Pollinator Paths is a movement that aims to connect Auckland's parks and reserves together to make pollination pathways. It’s the brainchild of Andrea Reid, who’s been working on the concept since early 2014.

It began as a university thesis in her final year of a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture degree. “I was shocked by the news coverage at the time around the loss of pollinators worldwide and what that could mean for us if they became extinct and could no longer fulfil their pollination services,” she says.

Reid realised that although Auckland has a lot of green spaces, many of them are disconnected, especially in the central city and fringe. This is bad news for pollinators like bees, bats, birds and butterflies, which need to travel around. “Pollinators are one of those little things in life that we take for granted. But without them, almost one-third of our food source could disappear.”