WAIHEKE IS FORAGE SAT 30 AUG 2025

WILD FORAGE Atawhai-Whenua Reserve starting at Matiatia ferry terminal

Join us for an exciting in-person WILD FORAGE ADVENTURE!

Learn how to bring WILD THINGS into everyday life.

PREPPER KIWI will guide you through the process of finding and identifying plants from her 100 WILD THINGS list. This list is specific to New Zealand and includes introduced and native plants.

The forage covers:

1. Identification of key medicinal and food herbs from 100 WILD THINGS LIST
2. Printed 100 WILD THINGS LIST
3. This in-person event is a great opportunity to connect with fellow herb enthusiast and expand your knowledge of natural remedies and plant identification. Don't miss out!

• Angiangi
• Artist conk
• Bittercress
• Bush lawyer
• Chickweed
• Cleavers
• Dandelion
• English violet
• European centaury
• Fat hen
• Flax
• Gallant soldier
• Hedge woundwort
• Herb robert
• Houhere - NZ Lacebark
• Japanese honeysuckle
• Kawakawa
• Kanuka
• Karamu
• Koromiko
• Lawn daisy
• Loquat
• Mamaku
• Manuka
• Nipplewort
• Onion W**d
• Opium lettuce
• Puha
• Plantain - broad and narrow
• Red clover
• Scrambling funitory
• Selfheal
• Shepards purse
• Turkey tail
• Wild carrot
• Wild fennel
• Wood ear

Atawhai-Whenua Reserve- Meeting point at the boat ramp carpark beside the Matiatia ferry terminal.

Walk is beginner level but will still require a good level of fitness

NB: Waiheke market is on at ANZAC reserve in ostend and the walk finishes at Oneroa village shops. Make a day of it!

CLOSEST CAMPING IN THE AREA:

TBC

WHAT TO BRING:

Comfortable clothes and sensible shoes

NB Toilets located within 200m of start and finish

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Atawhai Whenua Reserve, 14 Ocean View Road, Auckland, New Zealand