Mental Health Awareness Week 2025: the profound and reciprocal relationship between our mental health and the environment.

Based on extensive peer-reviewed science and recent High Court rulings, we’re urging the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) to implement the maximum feasible reductions in Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and introduce targeted spatial closures. This is the only way to restore the ecological balance our reefs and marine ecosystems desperately need.

Information on the devastating algal bloom in South Australia, and what it could mean for New Zealand

We talked to Te Rau about how the programme is making waves, both above and below the surface, in Northland and Auckland.

Whānau about to snorkel at Mimiwhangata last summer Last summer, we had the incredible opportunity to partner with Te Uri o Hikihiki hapū...

Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust (MTSCT) is looking for a summer Marine Intern in the Auckland region. In your internship role you...

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

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...

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.

Netherton School’s journey from the Mountains to the Sea. Delivery has restarted in the Coromandel

As a Māori rangatahi growing up in Hawkes Bay, like so many others, I had problems learning at school. This fuelled my passion..."

Rangatahi are inspired to protect and restore our shared life-sustaining ecosystems for future generations.