The legends at Speight’s are helping us look after what matters - New Zealand’s precious waterways! Over the last 10 years, Speight’s has supported environmental projects in the Otago region via the Speight’s Fund.
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Te Mangatupae Stream is in the Whangawehi Catchment, Mahia Peninsula, Hawke's Bay. In 2019, the Whangawehi Catchment Management Group set a goal to plant 3000 metres of the stream with native plants and trees. Read on for an update on their progress. We’ve got some great news!
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Matuku Link have been fundraising with Million Metres every year since 2018. So far $34,395 has been raised. 5400 native seedlings were grown and planted throughout the winters of 2018 and 2019. That's 800 more than their original target! Let's see how they've been getting on.
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Thank you to all the early supporters of Million Metres! Whitestone River was our first South Island waterway restoration project. The plants went in the ground back in 2015 and they are now almost 5 years old.
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In 2017 and 2018 a bunch of legendary Kiwi's donated $8700 towards the restoration of Big Bay Pond on Awhitu Peninsula, South Auckland. This financial support has enabled the Blake family to restore 60 metres of stream and wetland on their farm there. Thanks to everyone who got behind this project! We thought it was time to report back on how this project has progressed since then - so let's see how they've been getting on.
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Last year felt like a big year for Million Metres. We have now received reports from our restoration projects, so we can share just how big it was. Thanks to all of you, Million Metres gave nearly $700,000 to waterway restoration planting projects
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Waitekuri Wetland and Love Wairarapa Stream both successfully achieved their funding goals earlier this year. Waitekuri Wetland in Coromandel, Waikato raised $21,166 and the Love Wairarapa Stream in Christchurch. Canterbury raised $26,661.
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The Hauraki Gulf's stunning coastline stretches from Mangawhai, north of Auckland, to Waihi on the Coromandel Peninsula. It is a shallow harbour sheltering more than 50 unique islands and marine reserves, which are home to native plants and at-risk wildlife. Conservation-restoration steps have been taken on many islands to remove pests and to create sanctuaries for native wildlife. But the Hauraki Gulf is under threat.
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Thank you to everyone who got behind our mission to restore Te Nohoaka o Tukiauau, Sinclair Wetlands a stunning wetland just out of Dunedin. At the end of last winter, Million Metres teamed up with Glen Riley, kaitiaki at the wetlands and Speight's to launch this fundraiser. We kicked it off with an epic planting day with 60+ Dunedin locals getting stuck in and planting hundreds of native seedlings at the wetland. Speight's got behind this project and put up half the funds needed - so every dollar donated has been matched by Speights. What a bunch of legends!
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Submit today on the Government’s new plan to halt waterway decline in Aotearoa. You have until the end of October to submit and help ensure our government has a clear mandate to set strong rules to limit pollution and degradation of our waterways.
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Million Metres is part of a new initiative of the Sustainable Business Network: GulfX. GulfX is all about tackling pollution in the Hauraki Gulf from heavy metals, plastic and sediment. It’s easy to understand how the first two of these - heavy metals and plastics - can have a detrimental effect on the Gulf. We know those nasties shouldn’t be there! But what about sediment? How can a natural substance like soil be such a problem for our waterways?
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This winter Million Metres has lots of opportunities for you to get involved in planting and do some good for Aotearoa’s waterways. Planting is also an opportunity to lend a hand to volunteer groups in our communities who work year round to care for our environment. And a morning out in the bush is such a great way to unwind and reconnect with nature.
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