Until next Sunday New Zealanders are being encouraged to connect with native wildlife with more than 200 events being held across the country for Te Wiki Tiaki Ao Turoa - Conservation Week with the theme
In the Waitakere Ranges there are people organised into groups who spend every day of every year connected to the wellbeing of the Waitakere Regional Park.
Peter Hosking of Pest Free Waitakere Ranges explains what his group is doing to protect nature