We are holding our AGM on Monday September 19 at Lincoln Event Centre, 15 Meijer Drive, Lincoln- we'd love you join us! 6.30pm AGM 6.45pm WET Trust Meeting, including election of officers 7pm - welcome guests and break for light refreshments 7.30pm - 8.30pm Find out what WET has been doing and hear from our two [...]
There are two key restoration planting events coming up soon - can you help? The 2016 Canterbury Plantout, led by Te Ara Kākāriki with support from the Living Water partnership, is coming up on September 3 and registrations are open now. For more information and to register visit the TAK website. This is a great [...]
The WET Trustees meet 4 times a year and anyone who is interested is very welcome to come along to our meetings (and also very welcome to get more involved in the work of the Trust). At our last meeting we agreed that we would invite a variety of speakers to come along and give [...]
Are you interested in the birds of Te Waihora? Would you like to be part of the annual count which is helping to build up a picture of bird species and numbers at this amazing wetland, internationally recognised for its birdlife? The next survey will take place on Saturday February 13, 2016 - it's a great [...]
Registrations are now open for the fifth Living Lake Symposium at Lincoln University on 18/19 November 2015. Download the form here. REALISING THE VISION - From the mountains to the sea. The fifth biennial Living Lake Symposium Wednesday November 18 FIELD TRIP Leaving Lincoln at 11am and travelling to Ngati Moki Marae at Taumutu for [...]
Join us on Friday September 11 for the annual Green Footprint Planting day. This year the event will be held at Chamberlains Ford with planting starting at 10am. Wear sturdy footwear and dress for the weather. Some spades and gloves will be provided but bring a spade if you have one. YHA will be providing [...]
This year’s AGM will be held on: Monday September 21 6.30 pm Lincoln Event Centre. The evening will include a presentation from Brett Painter on the targeted stream augmentation project. The aims of the project are to identify aquifer recharge and stream augmentation concepts that are feasible (in a planning, technical and economic sense) and [...]
Mark September 12 in your diary! Living Water, the partnership between the Department of Conservation (DOC) and Fonterra working with local communities, dairy farmers, iwi and other stakeholders to promote biodiversity and water quality improvements within the Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere water catchment, is sponsoring this year's Plantout. The focus is on the LII/Ararira catchment and [...]
Te Ara Kakariki are extending their successful spring plantouts with a one day autumn event in the lower catchment, to be held on Sunday May 18. The day begins at 10am at Chamberlains Ford and will then move on to planting sites in the Silverstream catchment. All tools will be provided, along with hot drinks. [...]
Are you interested in planting natives successfully? Why not join Te Ara Kakariki on Saturday May 10th at Coes Ford. A number of experts will be available and they will cover each step of effective restoration.in the event of bad weather the event will relocate to Springston South Soldiers Memorial Hall. Details and a map [...]
Lake is currently:CLOSED to the sea Latest lake level reading:0.83m msl recorded on July 17, 2023 READ MORE >>
