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Marine & Freshwater | Education & Conservation


Finding ‘Big Fin’: freshwater restoration tales from Karaka and beyond
The Whangapouri creek is an unassuming awa running 15km from Pukekohe to the Pahurehure inlet on Auckland’s Manukau Harbour. The creek...
Jun 5


From the Kaimais to Kaiaua - Grassroots training for catchment groups in the Waikato
Grassroots training empowers Waikato communities to restore streams, monitor freshwater, and protect īnanga spawning sites #waiconnection
Mar 27


Kayak Clean-ups: Paddling our way past pollution
Ever wanted to be a pirate seeking treasure? Well this experience is exactly the same! Just replace pirate with eco-warrior, and treasure
Mar 12


Record Turnout for World Wetlands Day at Matuku Link
Te Henga (Bethells Beach), West Auckland West Auckland’s Matuku Link was buzzing with activity on February 2nd as more people than...
Feb 9


Kaiako learning about freshwater programmes
Read about Mary's experience with the Whitebait Connection Programme in Northland as a teacher.
Jul 1, 2024


Interning for Whitebait Connection in Northland
Read about Annika's experience in Volunteering for Mountains to Sea in Northland
Jul 1, 2024


Whangaroa Monitoring Workshop: Continued
A group of kaitiaki who undertook the Fresh Water monitoring workshop delivered by Whitebait Connection in June have continued testing.
Jul 1, 2024


Awhitu eggs: the search for īnanga spawning habitats
How likely are you to find Īnanga eggs the first time you search? On average, not likely...unless you have Ngāti's eyes!
Jul 1, 2024


Whangaroa Monitoring Workshop
Kaitiaki Whangaroa sharing their experience of a Community Based Freshwater monitoring workshop held in Whangaroa in June 2023
Jul 1, 2024


Puapua Creek Monitoring with Tinopai School
Last week Greer Morgan from the Whitebait Connection Northland team went out to support Tinopai Resource Management Unit (www.tinopairmu.co.
Jul 1, 2024


Īnanga Spawning
Īnanga (galaxias masculatus) is the most well known species of Galaxias and is found around our coastal rivers, streams, lakes and swamps, i
Jun 26, 2024


Freshwater wānanga: Sustainability of freshwater projects beyond 2025
Whitebait Connection, in collaboration with Hokianga Harbour Care and the Whirinaki Trust, held a two-day freshwater wānanga.
Jun 26, 2024
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