Volunteer Welcome Session

Do you want to feel part of a community? Want to give back in a way that boosts mental health and helps nature? Urban Ark - Manawa Taiao is seeking volunteers who want to contribute to our mission to increase native biodiversity through community action. This two-hour session is an intro to our work and our community. You will: • Discover what Urban Ark is all about and where we are active: essentialy the central Auckland isthmus • Learn how to safely set and check rat and possum traps (optional if that's not your thing) • Become familar with key pest plants (weeds) and find out why they are a problem • Hear how we go about controlling weeds • Find out about planting native speices, both pioneer plantings and enrichment plantings • Learn how and where you can help • Share tea and biscuits while chatting to Urban Ark staff and other volunteers • See the impact of weeding, planting and trapping on a small patch of urban ngahere