Category Archives: Conservation- Native bird specie- Indigenous project-Habitat restoration- Pest control

Green Ribbon Award

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The Whangawehi Catchment management Group was privildeged to be selected as a Finalist at the Green Ribbon Award on Thursday night in Wellington. The group has made it to the Finals for the second time in a row but didn’t win the Award in the “Caring for our water”. The winner was Dr Bruno David with his CarpN Neutral project in the Waikato region.

The supreme winner was Project Janszoon in Abel Tasman National Park. The project supports research into new predator control methods and work closely with schools and the community. Well done.

Community planting day canceled

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Hi All,

The weather forecast planned for this weekend has forced us to cancel the planting day at Pat’s (tomorrow).

We invite all volunteers and tree enthusiasts on the 13th and 14th of June on Pongaroa Station.

Please RSVP with Rae Te Nahu 068375537 or rae.tenahu@xtra.co.nz.

For any inquiries, feel free to contact Nic Caviale on 068388527, 0272645460 or caviale@hbrc.govt.nz

Our apologies.

Kind regards

Nic

Community Planting day postponed to the 23d and 24th of May

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Just to inform you that the community planting day planned for the 16th and 17th of May has been postponed to the following weekend (23d and 24th of May). The sausage sizzle and over night stay will take place at Kaiuku Marae, offering the volunteers an outstanding view on the sea.

We are looking forward to seeing you there.

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School planting with Te Mahia school

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Te Mahia students came along the Whangawehi stream to continue their restoration programme. They established 250 trees in a couple of hours. They were all happy to see that most of the trees planted last year had survived.

Very soon they will be placing amongst the native plants Blue Penguin boxes and traps to increase the biodiversity of the area.

A Totara was planted in remembrance of Edward Hammond, our carver. A carving will be done by the students during our carving workshop planned for the end of the month.

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Presentation to the HBRC Maori Standing Committee

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Rae Te Nahu (Secretary) and Oha Manuel (Community Engagement Officer) were invited to do a presentation for the Maori Standing Committee at the HBRC office in Napier. The group received a lot of positive feedback. Well done Rae and Oha for raising the profile of the organisation.

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Water monitoring at Whangawehi

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April and May have been busy for the water monitoring team. The Hawkes Bay Regional Council water monitoring team carried out a Macro Community Invertebrate Indexing exercise on 7 sites in the catchment. This annual survey is part of the WCMGs’ water monitoring programme and aims at better understanding the pressure affecting water quality in the catchment. Macro invertebrates will be sent to a lab for identification and scoring. Scorings will be compared over time in order to measure changes and trends.

Water quality is also monitored every second month. Temperature loggers have been used to monitor water temperature during the summer period.

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First tree delivery for Whangawehi

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The first tree delivery for the restoration programme on Pongaroa Station took place last week. By the end of next week 30 000 native trees will be ready to be planted by volunteers and contractors. Earlier on this year, a new fence was erected in order to retire 3 km of stream. More trees are expected this week for the Taharoa Trust as well.

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