A lot has been happening on Catchment Care initiatives around the country. We've been working with local communities, environmental groups and local councils on projects that are making a big difference when it comes to protecting and enhancing New Zealand's waterways, wetlands and catchment zones. To keep you up-to-date with what's been going on, please see below.
Catchment Care volunteers and Fonterra staff from our Clandeboyde site have been busy planting over 2,350 plants in Ashburton, in South Canterbury, on the Greenstreets/Ashburton Forks Waterway Project.
The project – a partnership between Environment Canterbury, Greenstreet Irrigation Association, landowners and Catchment Care – ...
Catchment Care has a project coming to your community running from Monday 7th to Friday 11th February at CUE haven. The CUE haven project will convert farmland into a wetland and forest reserve for the community to enjoy for generations to come. Located on the eastern coastline of the Kaipara Harbour just 4 kms south of the Mt. Auckland/Atuauni Scenic ...
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Last Sunday our Catchment Care programme celebrated International Volunteer Day with Conservation Minister Kate Wilkinson and over 90 volunteers.
The two events - at Poynters Nature Reserve near Christchurch and at Hamilton's Waiwhakareke Natural Heritage Park - was attended by local and international volunteers excited to get involved and ...
As far as 'super-volunteers' go, you'd be hard pressed to find one better than Craig Tehuia. With 73 volunteer hours under his belt Craig came off night-shift to join over 60 volunteers last Sunday for a working bee at Waiwhakareke to mark International Volunteer Day. Volunteers 'liberated' over 4,000 Arbor Day trees from Summer weeds at the event. Many ...
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The Catchment Care programme got some air time recently on Cue TV, a local television station in Southland.
Fonterra staff from Edendale's manufacturing site, Conservation Volunteers New Zealand, Environment Southland and the Department of Conservation were all working on the restoration of the Waituna Lagoon which is part of the internationally ...
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