Event Details
Celebrate Conservation Week 2025 by joining Department of Conservation Biodiversity Ranger, Michael McCandless, for a Walk and Talk around Te Whanganui-a-Orotu/Ahuriri Estuary walking track. Michael will talk about the work DOC does around the estuary, look at some of the more troublesome weeds and the control measures in place to deal with them.
Bring warm gear and walking shoes.
Event cancelled if wet.
The Ahuriri Estuary has a range of habitats important to birds, fish, invertebrates and plant life. Over 70 resident and migratory birds species feed and rest here. Many birds arrive each year from their arctic breeding grounds to recover and rebuild body condition and energy levels, before returning for the next round of nesting and chick raising. Others gather over winter to take advantage of the estuary's abundant food supplies. The Ahuriri Estuary is one of the most significant habitats of its type on the east coast of the North Island.
This event is part of Conservation Week 2025
