Welcome to Environment Network Manawatū

Be part of the solution to environmental challenges

Who are we?

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

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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: Shabana McKnight of Te Whare Koha

“I love the people. We have lots of laughs, and it connects me to what’s going on"

Shabana McKnight is one of the volunteer drivers for Te Whare Koha Highbury a Te Roopu Oranga O Highbury Trust, an organisation which works to improve the health and wellbeing of the Highbury community and surrounding suburbs. Read more here.

Environmental Initiatives Funding

ENM administers the Environmental Initiatives Fund to support Palmerston North-based community initiatives that improve environmental outcomes. Small Grants (up to $500) 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 $500) 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.

Upcoming Events

Jun 24

Sustainable Living Workshops

Jun 24, 2021, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

NOW FULL Click here to go on the waitlist

FREE (but limited to the first 20 applicants)

Thursdays 10 June - 29 July City Library, The Square PN

Palmerston North City Council and the Sustainable Living Education Trust present this Sustainable Living Programme, to help people move towards a greener, more sustainable (and less expensive) lifestyle. Learn from a range of council and community experts on topics including waste, transport, eco-design, water use, gardening, energy, and food choices.

Jun 24

Manawatū Beekeepers Club

Jun 24, 2021, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM

4th Thursday of each month Newbury Hall, 912 Rangitikei Line PN

The Manawatū Beekeepers' Club provide both beekeepers and the general public with opportunities to gain knowledge about beekeeping and honey bees. At these meetings, members vote on club governance. The club is also calling for volunteers to help look after the club, its hives and resources. Internships are being introduced to prepare volunteers to be committee members. Cuppa and cake provided.

Jun 25

Fridays for Future

Jun 25, 2021, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Every Friday The Square, Palmerston North City

In support of #fridaysforfuture, Extinction Rebellion Manawatū holds a safe, peaceful and family friendly action, by the City Council building in The Square, for climate justice visibility, conversation and information. Bring placards, chalk, song, climate info to share and talk about, theatre, costumes, ideas to work on with others. All welcome!

Jun 25

Movie: Microplastic Madness

Jun 25, 2021, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Friday Ashhurst Library, cnr Cambridge & Bamfield St

Friday is a teacher-only day at Ashhurst School, so RECAP is screening the documentary Microplastic Madness. It's the story of 56 fifth-graders from Brooklyn, USA, whose actions on plastic pollution morphed into extraordinary leadership and scalable victories.

The movie will be followed by a poster making session on easy ways to reduce plastic consumption, and a chance to help make seedling pots from some of the plastic items which are now not able to be recycled, due to the recent changes in kerbside recycling collection.

Jun 26

Schnell Wetlands Reserve Planting Day

Jun 26, 2021, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Saturday Schnell Wetlands Reserve, Kelvin Grove PN

Join Palmerston North City Council for a planting day in this urban wetland. They’ve got the plants, now they just need some helpers. Bring your gumboots and a spade. They will also provide some kai and refreshments too for the hard workers.

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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: Shabana McKnight of Te Whare Koha

“I love the people. We have lots of laughs, and it connects me to what’s going on"

Environmental Initiatives Funding

Upcoming Events

Contact

Get Involved

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