Our Team & Partners

the Team and trust

Our work is managed by a voluntary Trust Board and our Project Coordinators. 

Co- Founder and Chairperson: Robyn Bigelow
Co-Founder: Jan Marshall
Board Member: Simon Gurnsey
Board Member: Marion Blake
Board Member: James Bellamy (not pictured)
Board Member: Peter Coates (not pictured)
Board Member: Brian Waddell (not pictured)

Ecological Expertise: Mike Urlich
Community Engagement: Kate Hardcastle

partner organisations

Weed Action Native Habitat Restoration Trust is privileged to work with and alongside a number of highly regarded organisations in the Heads and further afield, including:

Funders

The work we do would not be possible without the fundamental support of Northland Regional Council’s High Value Area programme. Whangarei Heads was the first High Value Area in Northland and recognises the significant natural value of our native biodiversity. 

We build on this through funding opportunities and grants to achieve specific habitat restoration goals, including these current funders and projects:

Department of Conservation – Threatened Species

Foundation North – Pilot Project

Lotteries Grants Board – Second Full Sweep for Invasive Weeds at Reotahi

World Wildlife Fund – Pakikaikatu

Join the fight!

No action is too small – check your own backyard and let those weeds know they aren’t welcome there, or anywhere in else on the Whangarei Heads peninsula!