Craigavon Park Biodiversity Hunt - City Nature Challenge 2025

Are you passionate about the nature? Do you want to be part of the biggest community science event in the world? Then join us and other nature lovers at Craigavon Park for the #CityNatureChallenge!

This event all about getting outside and documenting as many wild, living things as possible in a certain area, in a short space of time. All you need to do is download the free @iNaturalist.NZ app on your smartphone and create an account. Don't worry if you've never used the app before - we'll show you how it works and how to make top quality scientific observations with it!

Where: Craigavon Park, Connaught St, Blockhouse Bay. Look out for our flag on the grass next to the Connaught St carpark.
When: Sunday 27 April, 1:30pm - 3:30pm.
What to bring: A smartphone with a camera and the iNaturalist app on it. If you have one, you may also like to bring a magnifying glass, for taking photos of those harder-to-see organisms.

Note that this park is an off-leash dog park.
All children under the age of 12 must be supervised by an adult.