Location: Whangārei Catchment
GPS Coordinates: -35.799404, 174.414762
Project Cost: NZD $15347.6
Cost per Metre: NZD $18
Metres to be planted: 2000m
Field Partner: Northland Regional Council
Project ID: NI27
Project Description:
Our fundraising goal has changed. We are now fundraising $15,000 which means we nearly at our new target!
We are Whitebait Connection. We connect communities to take positive actions for the living treasures in their waterways. This is one of those projects and is a collaborative community planting project which started in the Waitaua sub-catchment of the Whangārei Harbour in 2005.
The Waitaua Awa/River is one of two main streams that flow into Whangārei Falls, a very popular swimming spot and tourist destination.
To date, we have planted over 60,000 native plants with over 20,000 volunteers along the Waitaua Awa/River and restored 5 kilometres of riparian habitat!
80% of these plants have been grown by volunteers at the He Kākano Community Plant Nursery.
Next year, our aim is to open this project up to the wider Whangārei catchment to help to address the catchment wide issues of erosion, habitat and biodiversity loss and excess nutrient loads. We want to create restored waterways from the mountains to the sea and healthy resilient communities and environments!
We aim to plant 15,000 native plants and trees at different sites in Whangārei catchment. We haven’t identified the specific sites yet, but we anticipate that planting will occur along the Waitaua Awa, Otaika Creek and the Hatea River that flows into the Whangārei Harbour.
Some of the plantings will be on council reserve land and others will be on private land.
Our aim is to have as wide a margin as possible! We estimate that we will plant the 15,000 native plants along 2000 metres of streamside.
We haven’t secured funding support for the running costs of our He Kākano Community Plant Nursery for 2019.
We need your support to cover our community nursery running costs for 2019 so that we can grow 15,000 native plants with community volunteers! That way, they will be all ready to plant out alongside waterways in the Whangārei Harbour catchment next winter (2019).
The plants will be planted using a mix of community and school planting days.
We will secure funding from other sources to cover the costs of the planting days and ongoing maintenance of the plantings alongside school and community education programmes.
We’re raising funds to support Whangārei. Love it Here!
Donor | Amount | Distance | Date |
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Deborah Jowitt | $560.00 | 31.11m | 27 Aug 2019 |
Maree Houba | $350.00 | 19.44m | 22 Aug 2019 |
Golden Bay Cement | $1,000.00 | 55.56m | 20 Aug 2019 |
Duffle & Co | $586.50 | 32.58m | 14 Jun 2019 |
Sustainable Business Network | $1,268.35 | 70.46m | 05 Jun 2019 |
Samara Nicholas | $36.00 | 2.00m | 31 May 2019 |
Johanna Finlayson | $36.00 | 2.00m | 31 May 2019 |
Tim Maurice | $100.00 | 5.56m | 30 May 2019 |
Chriss (Christine) Bull | $50.00 | 2.78m | 29 May 2019 |
John Round | $36.00 | 2.00m | 27 May 2019 |
Makere Stewart-Harawira | $100.00 | 5.56m | 26 May 2019 |
Anonymous | $500.00 | 27.78m | 25 May 2019 |
Jonathan Newton | $100.00 | 5.56m | 24 May 2019 |
James Stephens | $36.00 | 2.00m | 24 May 2019 |
Nathan Latton | $27.00 | 1.50m | 24 May 2019 |
Josh Borthwick | $75.00 | 4.17m | 23 May 2019 |
Donations Via The Good Registry | $22.50 | 1.25m | 22 May 2019 |
Donations Via The Good Registry | $63.00 | 3.50m | 21 May 2019 |
Smartass | $500.00 | 27.78m | 20 May 2019 |
Kylie Nordstrand | $60.00 | 3.33m | 18 May 2019 |
NZ Wind Association | $210.00 | 11.67m | 06 May 2019 |
Anthony Rowe | $50.00 | 2.78m | 01 May 2019 |
Kathryn Ironside | $45.00 | 2.50m | 28 Apr 2019 |
Smartass | $500.00 | 27.78m | 05 Apr 2019 |
Sustainable Business Network | $1,955.00 | 108.61m | 04 Apr 2019 |
Charlie Stewart | $187.00 | 10.39m | 25 Mar 2019 |
Simon Keller | $500.00 | 27.78m | 03 Mar 2019 |
Alsco | $750.00 | 41.67m | 01 Mar 2019 |
Craig Prescott | $36.00 | 2.00m | 25 Feb 2019 |
Anonymous | $50.00 | 2.78m | 19 Feb 2019 |
SBN Christmas Donation | $768.00 | 42.67m | 17 Jan 2019 |
Million Metres Christmas Fundraiser 2018 | $1,070.00 | 59.44m | 17 Jan 2019 |
Hana Maguire | $180.00 | 10.00m | 16 Jan 2019 |
Apex Insurance (ecoPortal) | $433.25 | 24.07m | 09 Jan 2019 |
Ted Scott | $100.00 | 5.56m | 25 Dec 2018 |
Kim Jones | $54.00 | 3.00m | 15 Dec 2018 |
Tim Maurice | $72.00 | 4.00m | 07 Dec 2018 |
Reece Baker | $126.00 | 7.00m | 31 Oct 2018 |
Reece Baker | $126.00 | 7.00m | 16 Oct 2018 |
Josh Borthwick | $75.00 | 4.17m | 10 Oct 2018 |
Rob Wilkinson | $132.00 | 7.33m | 28 Sep 2018 |
Josh Borthwick | $75.00 | 4.17m | 26 Sep 2018 |
Duffle & Co | $40.00 | 2.22m | 24 Sep 2018 |
Sustainable Business Network | $2,235.00 | 124.17m | 11 Sep 2018 |
Colin Ryder | $36.00 | 2.00m | 02 Sep 2018 |
Georgina Hart | $36.00 | 2.00m | 31 Aug 2018 |