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Penguin Presentation Anzac Weekend
We have been trying to get Karen Saunders from Waiheke Native Bird Rescue to visit Rakino for a few years now, but despite the proximity...

Spring Tide on Rakino September 2024
A low spring tide on Rakino is my favourite time, because there are places you can winkle into that are generally inaccessible on foot, if...

Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana Islands Hui, 2024
In early May, Bert, Dylan, and I hosted a day visit to Rakino by the Waiheke Resources Trust. The WRT staff were visiting Kawau, Aotea,...

Rakino Easter Treats 2024
Rakino Easter Round-up Firstly, thank you to the hardy Rakino-ites that humoured me by turning up at the unreasonable hour of 10am for the first...

Rakino Easter Market
Join us across three venues for the Easter Market, Sunday March 31st, 1pm – 3pm. Our hosts are Lyndsey at 51 Ocean View Rd. with...

The Rubbish Report
Reading the minutes of the Labour Weekend RRA meeting I saw that someone had brought up ‘rubbish’ as an issue. I’m still uncertain as to...

West Bay Track weed & Beach Clean-up this Easter
Save the date! Saturday March 30th at 10am for a weeding bee on the West Bay Track followed by a high tide swim for the...

Flora and Vegetation of Rākino Island Group, Inner Hauraki Gulf.
Part 1: Islets and Reef Stacks Survey data generously provided by Ewen K. Cameron & Shelley Heiss-Dunlop. https://www.rakino.org.nz/rakino_botanical_survey.pdf Published by Auckland Botanical Society, December 2023,...

Winner winner kina dinner
If there is one seafood Rakino is particularly abundant in, it’s spiky kina. The un-charismatic sea urchin has managed to stealthily encroach on sub tidal...