Welcome to Environment Network Manawatū

Be part of the solution to environmental challenges.

Who are we?

Environment Network Manawatū is a network of around sixty member organisations that fosters and encourages environmental initiatives in the Manawatū, in areas ranging from sustainable living to wildlife conservation.

Learn more about us:

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Gift Opportunity

Gift a Predator Trap Donation

For a special occasion, or just to say you care!

Donate to our local biodiversity this year.

A donation will allow a predator trap to be deployed in the Ruahine Ranges

Volunteers checking and re-baiting a trap (image credit: A. Behrens)
A DOC 200 trap sitting above the clouds in the Ruahine Ranges(image credit: A. Behrens)
A volunteer carries a trap into the Ranges (image credit: A. Behrens)
Volunteers checking and re-baiting a trap (image credit: A. Behrens)
A volunteer rests at the top of a long climb (image credit: I. Rasmussen)

Why donate as a gift?

A predator trap deployed in the Ruahine Ranges is the perfect waste-free gift to help bring kiwi back to the area.

Rats, stoats, possums, wild cats and hedgehogs destroy bird life by attacking small chicks and eating eggs. When you donate a trap as a gift, your money will be put towards the installation of traps to kill these alien predators.

We are hoping to deploy up to 1000 traps in the Ruahine Range over 2021. Your donation will help in significantly decreasing predator numbers and increasing bird life in the area.

Find out more and Gift a Predator Trap Donation at this link.

Volunteer of the Month

Indra was raised in Bhutan, in the rural village of Chirang district. One of eight siblings, he learned to speak English from a young age, at highschool. This helped set him up for a lifetime of teaching, advocacy, language translation and community work. In addition to english, Indra moves between the languages of Nepali, Hindi, Dzongkha and Sanskrit and is a treasured mentor, JP, and community advocate in the refugee community of Papaioea. Read more here.

Te Miro Farm Community Project.

ENM Member GroupTe Kāuru in collaboration with Ag Research and Te Miro Farm have created an engaging and informative video case study exemplifying some of the incredible work is happening to protect and enhance a unique stretch of the Manawatū River.

Click here to view.

Environmental Initiatives Funding

ENM administers the Environmental Initiatives Fund to support Palmerston North-based community initiatives that improve environmental outcomes. Small Grants (up to $1000) and Large Grants (between $500 and $12,000) are available for projects that align with PNCC’s Eco-City Strategy priorities, and any identified priorities of the network.

Applications for Small Grants (up to $1000) can be made by individuals and organisations at any time - Find out more here.

Applications for Large Grants have closed for 2021 and are expected to reopen in early 2022.

Read about the 2021 grant recipients at this link.

COVID-19 Alert Level 2

New Zealand (except Auckland) is currently at alert level 2.

At Level 2, events can go ahead, if organizers are able to put safety precautions in place. Check the individual links for updated information, and as always, visit the government's Unite Against COVID-19 website for information on how to keep yourself and others safe.

Upcoming Events

Oct 23

Beginners Berm Gardening Workshop, Ashhurst

Oct 23, 2021, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

A RECAP event taking place in Ashhurst and facilitated by Beth Lew of ‘Growing Gardens and Communities - Manawatū’ and Suzanne Chelius from RECAP/PNCC Sustainable Living Programme.

This is one for those just starting out, with some info on best practice on berm gardening (which is now allowed without permission from the PNCC). This will be a hands-on workshop where you will help create raised beds, with some easy growing seeds and seedlings to take home to start your own māra kai (food garden). If you’ve wanted to grow your own but don’t know how to get started, this one’s for you! We’ll be covering: general site analysis and the importance of tracking sun/wind/water, using your berm to garden, the benefits of a no-dig garden bed/raised bed, soil health/building soil, seasonal planting/companion planting and more.

Registrations will open soon, but if interested please contact chris@recap.org.nz

Oct 23

Manawatu Estuary Trust Welcome to the Birds

Oct 23, 2021, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Members of the Manawatu Estuary Trust, extend a welcome to everyone to our Manawatu Estuary, at Foxton Beach on Saturday 23rd October 2021 at 12 noon to welcome our migratory birds back to the Manawatu Estuary.

We will be meeting at 12 noon before high tide, by the viewing platform at the end of Dawick Street (off Seabury Avenue) Foxton Beach.

Oct 24

Manawatū Estuary Working Bee

Oct 24, 2021

1km west of the end of Pinewood Rd Foxton Beach

Many Sundays from early morning until about midday (depending on tides and other factors) a small team meets in the 'dune garden' area of the Manawatū Estuary, to care for the dune wetland, record native flora and the fauna that make their homes there, and keep out the exotic species. Interested people can just turn up and look for the fluoro orange sunhat, or email manawatu.estuary@gmail.com to find out the plan for this week.

Oct 24

Orchard Working Bee

Oct 24, 2021, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

(Every Sunday)

Timona Park, Feilding

The Timona Park Orchard Trust exists to encourage community involvement in the growth of fruit trees for the benefit and enjoyment of residents and visitors. Please contact prior if you wish to attend a working bee, by phoning 06 357 4939 or emailing timonaparkorchardtrust@gmail.com.

Oct 24

A Rocha Working Bee

Oct 24, 2021, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

2nd & 4th Sunday of each month

A Rocha Manawatū is the local branch of A Rocha, a Christian conservation organization caring for the living world and its environment among all people worldwide. This branch has a nursery at Longburn, where they raise native plants for local planting projects. All welcome (you don’t need to be a church-goer). If you are interested in coming along, please email manawatu@arocha.org.

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Welcome to Environment Network Manawatū

Be part of the solution to environmental challenges.

Who are we?

Learn more about us:

Follow ENM

Gift Opportunity

Gift a Predator Trap Donation

Volunteers checking and re-baiting a trap (image credit: A. Behrens)

A DOC 200 trap sitting above the clouds in the Ruahine Ranges(image credit: A. Behrens)

A volunteer carries a trap into the Ranges (image credit: A. Behrens)

Volunteers checking and re-baiting a trap (image credit: A. Behrens)

A volunteer rests at the top of a long climb (image credit: I. Rasmussen)

Why donate as a gift?

Volunteer of the Month

Te Miro Farm Community Project.

Environmental Initiatives Funding

COVID-19 Alert Level 2

Upcoming Events

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