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Currently the Te Henga quarry park (or Waitipu-Waitākere Quarry Park ) is closed. In April-May this year (2022) there was feedback requested on how to go about restoring the land and reopening the site as a local park for public use. WRPS strongly supports developing...

Located within the Waitakere Ranges Regional Park, The Ark is a collaborative project between Forest & Bird and Auckland Council, supported by local mana whenua Te Kawerau ā Maki. With 400 volunteers it protects/caretakes for 2270 hectares monitoring wildlife,...

2021 Waitakere Ranges Kauri Population Health Monitoring Survey This is the third survey carried out by Auckland Council on the Waitakere Ranges Regional Park for kauri dieback disease. Remote sensing was used to detect kauri trees >15m tall within the forest...

What is the Resource Management Act (RMA) reform and the Natural and Built Environments Act (NBA)? In February 2021, the Government announced it intended to replace the Resource Management Act with three new laws. These would be the: Natural and Built Environments Act...

Thanks to the huge efforts by Te Kawerau ā Maki, the Waitakere Ranges Local Board, members of the Society, conservation networks, as well as many government agencies and the Environment and Community Committee of the Auckland Council, we are thrilled to report that by...

Much has been written about the Waitakere Ranges over the years, but here is a selection of publications that you might find interesting.Some are now out of print, but many are still available in book shops and most can be borrowed from Auckland Libraries. If you know...

Waitakere Ranges Protection Society president John Edgar said it's probably just a matter of time until Myrtle rust infects the native forest on Auckland's west coast. Myrtle rust has been discovered in a Kerikeri nursery. Myrtle rust is a plant pathogen which can...