Volunteer
Volunteers have been helping the park rangers with a great variety of other tasks for over 15 years now. Some come every week while others come whenever their schedule permits. We also have younger children who join us during school breaks and corporate groups who join us once a year. There is a lot going on in the park so there’s always something for everyone to do! It’s a very relaxed atmosphere and many friendships have been formed over the years. No skills/experience necessary.
- Ongoing tasks that volunteers help with:
- Traplines and tracking tunnel lines
- Nursery work: collecting and planting seeds, transplanting seedlings, repotting plants
- Providing sugar water for the hihi feeders
- Maintaining tracks and picnic sites
- Farmwork, including caring for foster lambs
- Building and repairing fences and gates
- Building traps for pest control and nest boxes for hihi
- Carrying out wildlife surveys, including dotterel, robin, kiwi and reptile monitoring
- Fence checking: the pest fence is checked once a week and is best done by two people, so ideal for couples
- Removing weeds from the bush
- Camp hosting
- Beach clean
Current opportunities of a more specialised nature are often posted on our Facebook page, so check that out here.
If you are interested in helping with any of the above, please have a word with one of the rangers during your next visit to the park or just pop along to the ranger’s office and workshop any Tuesday from 8:30am, or contact us for more information. If you come on the first Tuesday of the month you can stay for our popular barbecue lunch, prepared by our multi-talented track team.
