Tikitapu
In 2002, a group of volunteers from the Rotorua Branch of Forest & Bird, and the Rotorua Botanical Society started a project to remove animal and plant pests from a large part of the Lake Tikitapu Scenic Reserve and nearby lakeside marginal strip at Lake Ōkāreka (both areas on DOC administered land). The initial focus was on protection of threatened native mistletoe species Tupeia antarctica and Ileostylus micranthus.