The Highpoint of todays visit to Tawharanui was meeting up with Joel & Nichole who's company Highpoint Conservation Services are now in pursuit of Batwing passionfruit flower.
I first met Joel in 2016 when his company Highpoint was contracted by Auckland Council to set up a pest control line around Shoal and Ngataringa estuaries. This is the bait line that eight years later we are still monitoring and bait pulsing four times a year.
Joel was very helpful to our new group of keen local people at the time who planned to regularly keep these lines going.
Joel & Nichole are experienced rope access operators that means they can take on challenging projects on the Hauraki Islands removing pest plants from cliff top sites.
More to follow.