If you walk through Boundary Reserve East or West in Auckland's Point England right now, you’ll see a vast, quiet stretch of grass in a valley. To the casual observer, it’s just a park. But beneath your feet lies a stream - one that used to be an important part of the ecosystem, and a life-giving force to the creatures and people that lived there. Around 70 years ago, the stream was ‘undergrounded’ - routed into a pipe and buried. There it stayed until January 2023. The Auc

You might wonder, ‘how do you protect something that swims between rivers and the ocean?’ Part of the answer is to ensure īnanga have optimal spawning habitat. That's why we’ve developed a process to ensure these important fish have the best chance to reproduce and thrive.

An introduction to underwater visual clarity in New Zealand's streams with Briar Broad and Hana Aickin

The project to protect the Northland mudfish.

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

Read about Mary's experience with the Whitebait Connection Programme in Northland as a teacher.

Read about Annika's experience in Volunteering for Mountains to Sea in Northland

A group of kaitiaki who undertook the Fresh Water monitoring workshop delivered by Whitebait Connection in June have continued testing.

Whitebait Connection Coordinators Pat & Tracey were in Mitimiti in June 2023 training Matihetihe Marae hau kāinga and Te Rarawa's crew

Kaitiaki Whangaroa sharing their experience of a Community Based Freshwater monitoring workshop held in Whangaroa in June 2023

In the vision of our Trust, the biodiversity of our ocean, coastal areas, our streams, rivers, lakes and wetlands is respected as a taonga.

We had a magical day spent on the 14th April, discovering Pupukemoana and what makes this lake in the centre of Tāmaki Makaurau so special.