Duck shooting season underway for 2013
The duck shooting season got underway on Saturday May 4th. TV 3 News included an item featuring Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere in the Saturday evening bulletin. You can view the TV News clip here.
WET Trust Meeting – Monday May 13th, 2013
The next WET Trust Meeting will be held on Monday May 13th, 6.30pm, at Lincoln Event Centre - all welcome. This meeting will be a little different as the first part will be a joint meeting with Te Ara Kakariki. There will be brief updates on the activities of each organisation and the MOU between [...]
Art Exhibition – register your interest now!
Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere - Expressions of the Living Lake At its Living Lake Symposium at Lincoln University in November 2013, WET will hold an art exhibition on themes that convey the stories of people's connection to Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere, and reflect the diversity of values held for the lake and its catchment. Prizes will be [...]
WET and SDC sign Memorandum of Understanding
Selwyn District Council and the Waihora Ellesmere Trust have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together to support the Trust’s work to improve the ecological health of Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere. The Waihora Ellesmere Trust was established in 2003 and has been working to promote and support best practice management to improve the ecological health [...]
Canterbury Plantout Tour 2013
Te Ara Kakariki have organised a tour of some of the sites planted as part of the last Canterbury Plantout. This is a fantastic chance to visit some recently planted sites and to hear from experts about native biodiversity. Full details are available here.
WET welcomes Fonterra funding for Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere restoration
The Waihora Ellesmere Trust has welcomed the inclusion of Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere among the five key waterways that are targeted for multi-million dollar funding to improve their natural habitat in the next ten years. The $20 million partnership announced on March 7th between Fonterra and the Department of Conservation is part of Fonterra’s Living Water [...]
Seaweek 2013
As part of Seaweek in Akaroa, Peter Bethune will be speaking on Friday March 8th - see details here. A small display and some brochures about WET and Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere will be included in the information available.
Results of the 2013 bird count
A new page for the 2013 Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere bird count has been added to this website under the "Project" tab. On this page you'll find a report on the event plus the results of the bird count, a slideshow from Ken Hughey with some preliminary analysis of the results, Colin O'Donnell's 1985 report on [...]
Restoring Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere – a presentation
In February 2013 Ken Hughey, WET Trustee and Professor of Environmental Management at Lincoln University, presented to Selwyn District Council on the management of the Lake. The presentation was similar to ones given at the 2012 National Wetland Symposium and the 2012 WET AGM and can be seen here.
Goldfish in the Selwyn
With the Lake open since mid December (it closed on February 21st), and the very warm weather, the water of the lake is shallower, warmer and saltier than usual. TV3 News reported on 1000s of goldfish seeking refuge in the Selwyn River and other tributaries - the link to view the clip is here. The [...]