Welcome to Environment Network Manawatū
Be part of the solution to environmental challenges.
Stream Clean-up events 2024
Environment Network Manawatū's Plastic Pollution Challenge will be holding two stream clean up events during March 2024!
These events are FREE to attend but RSVP's are helpful. They will take place on:
These are two events; a weekend based one and an evening based one, taking place on:
Saturday 16th March 10am-12pm
Takaro Park
Wednesday 20th March 5:15:pm-7:15pm
Mangaone Stream
You can register for these events by clicking here.
We welcome you to take part in our next seasonal hui where we will be looking at the different ways in which food is connecting communities in the Manawatū.
MFAN members will be presenting about the different food resilience projects and events happening in our region, and how these relate to connecting communities.
Please click here to register.
Give the gift of helping return Kiwi to the Ruahine Range.
As a donation, for a loved one for a special occasion or just to say you care. Gift to support the Ruahine Kiwi Project in our vital mahi to enable the reintroduction of Kiwi by 2026.
Your gift will help resource the ongoing work to significantly decrease predator numbers in the Ruahine Range so endemic bird and plant life can thrive. This in turn will create the right climate for Kiwi to be safely and successfully introduced by 2026 into an area where they have been scarcely seen for many decades.
Environmental Initiatives Fund Large Grants Round now open.
The fund supports Palmerston North-based community initiatives that improve environmental outcomes. Small Grants (up to $1000) and Large Grants (between $1000 and $12,000) are available for projects that align with PNCC’s Eco-City Strategy priorities, and any identified priorities of the Environment Network Manawatū.
The Large Grants round is open from 30th January- 14th March 2024. Applications for Small Grants are continually accepted. You can find out more at this link.
Palmerston North Repair Cafe. Repair. Reduce Waste.
A monthly event where local people bring in their broken and damaged belongings and local volunteer experts do their best to repair them.
Next event takes place on Saturday 27th April 2024 9am-12pm (last mend at 11:30pm) at Palmerston North Community Leisure Centre, 569 Ferguson Street.
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Find out more information here.
Who are we?
Environment Network Manawatū (ENM) exists to connect and inspire communities for environmental action. We are the environment hub for the Manawatū region providing sector leadership, building capacity and capability, and creating community.
Understanding that all life is part of a thriving, self-sustaining ecosystem our vision is that the ecological and human communities in the Manawatū River catchment are living in harmony.
We work strategically to demonstrate best-practice as a member-led environmental organisation. We promote environmental activities and advocate for positive environmental outcomes. We connect volunteers, support organisational sustainability, provide educational opportunities and seek to increase the stream of funding to the sector. We support and enable our membership through meeting needs, holding space and creating opportunities for increased connections. We celebrate the diverse passions of our 65+ member groups, that include biodiversity regeneration, freshwater quality, food resilience, waste reduction, sustainable living, alternative energies, climate change and active transport. The network is organised into two collectives: Manawatū Food Action Network and Manawatū River Source to Sea.
Learn more about us:
- See our diverse range of member groups
- Check out our monthly newsletter
- Read our 2023 Performance Report
- Click here to know about Plastic Challenge
- Keep up to date with our Food Action Network
- Find out more about Manawatū River Source to Sea
Celebrating volunteering
Laurin Benedict- ENM Intern.
The realisation that holistic development cannot be achieved by a singular view brought Laurin Benedict to ENM as its current volunteer intern where she will is a welcome presence over the space of the next three months.
Laurin arrived to Palmerston North close to 11 months ago from India to pursue her Masters in Sustainable Development Goals, specializing in Environment Sustainability at Massey University...