Date: 7th December 2023
And that’s a wrap! A huge thank you to everyone who came out and volunteered with us! A huge thank…
Date: 1st December 2023
Graeme Watson- WCG Executive Member, Keynote Speaker at WPN 2023 Conference. I spent 40 years farming thinking gorse was the…
Date: 9th October 2023
COME AND JOIN US FOR THIS SUPER-CHARGED EVENT Dates: 1 – 9th November 2023 WCG Adopt a Plots &…
Date: 9th October 2023
Drink on arrival & nibbles Date: Wednesday 18 October 2023 @ 5.30pm Venue: Memorial Hall (held on the first night…
An overview of the huge task of wilding pine control work that the Whakatipu Wilding Control Group and their partners…
From grains to pines. Find out how New Zealand’s cereal man ‘Dick Hubbard’ latched onto the wilding pine problem. Dick…
Are wilding pines a fire hazard? We caught up with Mark Mawhinney, Risk Reduction Advisor for Fire and Emergency NZ…
Ever wonder who does the intricate colourful maps for our upcoming wilding work? That would be, Will McBeth. The DOC…
First helicopters and now Buggies! We sure know how to make our wilding work adventurous. In conjunction with Treespace, WCG…
Pines are often used as shelter belts for privacy, to block prevailing winds and shelter animals in paddocks. They have…
Let’s talk about the proposed tree removal in Kelvin Heights. WCG is with Queenstown Lakes District Council and Whakatipu Reforestation…
A snapshot of the Coronet Peak Community Planting Project discussions, featuring Jana Davis from Te Tapu o Tane and Will…
16 of our most committed volunteers endured a below zero morning up at Coronet Forest to complete their chainsaw competency…
You’d think all these wildings around the Whakatipu would have marketable timber, right? The answer… it’s complicated. Wildings are self…
Our alps are starting to get a good dusting of snow, it is quite chilly outside but this weather is…
Today we cover the symbiotic relationship between fungi, land and plant but with a particular focus on pines. The internet…