Site map
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Understanding conservation
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Aotearoa / New Zealand: a unique beginning and human settlement
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Conservation in Aotearoa / New Zealand today
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Kaitiakitanga - mana whenua and the environment
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Mātauranga and conservation working side by side
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Auckland Council's conservation role
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Protect and restore our environment
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How-to guides for conservation
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Guide to backyard biodiversity
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Guide to controlling pest animals
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Guide to controlling pest plants
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Guide to looking after waterways and wetlands
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Guide to managing kauri dieback
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Guide to the legal protection of land
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Guide to responsible pet ownership messaging
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Pests in Auckland
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Pest search
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Velvet leaf
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Sheep's bur
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Sydney golden wattle
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Black wattle
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Bear's breeches
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Kangaroo acacia
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Prickly-leaved wattle
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Sycamore
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Myna
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Wild kiwifruit
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Bead tree
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Century plant
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Agapanthus
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Mexican devil
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Mist flower
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Tree of heaven
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Chocolate vine
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Akebia trifoliata
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Silky acacia
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Water plantain
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Onion weed
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Alder
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Soap aloe
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Elephant's ear
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Alligator weed
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Brown bullhead catfish
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Bearded dragon
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Porcelain berry
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Broomsedge
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Madeira vine
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Cape pond weed
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Moth plant
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Bangalow palm
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Burdock
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Aristea
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Giant reed
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Italian arum
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Bushy asparagus
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Smilax
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Asparagus species
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Ferny asparagus
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Climbing asparagus
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Northern Pacific seastar
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Myrtle rust
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Needle grass
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Ferny azolla
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Baccharis
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Coast banksia
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Bartlettina
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Darwin's barberry
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Barberry
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Bomarea
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Canada goose
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Angel's trumpet
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White bryony
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Buddleia
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Cabomba
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Sulphur-crested cockatoo
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Galah
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Mysore thorn
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Marram grass
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Oxylobium
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Bur daisy
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Spiny broom
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Heather
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Feral goat
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Plumeless thistle
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Pest goldfish
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Carex
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Divided sedge
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Iceplant
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Balloon vine / small balloon vine
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Saffron thistle
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Australian sedge
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Nodding thistle
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Carex scoparia
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Casuarina
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Exotic caulerpa
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Aquarium caulerpa
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Climbing spindle berry
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African feather grass
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Red valerian
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Feral deer
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Hornwort
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Red cestrum
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Queen of the night
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Green cestrum
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Asian paddle crab
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Snake-neck turtle
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Skeleton weed
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Boneseed
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Camphor laurel
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Californian thistle
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Lightbulb ascidian
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Clavelina oblonga
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Clematis flammula
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Old man's beard
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Cathedral bells
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Field bindweed
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Hemlock
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Invasive freshwater clam
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Rook
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Pampas grass
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Cotoneaster
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African pig's ear
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Khasia berry
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Hawthorn
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Pitted crassula
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Montbretia
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Rough tree fern
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Koi / Amur carp
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Nutgrass
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Wild broom
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Thornapple
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Mile-a-minute
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Darwin's ant
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Cape sundew
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Male fern
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Chilean glory creeper
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Viper's bugloss
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Egeria
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Perennial veldt grass
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Pyp grass
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Elaeagnus
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Elodea
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Snow poppy
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Horsetail
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African love grass
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Berry heath
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Hedgehog
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Loquat
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Mexican daisy
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Spanish heath
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Chinese mitten crab
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Coral tree
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Coral tree
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Gum
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Australian droplet tunicate
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Japanese spindle tree
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Sea spurge
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Fatsia
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Cat
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Moreton bay fig
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Strangling fig
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Creeping fig
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Port jackson fig
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Bolivian fuchsia
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Furcraea
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Artillery plant
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Goat's rue
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Gambusia
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Gazania
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Scrambling lily
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Montpellier broom
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Wild gladiolus
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Reed sweet grass
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Giant rhubarb
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Chilean rhubarb
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Senegal tea
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Magpie
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Hakea
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Canary Island ivy
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Wild ginger
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English ivy
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Giant hogweed
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Queensland poplar
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Houttuynia
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Water poppy
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Hydrocotyle umbellata
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Hydrilla
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Tutsan
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St John's wort
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Shrub balsam
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Blue morning glory
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Stinking iris
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Yellow flag iris
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Ragwort
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Italian jasmine
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Jasmine
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Japanese walnut
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Sharp rush
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Jointed rush
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Soft rush
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Dusky coral pea
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Lagarosiphon, Oxygen weed
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Norfolk Island hibiscus
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Plague skink
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Lantana
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Trailing lantana
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Everlasting pea
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Wild tamarind
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Himalayan honeysuckle
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Tree privet
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Chinese privet
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Formosa lily
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Argentine ant
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Japanese honeysuckle
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Climbing gloxinia
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Water primrose
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Tree lupin
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Gypsywort
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Boxthorn
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Purple loosestrife
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Wallaby
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Cat's claw creeper
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Chinese holly grape
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Nardoo
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Guinea grass
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Cape honey flower
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Paperbark poplar
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Bogbean
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Fire tree
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Cape tulip
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Mustelids (ferret, stoat, weasel)
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Mouse
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Monk parakeet
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Tasmanian ngaio
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Parrot's feather
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False tamarisk
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Eurasian watermilfoil
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Southern naiad
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Sawtooth
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Chilean needle grass
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Mexican feather grass
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Nassella tussock
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Tuber ladder fern
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Yellow water lily
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Common water lily
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Marshwort
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Mexican water lily
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Fringed water lily
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Mickey mouse plant
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Feral olive
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Dutch elm disease
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Drooping prickly pear
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Japanese mantis shrimp
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Rabbit and hare
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Royal fern
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Wonga wonga vine
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Brush wattle
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Batwing passion flower
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Blue passion flower
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Yellow passionfruit
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Banana passionfruit
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Salt water paspalum
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Kikuyu
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Pink-head knotweed
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Chinese knotweed
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Perch
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Red dragon
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Devil's tail
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Phoenix palm
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Phragmites
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Phragmites karka
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Kauri dieback disease
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Bamboo species
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Eastern water dragon
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Inkweed
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Cape gooseberry
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Hawkweed
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Lodgepole pine
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Pine
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Water lettuce
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Sweet pittosporum
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Eastern rosella
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Plectranthus
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Blue spur flower
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Port St John creeper
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Sweet pea shrub
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Water hyacinth
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Silver poplar
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Curled pondweed
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Clasped pondweed
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Taiwan cherry
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Rum cherry
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Japanese cherry
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Guava
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Tropical guava
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Indian ring-necked parakeet
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Dally pine
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Cretan brake
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Kudzu vine
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Firethorn
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Pyura sea squirts
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Rat
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Asiatic / Japanese knotweed
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Rhamnus
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Rhaphiolepis / sexton's bride
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Castor oil plant
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Velvet groundsel
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Sweet briar
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Blackberry (wild aggregates)
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Climbing dock
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Mediterranean fanworm
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Sagittaria spp.
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Grey willow
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Crack willow
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Salvinia
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Willows
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Lizard's tail
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Rudd
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Queensland umbrella tree
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Californian bulrush
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Brazilian pepper tree
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African club moss
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Selaginella spp.
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Cape ivy
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Purple groundsel
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Holly-leaved senecio
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German ivy
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Buttercup bush
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Brazilian rattlebox
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Palm grass
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Yellow bristle grass
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Variegated thistle
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Potato vine
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Apple of Sodom
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White-edged nightshade
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Woolly nightshade
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Jerusalem cherry
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Devil's fig
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Johnson grass
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Spartina
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Spanish broom
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Buffalo grass
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Water soldier
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Styela sea squirt
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Feral pig
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Brush cherry
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Monkey apple
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Cape honeysuckle
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Shingleback lizard
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Blue-tongued skink
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Tench
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Rhus tree
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Tradescantia
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Chinese fan palm
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Red-eared slider
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Rainbow lorikeet
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Possum
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Nasturtium
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Chilean flame creeper
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Coltsfoot
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Southern cattail
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Great reedmace
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Gorse
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Undaria
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Perennial nettle
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Bladderwort species
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Eel grass
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Wasp: vespula and paper
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Periwinkle
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Bulbil watsonia
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Noogoora bur
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Bathurst bur
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Arum lily
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Manchurian wild rice
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About the Regional Pest Management Plan (RPMP) statuses
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What is biocontrol?
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Responsible pet ownership
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Te Haumanu Taiao: Restoring the natural environment
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Te Haumanu Taiao – read the guide
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Te Haumanu Taiao – using the karakia
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Te Haumanu Taiao – about Haumanu
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Native plants of Auckland
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Discover Tāmaki Makaurau
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Learn about your area
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Albany Scenic Reserve wetland
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Ambury Regional Park
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Ark in the Park
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Āwhitu Regional Park Wetlands
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Bethells Dunes
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Five Mile Strip
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Gittos Domain
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Hochstetter Pond
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Huia
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Hūnua Falls
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Karekare Dunes
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Karekare Stream
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Kaukapakapa Estuary Scientific Reserve
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Kauri Bay Shell Barriers
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KMA-Piggott's
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Lake Rototoa – Te Rau Pūriri
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Lake Wainamu
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Waimanawa/Little Shoal Bay
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Manukapua Island and Okahukura Sequence
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Manukau Domain
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McElroy Scenic Reserve
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Mokohīnau Islands
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Mount Young - Hirakimata
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Okura Bush and Shell Barriers
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Omaha Sequence
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Omanawanui Coastal Forest
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Pae o te Rangi Regional Park Wetland
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Papakanui-Waionui
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Paremoremo Scenic Reserve
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Piha Domain Wetland
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Pollen Island
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Prawn Farm Wetland
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Prices Road Wetlands
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Puhinui
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Puketutu Island
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Rakitu Island
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Rangitoto Island
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Shakespear Open Sanctuary
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Smiths Bush
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Soldiers Bay Sequence
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Spragg Monument
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Strakas Lagoon
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Tahuna Torea
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Takatu and Tāwharanui Open Sanctuary
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Tamahunga Ecological Area
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Tāmaki Ecological District Wetlands
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Te Ārai Dunes
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Te Henga Wetland
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Te Matuku Bay
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Te Paparahi
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Te Hauturu-o-Toi / Little Barrier Island
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Tiritiri Matangi Island
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Tomarata — Te Ārai Dune Lakes
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Waharau
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Waikumete Cemetery
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Waitākere Coastal Forest and Turf
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Waitākere Quarry Wetlands
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Weiti River Shell Barrier
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Wenderholm and Te Muri Coastal Forest
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Western Springs Flaxland
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Whakanewha
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Whakatīwai
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Whangapoua
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Whatihua Lake
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Whatipū
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Whatipū Coastal Forest
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Windy Hill Sanctuary
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Ōtuataua
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Anthropogenic tōtara forest ecosystem (AVS1)
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Pōhutukawa treeland, flaxland and rockland ecosystem (CL1)
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Hebe, wharariki flaxland and rockland ecosystem (CL6)
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Subterranean rockland or stonefield (CV1)
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Spinifex, pīngao grassland or sedgeland ecosystem (DN2)
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Oioi, knobby clubrush sedgeland ecosystem (DN5)
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Geothermally-heated water and steam ecosystem (GT2)
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Rimu, tōwai forest ecosystem (MF24)
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Kauri, tōwai, rātā, montane podocarp forest ecosystem (MF25)
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Kahikatea forest ecosystem (MF4)
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Mangrove forest and scrub ecosystem (SA1)
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Shore bindweed, knobby clubrush gravelfield or stonefield ecosystem (SA4)
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Herbfield (coastal turf) ecosystem (SA5)
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Iceplant, glasswort herbfield or loamfield ecosystem (SA7)
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Pōhutukawa scrub and forest ecosystem (VS1)
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Kānuka scrub and forest ecosystem (VS2)
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Mānuka, kānuka scrub ecosystem (VS3)
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Broadleaved species scrub and forest ecosystem (VS5)
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Kauri forest ecosystem (WF10)
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Kauri, podocarp, broadleaved forest ecosystem (WF11)
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Kauri, podocarp, broadleaved, beech forest ecosystem (WF12)
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Tawa, kohekohe, rewarewa, hīnau, podocarp forest ecosystem (WF13)
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Pōhutukawa, pūriri, broadleaved forest ecosystem (WF4)
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Tōtara, kānuka, broadleaved forest (dune forest) ecosystem (WF5)
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Pūriri forest ecosystem (WF7)
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Kahikatea, pukatea forest ecosystem (WF8)
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Taraire, tawa, podocarp forest ecosystem (WF9)
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Mānuka, gumland grass tree – Machaerina scrub and sedgeland ecosystem (WL1)
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Oioi, restiad rushland and reedland ecosystem (WL10)
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Machaerina sedgeland ecosystem (WL11)
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Mānuka, tangle fern scrub and fernland (WL12)
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Herbfield (lakeshore turf) ecosystem (WL15)
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Flaxland ecosystem (WL18)
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Raupō reedland ecosystem (WL19)
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Mānuka, greater wire rush, restiad rushland (WL2)
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Bamboo rush, greater wire rush, restiad rushland ecosystem (WL3)
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What is an ecosystem?
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What is a Biodiversity Focus Area?
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Get land permission for your conservation project
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Get involved
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Conservation support we offer
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Find an event or opportunity near you
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Auckland Conservation Directory
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Engaging with mana whenua
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Know your iwi
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Working towards a pest free Kawau Island
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Pest free Kawau Island programme
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Kawau project operational updates
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Kawau news and key safety information
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Kawau conservation and community groups
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Group life cycle guide
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Formation | Seedling stage
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Growth | Sapling stage
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Thriving | Mature bush stage
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Decline and revitalisation stage
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Pest Free News
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Resource library
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Climate action and sustainability
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Conservation education
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Conservation monitoring
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Data management, repositories and mapping
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Funding opportunities
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Health and safety for your volunteers
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Identifying species of Tāmaki Makaurau
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Kauri dieback disease
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Legal protection of land
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Looking after coastal ecosystems
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Looking after your waterways, wetlands and lakes
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Marine conservation
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Myrtle rust
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Pest animals and management
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Pest plants and management
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Planting to enhance native biodiversity
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Restoration planning
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