We had a great turn out for the recent hui where the results and progress reports on a series of research projects were presented. WET helped out with planning and organisation of the day. The slideshows are now available on the Whakaora Te Waihora website. If you have any questions or comments, please send to [...]

There are a lot of changes coming up for farmers over the next few years. New rules will be coming into effect which require all farmers to limit the discharge of nutrients and most farms will require a Farm Environment Plan. The (proposed) Land and Water Regional Plan (LWRP) sets out the region wide rules [...]

The weather held for a great day out at the Ellesmere A&P Show. This year WET got together with Te Ara Kakariki and Weedbusters (supported by the ECan Biodiversity Team). Our displays had lots of information about native plants, riparian restoration and drain management, funding options and how to deal with weeds - plus giveaways, [...]

The fifth Living Lake Symposium will be held at Lincoln University on 19/20 November 2015 - mark it in your new diary when you get it! We're currently planning a field trip and activities on Thursday 19 November followed by a day of presentations on Friday 20 November - more information coming soon ......

Have your say! Consultation is now open on a new draft Open Spaces Strategy, which is designed to provide a framework for maintaining and developing open spaces in Selwyn over the next 30 years. Read the strategy here. Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere is a significant open space, with numerous access points and reserves around it, some [...]

Come along and hear about a range of significant lake-related research projects. 9am to 1.30pm on Thursday, 6 November. Lincoln Event Centre, Meijer Drive, Lincoln Places are limited so please reply as soon as possible to Adrienne Lomax on 021 052 9720021 052 9720 or via email at manager@ankiscakery.com. (WET is helping out with organising [...]

Over 80 volunteers gathered at Coes Ford on September 12 to plant natives and celebrate the 1oth planting to be carried out as part of this project. This project is a great collaboration between WET, SDC, YHA, the Coes and Chamberlains Ford Reserve Management Committee and, in the last couple of years, Enviroschools. Students from [...]

Over the last couple of years the local community have transformed a part of Rhodes Reserve by the Halswell River in Tai Tapu. Known locally as Tai Tapu Bush, WET helped out with the initial planting plans for the site and with organising some of the early volunteer plantings. Many others have also pitched in, [...]

Come along to our AGM on Monday September 22, 6.30pm at Lincoln Event Centre - all welcome! A short AGM will be followed by a talk from our guest speaker, Dr Andrew West, Vice-Chancellor Lincoln University. The Presentation will be: The NZ Century: Global challenges, global opportunities The development of a 'Global Hub' in Lincoln [...]

September 12, 2014 will see the 10th annual planting undertaken as part of the Green Footprint project - a  partnership between WET, YHA, SDC, the Coes and Chamberlains Ford Reserve Management Committee and Enviroschools. This year's planting will be at Coes Ford - come along at 10am and lend a hand with the planting.  We'll [...]