Kaipara Forest Conservation Trust

Kaipara Forest Conservation Trust The Kaipara Forest Conservation Trust was set up to control pest species in native forests within the Kaipara District. email: [email protected]

We are initially concentrating on the Houto Forests located in the Tangowahine Valley. The Houto Forest consists of two main blocks. The Northern Houto Forest (Maungatipa) consists of around 540ha and the Southern Houto Forest (Maungaru Range) is just under 400ha. Both blocks are steep but have large areas of intact native bush with many significant native species present. In conjunction with the

pest control operations on the conservation estate, a 4000ha community pest control area is being established on surrounding farmland.

28/10/2025

Huge Matai, hidden from the world.

16/11/2024

An early Christmas present for the kiwi in the Houto forest. A few more SA3 traps to add to the collection.

Out and about in the Mangaru Range recutting the traplines. Kiekie, kowhai and rewarewa all flowering. Nice to have hel...
10/09/2022

Out and about in the Mangaru Range recutting the traplines. Kiekie, kowhai and rewarewa all flowering. Nice to have help too.....

11/08/2022

Kiwi calling in duet in the Northern Houto with ruru in the background.

Re cutting the Northern trig loop trapline.....not a bad way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
31/10/2020

Re cutting the Northern trig loop trapline.....not a bad way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

Learning the trade! We had help recently form a couple of Northtec students who are studying for the New Zealand Certifi...
30/08/2020

Learning the trade! We had help recently form a couple of Northtec students who are studying for the New Zealand Certificate in Pest Operations (Level 3).

Trail camera in the Northen Houto Forest showing some interesting inhabitants. (The dates on the images are incorrect. T...
26/05/2019

Trail camera in the Northen Houto Forest showing some interesting inhabitants. (The dates on the images are incorrect. These were taken April/May 2019). No kiwi seen, but the ever curious possum put on a bit of a show.

Northern Houto CrossFit. W.O.D: Ridge Loop trapline!!
17/03/2019

Northern Houto CrossFit. W.O.D: Ridge Loop trapline!!

09/11/2018
14/09/2018

Love is in the air (or rain to be exact) this kiwi pair were calling in duet during our annual kiwi monitoring a couple of months ago. Kiwi call rates increased across the project. Still low but headed in the right direction.
Also three more stoats caught this month in the Northern Houto Forest and one of our landowners caught another monster Ferret over half a meter (54cm, nose to tip of tail). The fourth one this year!

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