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Wai Connection: the full project report
Whakamana te maunga, whakamana te wai, he mauri o ngā tangata, ngā mea katoa he pai If we look after the water from the mountains to the sea, it will look after us. That whakataukī has guided Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust for over 20 years, and it sat at the heart of Wai Connection - Tātai ki te Wai, our national freshwater capability programme delivered with the Ministry for the Environment's Essential Freshwater Fund from 2023 to 2026. While we don’t often blow our o
Oct 142 min read
Protecting kākahi - one catchment group at a time
When you use the term ‘kākahi’, many people give you a blank stare. It’s the te reo name for our freshwater mussels. They’re surprisingly common across New Zealand, but are hard to spot given they spend much of their lives buried in sediment. The average Kiwi has never even seen one alive…though they might have seen mysterious shells on a stream bank and wondered where they came from.
May 72 min read
Exploring Waimanawa from the Mountains to the Sea
Kayakers exploring the Waimanawa coastline As part of the Wai Connection project in Tāmaki Makaurau our Experiencing Marine Reserves...
Jun 11, 20243 min read
Discovering Tāmaki Makaurau's largest dune lake!
On the 17th March the Mountains to Sea Auckland team ran a snorkel day at Lake Rototoa in South Head. As part of our Wai Connection project
Apr 11, 20242 min read
Maunganui rāhui 14 years on
On Sunday the 19th of March 2024, 48 participants were up at the crack of dawn to explore the Maunganui Bay (Deep Water Cove) rāhui with Exp
Mar 19, 20242 min read
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