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In April 2025, passionate freshwater and marine champions gathered at Ōnuku Marae on the shores of Akaroa Harbour for the annual Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust (MTSCT) wānanga This year’s theme, “Celebrating Our Impact and Building Resilience”, was an experience that rippled through every kōrero, dive, hīkoi, and connection made.

Some of the Northland Mountains to Sea team, award in hand! On June 26, some of our Northland team swapped flippers and gumboots for high...

Landowners, catchment groups, and scientific expertise came together in Auckland for a hands-on Catchment Management Planning Workshop.

Celebrating the graduation of our 2024-2025 interns and hearing all about their experience with MTSCT.

400 catchment and community organisations reached with tailored support and capacity-building. See the video below to learn how farmers...

The Whangapouri creek is an unassuming awa running 15km from Pukekohe to the Pahurehure inlet on Auckland’s Manukau Harbour.  The creek...

We had a wonderful day at Otamure Bay on Monday for our Whananaki Community Snorkel Day. By the end of the day 142 participants got to...

MTSCT + UWEN: an enduring friendship On Sunday May 4th, Upper Waitematā Ecology Network (UWEN) and a host of environmental partners...

31 students from 27 schools across Aotearoa joined the 24th annual EMR Poor Knights snorkel trip on 23 May 2025. Hosted by Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust with support from The Bobby Stafford-Bush Foundation and Dive! Tutukaka, the adventure celebrated marine action, art, and kaitiakitanga in one of NZ’s oldest marine reserves. Te Rau Karora Raharaha received the Darren Shields | Wettie Prize for freediving potential.

Grassroots training empowers Waikato communities to restore streams, monitor freshwater, and protect īnanga spawning sites #waiconnection