Conservation Week Events

We had a good run in 2024 with core support from Foundation North, the Department of Conservation and the Lottery Grants board. We look forward to continuing building on our successes in 2025.

We have updated our practices around capturing feral cats.

BHCT provides volunteer training and appreciation events as well as community conservation events.

You are invited to join us on the 23rd of October at McLeod Bay Hall, to hear our guest speaker Shaun Ryan share his vision of how we can become predator free in 2040!

We look forward to seeing the children get creative with this special Bream Head/ Te Whara colouring page.

On Sunday the 16th of June, with the support of a large group of volunteers, the Trust planted the final 2,500 trees, fulfilling an agreement to grow 10,000 trees.

Our community planting day will take place on Sunday the 16th of June from 9am to 12 noon. Bring your whanau and friends, and join others in our community.

Is PF2050 a worthy goal considering all the myriad existential threats that we face?

It was a somber day on the 29th of February for many at BHCT, as we had to say farewell to our first board chair, Don Hewitt.

Support us and buy a $15 raffle ticket and have a chance of 1 in 15 to win a Northpower Wild Kiwi entry ticket.

If you're in search of some unique Christmas cards for you or to give as gifts we have a selection of original art cards created by artist, conservationist and photographer, Terry Fitzgibbon.

It was a delight to read in the paper of Robin Lieffering’s, (our past chair of Bream Head Conservation Trust), civic honour award. We feel that this is very well earned.

Our 2023 annual report is packed with news from the reserve - it's amazing to see how much is going on.

We farewell Rod, who had a very long relationship with Bream Head/ Te Whara Conservation Trust. He was involved with the Trust from its inception as a volunteer and as a board member.

BHCT is proud to be one of the deserving groups selected to receive funding from the DOC Community Fund to support Threatened Species and Ecosystems!

A big congratulations to our very own Greg Innes who picked up the ‘Outstanding Contribution to Te Taiao’ award at the 2023 Whakamānawa ā Taiao – Environmental Awards on July 22. 

Over 100 people, young and old, armed with spades turned up at Urquhart’s Bay car park last Sunday ready to plant 2000 trees at Bream Head Scenic Reserve.

Our community planting day will take place on Sunday the 11th of June from 9am to 12 noon. Bring your whanau and friends, and join others in our community.

The timing of the start of our new ranger David Lawrence-Solomon could not have been more fortuitous. His first day on the hill was just after ex-tropical Cyclone Gabrielle had departed.

Northpower Wild Kiwi multi-sport event is on the 11th of March! The first 10 people to make a $100 donation to the Bream Head Conservation Trust will receive a free individual entry ticket (any distance). Get onto it! Be one of the first to donate and get your free ticket to participate in this great event! To claim your ticket send an email to info@breamheadtrust.nz

Keep your eye out for the 2022 Te Whara Bream Head Trust newsletter. We've made some hard copies and they're available free of charge at locations around Whangarei Heads. If you're not in the area click See More to go to the newsletter page and you can download a PDF from there.

On Sunday the 11th of September, in the good company of many of our volunteers, friends and the Whangarei Mayor, we celebrated our 20th anniversary. It was the perfect moment to reflect upon what has been achieved over the years.

Bream Head/Te Whara Conservation Trust has appointed Tom Flynn-Plummer as our new head ranger. Tom will start in August and he is replacing Adam Willetts, our head ranger for the last eight years.

In May, a refresher training session took place for the Bream Head/ Te Whara volunteers working on our toxic bait lines.

While all attention is focussed on combating an epidemic, a group of grey-faced petrels (Pterodroma gouldi or Oi) had another successful breeding season at the Bream Head Scenic Reserve.

We have just found another incredible taonga.

It’s been a tough twelve months all round the world but it hasn’t been all doom and gloom for the Trust.

Thanks to an anonymous donor, any donation you make to the Trust in the month of June will be tripled.

Beautiful Bream Head inspired calendars by local artist

Our newsletter for 2020 was published at the end of June.

We won a prize! Thanks to NRC for recognising us and all our volunteers for their hard work in earning it.

Conservation Minister our guest as Bream Head and Auckland University of Technology team up