How wet were the Plains?
Wetlands are are important for many reasons - they have cultural importance for Māori and for other groups, they support a diverse range of flora and fauna, they help to remove excess nutrients and sediments [...]
Aurora over Te Waihora
Photographer and academic Ekant Veer captured some images of an amazing aurora over Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere on September 29, 2016. See some time lapse photos of this dazzling display here.
2016 Waihora Ellesmere Trust AGM – all welcome!
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 [...]
Can you help with planting?
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 [...]
The Brown Trout Fishery of the Lake and Tributaries
We were delighted to welcome Trevor Isitt and Alan Strong from Fish &Game NZ to our June 2016 Trust meeting. Trevor spoke briefly about the history of F&G, and its predecessor the Acclimatisation Society. Alan, [...]
Trust meeting coming up – all welcome
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 [...]