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: Beth Lew, Growing Gardens and Communities

Beth Lew is passionate about the health and wellbeing benefits of growing your own food. "Through our group ‘Growing Gardens and Communities’ we want to empower people to grow their own veggies and share their produce and what they are learning with others. It's a great way to break down barriers between people and build caring communities." Read more here.

Environmental Initiatives Funding

ENM administers the Environmental Initiatives Fund to support Palmerston North-based community initiatives that improve environmental outcomes. Funding priorities each year will be based on 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.

Upcoming Events

Apr 20

Menzshed

Apr 20, 2021, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Every Tuesday and Wednesday, 9am - 2pm

Rangitane Park, Racecourse Rd Awapuni

The main aim of Menzshed is to keep people involved with the community, and to undertake projects to benefit the community. Sharing skills and friendship, creating, refurbishing and mending.

Apr 20

Forgotten Fauna Tours

Apr 20, 2021, 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Wildlife Foxton, Main St (South end) $2 per person, cash only

20, 22, 23, 27, 29, 30 April -- 11am and 2pm -- Tours last approx ½ hour

Wildlife Foxton Trust - Education by Example. Learn about some of our forgotten fauna, with some of our more common native NZ lizards and fish on display. Hands-on opportunities with exotic lizards are also provided, so children can understand the impact that introduced species have on our native animals and their habitats. Tours outside scheduled times may be booked, but are subject to availability of volunteers and a minimum charge.

Apr 21

Stream Litter Sorting

Apr 21, 2021 – Apr 22, 2021

Wildbase Recovery

1.30pm - 3pm

Join Palmy’s Plastic Pollution Challenge to help sort, categorise and measure the litter that’s been found in our stream sampling sites this autumn. We hope that participants will enjoy learning about the process of collecting and recording scientific data, and increase their awareness of urban litter in our waterways.

Apr 22

Forgotten Fauna Tours

Apr 22, 2021, 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Wildlife Foxton, Main St (South end) $2 per person, cash only

20, 22, 23, 27, 29, 30 April -- 11am and 2pm -- Tours last approx ½ hour

Apr 22

Sustainable Living Workshops

Apr 22, 2021, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

NOW FULL

Thursdays 4 March - 22 April City Library, The Square PN

Palmerston North City Council and the Sustainable Living Education Trust, present this Sustainable Living Programme to help people move towards a greener, more sustainable lifestyle, and cut down on household expenses. Hear from a range of council and community experts on topics including: waste, transport, eco-design, water use, gardening, energy, food choices etc. Cost $43.38; programme and registration here.

If you are interested in being a facilitator, email Kian Lee.

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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: Beth Lew, Growing Gardens and Communities

Environmental Initiatives Funding

Upcoming Events

Contact

Get Involved

About ENM

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