Mount Victoria can celebrate a win for its feathered residents, as Kasey McDonnell explains.  Predator Free Wellington has successfully eliminated introduced predators from much of Matairangi Mount Victoria.  Part of the Predator Free 2050 initiative, Predator Free Wellington wants to make Wellington the world’s first predator free... Keep Reading

Helping out in Mt Victoria’s community gardens could help you meet people, get fit, learn more about horticulture, enjoy nature and it might even get you some kai.  Jane O’Loughlin took a tour.   Volunteers at the Innermost Gardens at the base of Mt Victoria’s town belt are there for many reasons, and only some of them are about... Keep Reading

Feathers?  Check. Wings? Check.  Too big for this nest? Check.  Let’s go!  Wheeeeeeee.  That was fun.  Let’s go back up.  Uh oh…. The baby blackbird had made her first flight from the nest… and discovered that while she had wings and feathers and looked like a real bird, she couldn’t actually... Keep Reading

The Local recently covered some of the problems our street experienced as a result of the council’s project to replace the trees.  Unfortunately there were more egregious issues with this drawn-out project. In 2023 I emailed the Project Manager, suggesting some suitable species and to point out the wet ground conditions (which was why the... Keep Reading

Do you want to help make Mt Victoria safe for native birds? Predator Free Wellington is looking for households in Mt Victoria to host a trap or bait station, to catch rats and weasels. “We already have hundreds of other homes, businesses, Clyde Quay school and St Gerard's Monastery on board, but we are looking for more,” says... Keep Reading

The Mt Victoria Residents’ Association has appeared before a Parliamentary select committee, to present its views on the Government’s proposed Fast Track Bill. MVRA submitted in opposition to the controversial Bill, which would give three Ministers significant power to usher through development projects despite the impacts on the... Keep Reading

It’s time to bid haere ra to rats in Mt Victoria. The suburb is next on the list for Predator Free Wellington, the team on a mission to make Wellington the first predator free capital city. With the Miramar peninsula declared predator free in November last year, efforts are now turning to Hataitai, Roseneath, Oriental Bay and Mt Victoria... Keep Reading

Mount Victoria’s backyard trapping group is continuing to grow, with another 73 households joining Predator Free Mount Victoria in 2023, taking the total to 679 households. But only around 50 members logged catches in 2023, prompting coordinator Paul Toohey to call for members to ‘get those traps up and running again’. “There must be a... Keep Reading