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 20

Manawatū Estuary Working Bee

Jun 20, 2021

1km west of the end of Pinewood Rd Foxton Beach

Many Sundays from early morning till about midday (depending on tides and other factors), a small team meets in this dune wetland 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. There are some two dozen native species in the 'dune garden', some of them on the Department of Conservation's threatened species list. 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.

Jun 20

Orchard Working Bee

Jun 20, 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.

Jun 20

Predator Trapping Hui

Jun 20, 2021, 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM

Sunday Pukaha Mt Bruce National Wildlife Centre, Masterton

Tickets $30: includes morning tea, lunch, entry to Pukaha, and prize draw. The ultimate predator workshop, with trapping expert John Bissell. Tips, tricks and insights on different pest species and terrain types, to improve your community, farm or backyard trapping.

Jun 20

Tour: Pit Park & Brick Kiln

Jun 20, 2021, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Saturday 615 Featherston St Roslyn PN

Forest & Bird Manawatū will look around the historic Hoffman Brick Kiln and learn the history of it, then meet the Pit Park People during their working bee and get a tour around their projects. Pit Park is a 6½ hectare site was once a Totara forest, before being used as a clay pit for the Hoffman Kiln. The pit is now being well on its way to being restored as a native habitat. Email Jorinna to register.

Jun 20

Site visit: Terrace End Bowling Club

Jun 20, 2021, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Sunday 17 Summerhays St PN

Submissions on future land use close 9 July

The City Council is considering how the land at 17 Summerhays Street, the former Terrace End Bowling Club, might be used in the future. The existing building faces security and compliance risks that mean it will need to be demolished next year. Should it be retained for community or recreational use? Repurposed for housing? The Council’s preferred option is to rezone the land to residential, and use the site for housing. Join planners at the site this afternoon, to look around and ask any questions before you make a submission. Click here to find out more and make a submission.

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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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