Wai Connection is part of the nationwide project by the Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust (MTSCT) to build capability and capacity in New Zealand’s freshwater management by providing knowledge, tools and expert support to help identify values and solve issues in the local catchment areas. The project aims to support communities to connect more with their waterways from mountains to sea, and promote collaboration between local catchment groups, NGO’s, hapū/iwi, Regional Council, central Government and primary industry working within the catchment – helping deliver the goals of the Government’s Essential Freshwater (EF) work package.
Wild for Taranaki is the Taranaki Service Provider for MTSCT, working in partnership with Te Kāhui o Taranaki, Te Kaahui o Rauru and Te Ihowai Ltd. Wai Coordinators and Connectors are embedded within each of these organisations to support and enhance their mahi in the freshwater space.
Read on to learn more about the work of our Wai Connection kaimahi in the blog on the right.
Waipara Webinar Series – understanding and solving sediment issues
Wild for Taranaki and Te Kaahui o Rauru are pleased to share the Wai Connection webinar series Waipara – understanding and solving sediment issues in Taranaki with a special focus on the Waitootara river.
This webinar series brings together a range of Taranaki voices from across the environmental sector — kaupapa Māori specialists, regional scientists, and land management experts. Our line-up of speakers includes Hana Rainforth, a kaupapa Taiao specialist at Kahū Environmental working at the intersection of iwi-based and Western science addressing what sediment is and why it is an issue; Fern Kumeroa and Romy van der Boom from the Taranaki Regional Council (TRC), bringing insights into the monitoring programmes and modelling of TRC for the Waitōtara catchment; Don Shearman, Land Services Manager at Taranaki Regional Council sharing the sustainable land management programme in the Waitōtara catchment ; and Dr. Brian Levine, whose soil science research and field-based projects focus on mitigation strategies in agricultural landscapes.
This webinar series brings together a range of Taranaki voices from across the environmental sector — kaupapa Māori specialists, regional scientists, and land management experts. Our line-up of speakers includes Hana Rainforth, a kaupapa Taiao specialist at Kahū Environmental working at the intersection of iwi-based and Western science addressing what sediment is and why it is an issue; Fern Kumeroa and Romy van der Boom from the Taranaki Regional Council (TRC), bringing insights into the monitoring programmes and modelling of TRC for the Waitōtara catchment; Don Shearman, Land Services Manager at Taranaki Regional Council sharing the sustainable land management programme in the Waitōtara catchment ; and Dr. Brian Levine, whose soil science research and field-based projects focus on mitigation strategies in agricultural landscapes.
