Our subcatchments

Mangateretere

In Mangateretere subcatchment a restored wetland, a trapline and a planted corridor are cared for by neighbours and students, side by side.

Our young people are planting, trapping and listening for bats, building the knowledge and the care to look after this place for generations to come.

The Mangateretere catchment

What remains of a wider wetland

Within Havelock Streams, the Waipuna wetlands are an important landscape feature. They are a remnant of a wider wetland system that once extended across the lowland plains owned by the Cooper family. Wetlands like these have traditionally been important places for mahinga kai, the customary gathering of food. They have also been important for ecological diversity and for seasonal movement across the landscape.

According to Charles Ropitini, Wahaparata is the name of a wetland, named for the mixing of salt water from the Karamū with the freshwater from the Mangateretere springs.

Today, the community's work at Waipuna sits within that history.

Results so far

70

volunteers suppoirting the restoation

1600

natiives planted in the wetland

4 ha

under prededator control

Healthy stream, healthy land, healthy communities.

0.6 ha

wetland restored

50%

co-funding secured from Hawkes Bay Regional Council

150

hours of in-kind volunteer hours contributed

Young people at every step

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  • Plant

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  • Care and study

    Hereworth School

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  • Technical and ecological advice

    Access to council ecologists and technical experts on planting lists, wetland design, fencing setbacks and what will actually survive on your site.

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  • Field days and farmer-led workshops

    On real properties, with the people who did the work. What it cost, what went wrong, what they'd do differently.

    Local businesses

  • Monitoring and data for your place

    Water quality results, eDNA, bird and trap records, so you can see whether what you're doing is working rather than hoping it is.

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  • Connection to your local group

    Every sub-catchment has its own group and priorities. Your neighbours may already be working on the same stream.

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Recent Projects

Recent work with landowners

Freshwater & Wetlands

Waipuna Wetland Restoration, Havelock North

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Predator Free Te Karamū

Karamū Trapping Collective

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Local Businesses

Irongate Collective

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Questions landowners ask us

  • Nothing. Membership is free, and it gives you access to resources, funding opportunities, workshops and field-based learning.

  • No. Plenty of members join to keep an eye on what's happening and come to the odd field day. You take part in what's useful to you.

  • It depends on the work. Our own funding comes through MPI, grants, sponsorship and project co-funding, and we also help members access regional and national funds for fencing, planting, wetlands and biodiversity. The best first step is a conversation about what you want to do.

  • That varies by project and fund. On some projects we co-invest directly. At Waipuna, for example, the work was funded 50% by Hawke's Bay Regional Council and 50% by the Collective, with in-kind labour from the community on top.

  • Yes. A catchment is the sum of a lot of small actions, and small sites are often where the quickest gains are. Lifestyle blocks, one wet corner and a single stream margin all count.

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