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The Serve Trust and Go Eco's partnership On 24 August, something years in the making became official. Matt Kofoed, Acting Chair of Go Eco, and Natasha Willison, Chair of The Serve, signed a relationship agreement between our two organisations. Go Eco and The Serve Trust have worked alongside each other for years. We have shared kai, shared volunteers, shared resources and shared the same goal. A community where everyone has enough to eat. This agreement puts that partnership
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More funding on the way for trapping groups
A pest-control funding trial that gave community groups better access to vital resources was so successful in 2025 it’s coming back later this year. The Small Scale Community Initiatives Hub Fund helped nine groups across Central and South Waikato by providing more than 320 traps, 1.5 tonnes of lure, pest plant control supplies, monitoring equipment, and other essential resources. By purchasing through Go Eco's Buyers Collective, the funding achieved 17% greater purchasing p
Aug 211 min read
30 new predator free projects in one year
Fraser Smith’s Jack Russell May knows the location of every trap between Hamilton's Anzac and Cobham bridges and has dutifully tagged along on the family's daily “rat run” since it began in 2020. The Smiths had noticed evidence of pests along the river path as they cycled to and from Hamilton East School. Last year, Fraser was appointed predator control advisor for Hamilton City Council in the natural areas team. This team is focussed on restoring and maintaining Kirikiriroa’
Aug 212 min read
Help test a new spatial data tool for biodiversity projects
Waikato Regional Council is piloting a new spatial data management tool designed to support community-led biodiversity projects. Kete Taiao Waikato can be used on desktop or mobile to record things like planting, pest control (animals and plants), monitoring and volunteer hours, all in one place. It works in the field and makes it easier to plan activities, track progress, and report on what’s being achieved. Click here to watch a short demo of what can be done. If you're
Aug 211 min read
Modified Flipping Timmy traps reduce feral pig damage
Predator Free Te Aroha and the Hakarimata Restoration Trust have developed a simple, practical way of reducing trapline damage caused by feral pigs. The groups have modified the Flipping Timmy possum traps with safety lines to stop them from being completely destroyed by the pigs. "The two Flipping Timmy traps in the photo [above] have a safety line attached, so if a pig wrenches at a possum, the yellow lid that would normally disappear with the pig and the possum stays conn
Aug 211 min read
Join the matuku-hūrepo muster and help a rare wetland bird
You can help stop the beautiful wetland bird matuku-hūrepo from becoming extinct by taking part in The Great Matuku-hūrepo Muster. The first week of the muster runs from September 18-27. Volunteers gather at wetlands around the motu to count and record the “booms” of the male matuku-hūrepo - or Australasian bittern. The booms are the bittern's mating calls. Volunteers listen and record the booms during two more weeks of the breeding season - October 23-November 1 and November
Aug 211 min read
Need a trail camera or live cat trap? Borrow from Go Eco
Several UOVision Select 30 trail cameras and a live cat trap are now available to borrow from our resource library. Over the last year, our resources, including pest animal taxidermies, interactive games and demonstration traps, have been used at more than 30 events and workshops across the Central Waikato and beyond. We have also received monitoring equipment (chew cards, tracking tunnels and cards, and eDNA kits from Waikato Regional Council to provide to community groups.
Aug 211 min read
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