News Archive

Weeds Accord being stripped of weeds -

Dec 23, 2011

Dirty Weekend Winner -

Nov 1, 2011

Dirty Weekend Winner -

Nov 1, 2011

Dirty Weekend Winner -

Nov 1, 2011

Dirty Weekend Winner -

Nov 1, 2011

Dirty Weekend Winner -

Nov 1, 2011

Central Districts Plant Me Instead hot off the press -

Apr 4, 2011

Gathering of the Clans spells death for 50,000 -

Apr 4, 2011

Gold Medal Effort from Goodson Guerrillas -

Apr 4, 2011

Local Weed Experts Needed – can you help? -

Apr 4, 2011

Weedbusters 2-minute film challenge launched -

Apr 4, 2011

Weeds & Wetlands top film topic -

Apr 4, 2011

Christchurch Botanic Gardens puts weeds behind bars -

Nov 17, 2010

Growth spurt in support of Weedbusters New Zealand -

Nov 17, 2010

Super effort on Auckland moth plant -

Nov 17, 2010

Dirty Weekend Entry -

Oct 18, 2010

Dirty Weekend Entry -

Oct 18, 2010

Dirty Weekend Entry -

Oct 18, 2010

Dirty Weekend Entry -

Oct 18, 2010

Dirty Weekend Entry - Choosing Plants with Care -

Oct 18, 2010

Dirty Weekend Entry - Clean Up Time -

Oct 18, 2010

Dirty Weekend Entry - Daily Checks -

Oct 18, 2010

Dirty Weekend Entry - Ever Vigilant -

Oct 18, 2010

Dirty Weekend Entry - Gardening with the Kids -

Oct 18, 2010

Dirty Weekend Entry - Ongoing Battle -

Oct 18, 2010

Dirty Weekend Entry - War on Noxious Weeds -

Oct 18, 2010

Dirty Weekend Entry - Weeding with the Grandchildren -

Oct 18, 2010

Diry Weekend Event - De-strees by Weeding -

Oct 18, 2010

Dirty Weekend Entry - Using Duck Poo -

Oct 17, 2010

Dirty Weekend Entry - Bay of Plenty Weeding -

Oct 13, 2010

Dirty Weekend Entry - Beautiful Native Trees in the Backyard -

Oct 13, 2010

Dirty Weekend Entry - Conscious Weeding Effort -

Oct 13, 2010

Dirty Weekend Entry - Every Weekend is a "Dirty Weekend" -

Oct 13, 2010

Dirty Weekend Entry - On the Lookout for Weeds -

Oct 13, 2010

Dirty Weekend Entry - Recycle your Weeds -

Oct 13, 2010

Dirty Weekend Entry - Regular Weeding No Problem -

Oct 13, 2010

Dirty Weekend Entry - Waiheke Weeding -

Oct 13, 2010

Dirty Weekend Entry - Weeding at Two Reserves -

Oct 13, 2010

Dirty Weekend Entry - Weeding in Poetry -

Oct 13, 2010

Hotel Grand Chancellor Green Team Weedbusters Winners -

Sep 15, 2010

Conservation Workshops to focus on weeds -

Sep 6, 2010

Puketi Weedbusters: a Call for Volunteers -

Aug 9, 2010

Long Beach Weeding -

Mar 29, 2010

Operation Pig's Ear at Birdling's Flat -

Mar 29, 2010

Rakino Island Weeding -

Mar 29, 2010

Thames Weeding -

Mar 29, 2010

Weeding in Tauranga -

Mar 29, 2010

Weeding in Westport -

Mar 29, 2010

Restored wetlands the goal of symposium -

Feb 22, 2010

Raewyn Honeybone – protecting Northland bush from weeds! -

Feb 8, 2010

Royal fern hunt and other Pouto plant pests -

Feb 8, 2010

RPMS and CPCA’s -

Feb 8, 2010

Tokerau Beach Weedbusters -

Feb 8, 2010

Weed Spraying Concerns -

Feb 8, 2010

Northland Weedbusters News January 2010 -

Jan 1, 2010

Northland Weedbusters Newsletter, January 2010 -

Jan 1, 2010

Weedbusting at Ahuriri Estuary -

Aug 4, 2009

HACKERS ATTACK WEBSITE! -

Jul 19, 2009

HACKERS ATTACK WEBSITE! -

Jul 19, 2009

Big Garden Clearout -

Oct 30, 2008

Birthday present of weeding -

Oct 30, 2008

Clearing an overgrown garden -

Oct 30, 2008

Clearing and Re-planting a Bank -

Oct 30, 2008

Clearing sand dunes -

Oct 30, 2008

From weeds to potato patch -

Oct 30, 2008

Huge effort over a whole month -

Oct 30, 2008

Mucky Month of Weeding -

Oct 30, 2008

Section clearing & re-planting continuing -

Oct 30, 2008

Weeding Grandfather's Garden -

Oct 30, 2008

Weeding Neighbouring Property too! -

Oct 30, 2008

Weedbusters dishing dirt on gardeners’ weekends -

Oct 22, 2008

Bugman Urges Garden Centres Not to Sell Weedy Plants -

Aug 29, 2008

Bugman Urges Nurseries to Stop Selling Weedy Plants -

Aug 29, 2008

Weedbusters awarded for their efforts -

Jun 18, 2008

Awards for Northland Weed Busters -

Jun 9, 2008

Weedbusters awarded for their efforts -

May 18, 2008

TOP GARDENING MAGAZINE SPREADS THE WORD ON WEEDS -

Apr 23, 2008

TOP GARDENING MAGAZINE SPREADS THE WORD ON WEEDS -

Apr 14, 2008

Regional Weedbusters Sought for Awards -

Feb 3, 2008

Regional Weedbusters Sought for Awards -

Feb 3, 2008

It's Business Time for Adopt-a-Verge -

Dec 19, 2007

Murrays Bay Weedbusters write... -

Dec 19, 2007

Waiheke Winner's Naughty Nights -

Dec 19, 2007

Weedy Calendar Spreads Rapidly -

Dec 6, 2007

Weed Amnesty Encourages Dirty Weekends -

Oct 24, 2007

Help at Hand for Dirty Weekends -

Oct 23, 2007

Dirty Weekends to Protect North Head from Weeds -

Oct 19, 2007

Fancy a dirty weekend in your own back yard? -

Oct 13, 2007

Dirty Weekends Recommended for Golden Bay Locals -

Oct 9, 2007

New Books Inspire Dirty Weekends -

Oct 8, 2007

Plant Me Instead! -

Oct 2, 2007

St Peters College Weedbusters -

Sep 24, 2007

Mauao gets a Weedfree Makeover -

Sep 20, 2007

Blenheim's Blind Creek Battlers -

Sep 19, 2007

Golden Bay Weedbusters write... -

Sep 19, 2007

Boneseed Busting -

Sep 18, 2007

Weedbusters wanted to help at Rarangi Beach -

Sep 18, 2007

AUSSIE PROMOTER TOUTS DIRTY WEEKEND -

Sep 12, 2007

AUSSIE PROMOTER TOUTS DIRTY WEEKEND -

Sep 12, 2007

KERIKERI NURSERY WINS MOST WEEDWISE AWARD -

Sep 11, 2007

Launch of new Titirangi clean up project -

Sep 11, 2007

Planting Day for Blind Creek -

Aug 29, 2007

Planting Day for Blind Creek -

Aug 29, 2007

NZ Boneseed Blitz for Australia Conference -

Aug 6, 2007

NZ Boneseed Blitz for Australian Conference -

Aug 6, 2007

Sistertons Lagoon Weedbusting -

Jul 1, 2007

Manapouri Weedbusters write... -

Jun 17, 2007

Waiheke Weedbusters Declare War on Weeds -

Jun 13, 2007

Giant Reed Grass Goes Down a Treat -

Jun 12, 2007

PULL AND PLANT FOR ARBOR DAY! -

May 20, 2007

Get Mad about Ginger: Ginger Bash Message -

May 18, 2007

Get Mad about Ginger: Ginger Bash Message -

May 18, 2007

ARC's Environmental Initiatives Fund Open for Business -

May 16, 2007

Watson’s Creek Restoration Project -

May 7, 2007

West Coast Weedbusters News -

May 5, 2007

Kerikeri Basi Weedbusters Need Your Help! -

May 2, 2007

Christchurch's Wetland Warriors -

Mar 19, 2007

Auckland Weedbusters write... -

Mar 14, 2007

Awards Look for Most Weed-Wise Nursery -

Mar 12, 2007

Murchison A and P Show: Replacing Weeds with Rare Plants -

Feb 18, 2007

Wanganui Weedbusters write... -

Dec 24, 2006

NEW CHILDREN’S BOOK JOINS NZ WEEDS BATTLE -

Oct 26, 2006

NEW CHILDREN’S BOOK JOINS NZ WEEDS BATTLE -

Oct 26, 2006

Gisborne Weedbusters Write -

Aug 25, 2006

Rare weed revealed, 1300 native plants given out at weed swaps -

Aug 25, 2006

ARC’s Environmental Initiatives Fund is open -

Jul 3, 2006

Awards for top weedbusters -

Jun 19, 2006

Rare Mistletoe Discovery Encourages Weedbusters -

Jun 19, 2006

NZ Chance for Major Weed Science Honour -

Jun 18, 2006

Hamurana Springs Weedbusters Win Award -

Jun 8, 2006

Nukuhou Marshland Care Group Wins Award -

Jun 8, 2006

Rotorua Botanical Society: Weedbusters Community Inspiration -

Jun 8, 2006

Rotorua Lakes Weedbusters Honoured -

Jun 8, 2006

Western Australia Bans Arum Lily -

May 24, 2006

Waikato Weedbusters winners announced -

May 4, 2006

Waikato Weedbusters Winners Announced -

May 4, 2006

Doctors prescribe attitude change for World’s weediest city -

Jan 23, 2006

Doctors prescribe attitude change for World’s weediest city -

Jan 23, 2006

AWARDS FOR WEEDBUSTERS! 2006 -

Jan 11, 2006

Regional Weedbusters Awards 2006 launched -

Jan 11, 2006

Have a Wilding Pine Xmas! -

Dec 8, 2005

New plants suggested for pest control -

Dec 8, 2005

Alligator Weed Attacks Maize Field -

Nov 24, 2005

Weedy Calendar for 2006 -

Nov 24, 2005

Weedy Calendar for 2006 -

Nov 24, 2005

Gardeners offered friendly alternatives to pest plants -

Nov 17, 2005

Gardeners offered friendly alternatives to pest plants -

Nov 17, 2005

Weedbusters a success on Matiu/Somes Island -

Nov 8, 2005

Christmas Wish for More Native Mistletoe -

Nov 7, 2005

Weedbusters Winners -

Nov 4, 2005

Auckland Weedbusters Winners -

Nov 3, 2005

Lake Alexandrina Conservation Group -

Oct 22, 2005

Weedbusters first at Glenorchy Flower Show -

Oct 17, 2005

Weedbusters first at Glenorchy Flower Show -

Oct 17, 2005

Rock Snot Alert! -

Oct 12, 2005

Rock snot rears its ugly head -

Oct 12, 2005

Students battle gore-geous flame creeper -

Sep 28, 2005

Students battle gore-geous flame creeper -

Sep 28, 2005

Woody Weed Raids Blooming Artz Festival -

Sep 16, 2005

Wet and Weedy Work -

Sep 15, 2005

Motuihe Island Training for Volunteer Weedbusters -

Sep 12, 2005

Motuihe Island training for volunteer weedbusters -

Sep 9, 2005

Taiwan cherry gets the chop -

Sep 9, 2005

YHA Backpackers Help Manapouri Broom Busters -

Sep 9, 2005

Weedbusters warns on garden dumping dangers -

Sep 8, 2005

YHA backpackers help Manapouri Broom Busters -

Sep 6, 2005

Help needed for Boneseed battle -

Aug 30, 2005

Stop the Killers -

Aug 30, 2005

Auckland Weedbusters Awards -

Aug 22, 2005

Taiwan Cherry: a case of good plants turning bad... -

Aug 18, 2005

Volunteers clear boneseed from Godley Head -

Aug 8, 2005

Volunteers clear boneseed from Godley Head -

Aug 8, 2005

Forty Volunteers turn out for Conservation Week Planting at Wainui -

Aug 1, 2005

A Weed of Nightmare Proportions -

Jul 25, 2005

Brookfield Weedbusters Call for Help -

Jul 20, 2005

Teachers' education on environmental resources -

Jul 20, 2005

Teachers' education on environmental resources -

Jul 20, 2005

Otomoetai Walk offers Weedy Wisdom -

Jul 19, 2005

Garden Centres Join Fight against Weeds -

Jul 18, 2005

Weed Swap On Again! -

Jul 18, 2005

Thieves Deal Blow to Weedbusting Volunteers -

Jul 17, 2005

Weedbusters Go to Work in Basin -

Jul 10, 2005

Matakerepu Gorge Care Group Update -

Jul 7, 2005

Councils Applauded for Greenwaste Initiatives -

Jul 6, 2005

Kahili Ginger (Hedychium gardnerianum) -

Jul 5, 2005

Wild Kiwifruit: alien invader -

Jul 5, 2005

Waging war on weeds -

Jun 15, 2005

Guides Give Weedbusting a Go -

Jun 4, 2005

Weedbusters ready for action -

May 31, 2005

Funding Success for War on Weeds -

May 18, 2005

Nukuhou River Restoration Project -

May 10, 2005

Paddy lucerne: potential pasture pest -

May 10, 2005

Early Succes for Wild Ginger Control on West Coast -

Apr 29, 2005

Strict Biosecurity has its Advantages too -

Apr 24, 2005

Quick action controls Alligator weed outbreak -

Apr 20, 2005

Lagarosiphon discovered in Oreti -

Apr 19, 2005

Weedbusting on Stewart Island -

Apr 19, 2005

Weedwatch - mignonette vine -

Apr 18, 2005

Christchurch’s BioBlitz nears 1200 mark -

Apr 12, 2005

International Award for NZ Weedbusters Website -

Apr 7, 2005

Beetle wins battle against pernicious pasture pest -

Apr 4, 2005

Cathedral bells sound death toll for native bush -

Mar 28, 2005

Weedy Creations Wanted for Floral Extravaganza -

Mar 22, 2005

Pushy pampas threatens native vegetation -

Mar 16, 2005

Garden Escapes Worry for NZ -

Mar 14, 2005

BioBlitz uncovers a new weed in Auckland -

Mar 13, 2005

Woody Weed: Winning the Race for NZ Weedbusters -

Mar 12, 2005

Weed watch at the Nelson Lakes Classic Boat Regatta -

Mar 11, 2005

Landowners can help to stop the spread -

Mar 8, 2005

Jack and the Kiwifruit Vine! -

Mar 7, 2005

Moth Plant -

Mar 2, 2005

Wetland Weeds Given the Chop -

Mar 2, 2005

Woody Weed Trains with Crusaders -

Mar 2, 2005

Rimutaka Pine Weeders Required! -

Mar 1, 2005

World Wetlands Day at Wherowhero Lagoon -

Feb 18, 2005

High Country Weedbusting - Ohau Conservation Trust -

Feb 10, 2005

New Zealand and USA unite on aquatic pests -

Feb 4, 2005

Five get Passionate in Banks Peninsula -

Jan 31, 2005

Army Recruits Wage War on Weeds -

Jan 27, 2005

Time Right to Tackle Bathurst Bur -

Jan 26, 2005

Boaties target of aquatic pest campaign -

Jan 25, 2005

Natural Born Weed Killers -

Jan 22, 2005

Two new faces for weeds awareness -

Jan 22, 2005

Ivy (Hedera helix) -

Jan 6, 2005

National campaign urges holidaymakers to ‘stop aquatic hitchhikers’. -

Dec 27, 2004

Community help appreciated by DOC Weeds Team -

Dec 23, 2004

Safe weed disposal -

Dec 20, 2004

Christmas Cheer for Campaign to Save New Zealand's Native Mistletoe -

Dec 9, 2004

NZ Spartina Eradication Impresses Aussies and Americans -

Dec 7, 2004

Student Detectives at Kenakena School -

Dec 6, 2004

The Purple Peril! -

Dec 3, 2004

Tree weeds light up xmas in Bay of Islands -

Dec 3, 2004

Nationwide search called off -

Nov 30, 2004

Woody Weed Gone Missing -

Nov 29, 2004

Help prevent spread of aquatic weeds & pests -

Nov 25, 2004

Call Woody Weedbuster! -

Nov 22, 2004

Murchison Weed Busting Day -

Nov 22, 2004

Lake Brunner Aquatic Weeds Campaign -

Nov 15, 2004

Pauatahanui Inlet residents join Weedbusters campaign -

Nov 8, 2004

Weedbusters a success on Matiu/Somes Island -

Nov 8, 2004

Aquatic Plant No No's at Garden Fete -

Nov 1, 2004

Bio-control helping take the work out of weed control -

Nov 1, 2004

Gorse control workshop -

Oct 27, 2004

Birthday Bash for Weedbusters -

Oct 20, 2004

Coastal Invader Alert -

Oct 20, 2004

Invasive weed in Lake Te Anau - a warning to boaties -

Oct 19, 2004

Brookfield Primary School leads the way in Weedbusting -

Oct 18, 2004

Weedbusters trials new approach in NZ's weeds battle -

Oct 18, 2004

Mt Stewart Reserve returning to former glory -

Oct 13, 2004

Wandering Goliath -

Oct 13, 2004

Weedbusting at Hari Hari's La Fontaine Project -

Oct 4, 2004

0800 WEEDBUSTERS: Old Man's Beard Must Go! -

Sep 22, 2004

Botanical Society Volunteers Saving Threatened Native Mistletoe -

Sep 21, 2004

Local students and conservationists replant wetland -

Sep 17, 2004

Woody Weed Visits Kingswood Schools -

Sep 3, 2004

NZ Weedbusters feature at Australian Conference -

Sep 1, 2004

Conservation Comment on Recycling, Littering and Garden Waste -

Aug 13, 2004

Conservation Comment on Recycling, Littering and Garden Waste -

Aug 13, 2004

Weedbusters Threatened Plant Competition -

Aug 12, 2004

Kahili Ginger Control Getting Underway -

Aug 4, 2004

Help stop aquatic alien invasion -

Jul 27, 2004

Weeds being swapped for native plants -

Jul 23, 2004

Weeds invade cyberspace -

Jul 23, 2004

FAULKNER BUSH A Wakefield Gem in the Nelson Region -

Jul 13, 2004

Northland launch campaign on fork-leaved hakea -

Jul 13, 2004

Aquatic pest schools programme running out of schools -

Jun 30, 2004

Hokio Stream Gets Makeover -

Jun 18, 2004

Coast Care News -

Jun 1, 2004

Weedbusting on Stewart Island -

May 28, 2004

Woody Weed comes to Te Aroha -

May 21, 2004

Mothplant Massacre on Cuvier Island -

May 15, 2004

Wanganui Museum Botanical Group -

May 3, 2004

Weedbusters at an open air venue near you -

Apr 21, 2004

Divers join fight to save lake -

Apr 15, 2004

Woodlands Weedbusters -

Apr 14, 2004

Smilax discovered in Southland -

Apr 7, 2004

Children helping restore Wherowhero wetlands -

Apr 1, 2004

Unwanted plant -

Mar 20, 2004

Woodlands Weedbusters -

Mar 15, 2004

Rangitoto Olive -

Mar 10, 2004

Weed Action at Otanomomo Reserve -

Feb 15, 2004

Green MP evicts unwanted bride from garden -

Dec 20, 2003

Groups unite in fight against weed -

Sep 29, 2003

Groups unite in fight against weed -

Sep 29, 2003

Seeing the Woods Amongst the Weeds -

Sep 15, 2003

New Zealands 5 worst weeds -

Aug 15, 2003

Rampaging Rhodos Reined in by Park Rangers -

Aug 1, 2003

Surveillance saves lake from purple peril -

Jul 15, 2003

Weeds awareness raises action on West Coast -

Jul 1, 2003

Horse Tails of Cockayne -

May 13, 2003

The Darwin's Barberry hit sqad -

May 7, 2003

Undaria, unseen, unwanted, unstoppable? -

Mar 13, 2003

Pest plant in disguise -

Feb 14, 2003

Chilean rhubarb -

Jan 1, 2003

Dangerous Liaisons -

Dec 1, 2002