Gorse busters Initiative – Back this March

A message from Barry Hughes Organiser:

Winner of the NZ Biosecurity Community Award, GorseBusters is an annual, Kiwi-as, week-long working bee to keep the shores of the beautiful Ōkārito Lagoon, pristine. Good buggers from all over the country get fed, led, equipped, housed and entertained for the week, to help look after this awesome backyard of ours.

Any help welcome, from feeding hungry volunteers, driving boats to drop off GorseBusters on the lagoon, to joining us on NZ’s largest unmodified coastal wetland to deal to some gorse. Come join the team, for NZ’s prickliest but most satisfying beach holiday.

Keen to come help out? Find us with the QR code, or at gorsebusters@okarito.co.nz Monday 23rd March to Saturday 28th

March 2026

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