranges Weta Hotels. We ask that you make at least a $25 donation to Friends of Hunua Ranges for each Weta Hotel we make for you (includes P&P). Upon recipt of your order, our team of crafty engineers will construct you very own Weta Hotel. Upon completion, we will either deliver direct to you for locating on your property or we will locate into dedicated areas of the Hunua Ranges, providing you with regular updates on how they are fairing.
Simply fill in the form below to register your interest. We will then send you details via email with instructions on how to make your payment (internet bank transfer).
If you have any specific question not covered in this section please contact our Chairman Merv Hood directly at chair@friendsofhunuaranges.co.nz.
If you would like to be informed of activities, volunteer opportunities and general news about the Hunua Ranges, then subscribe to our eNewsletter...
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.
