Autumn Plantout – Sunday May 18, 2014
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 [...]
Restoration Field Day – Coes Ford
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 [...]
New short video released
WET has released our second informative short video with information to assist anyone thinking of undertaking the planting of native plants. In the video we cover site preparation, planting the plants and installing plant protection, [...]
2014 Bird Survey
On Saturday 22 February, on one of the hottest days of the summer, over 40 people from a range of organisations undertook the counting of all the wetland birds on Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere. [...]
Selwyn-Waihora the focus of Variation 1 of Land & Water Regional Plan
Environment Canterbury will notify Variation 1 of the proposed Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan for consultation on Saturday February 22, 2014. “People in Canterbury can take heart from the way Variation 1 has been [...]
Options for opening the lake
As part of the Whakaora Te Waihora research programme options for an engineered lake level through the use of different opening and closing methods are being investigated. A website has been developed which details the [...]