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.

Learn more about us:

See our diverse range of member groups
Check out our monthly newsletter
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Keep up to date with our Food Action Network
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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

Yoko Wakiya of Upcycling Club 1

Helping people create something beautiful and useful using waste materials.

Creativity, says Yoko, is good for the brain – and we all need to have some fun. There is a sense of accomplishment in creating something useful and/or beautiful, especially from material that would otherwise go to waste. She enjoys seeing people’s smiles, as they create cards, decorations, games, gifts, and useful household items like draft stoppers made from the legs of old trousers. 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

Jul 25

Manawatū Estuary Working Bee

Jul 25, 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.

Jul 25

Orchard Working Bee

Jul 25, 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.

Jul 25

A Rocha Working Bee

Jul 25, 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.

Jul 26

Food Action Hui

Jul 26, 2021, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Monday Te Manawa, 326 Main St PN

FREE -- lunch included. Please RSVP at this link.

With guest speaker Pounamu Skelton, a food resilience leader in Taranaki.

Includes a brief presentation about the Manawatū Food Action Network's activities since last year's meeting, updates from key MFAN collaborators, plus opportunities to meet people and make new connections in this growing network.

Jul 27

Menzshed

Jul 27, 2021, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Every Tuesday and Wednesday, 9am - 2pm

Rangitane Park, Racecourse Rd Awapuni

The main aim of Menzshed is to keep people involved with the community, and to undertake projects to benefit the community. Sharing skills and friendship, creating, refurbishing and mending.

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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

Yoko Wakiya of Upcycling Club 1

Helping people create something beautiful and useful using waste materials.

Environmental Initiatives Funding

Upcoming Events

Contact

Get Involved

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