350 Te Papaioea - Palmy is part of the global movement 350.org, a grassroots climate action movement which aims to unite the world around climate change solutions.
Together with the support of 350 Aotearoa, we campaign both locally in the Manawatū and nationally, our focus is to challenge the…
350 Te Papaioea - Palmy is part of the global movement 350.org, a grassroots climate action movement which aims to unite the world around climate change solutions.
Together with the support of 350 Aotearoa, we campaign both locally in the Manawatū and nationally, our focus is to challenge the cultural acceptance of fossil fuels, and push Aotearoa New Zealand and the rest of the world back on track to 350ppm and, consequentially, climate safety (350 is the number that leading scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide—measured in “Parts Per Million” in our atmosphere. 350 PPM).
A Rocha is a Christian conservation organization that now exists in 20 countries. Its aim is to enhance care for the living world and its environment among all people worldwide. A Rocha Manawatū grows native trees and shrubs from eco-sourced seed, for local planting projects.
A Rocha Manawatū is the local branch of the New Zealand division of A Rocha, a Christian conservation organization that now exists in 20 countries. Its aim is to enhance care for the living world and its environment among all people worldwide. There are five branches in New Zealand.
A Rocha Manawatū grows native trees and shrubs from eco-sourced seed. This is done at their propagation unit in Longburn, where there are currently around 7000 seedlings. Seedlings are planted out at several sites including the Pit Park, and on a farm in the Pohangina valley, on land destined to become a QEII reserve.
Regular Working Bee: Second & fourth Sunday of each month, 1:30 - 3:30 pm at the Longburn nursery. New volunteers welcome; please get in touch by email or phone so the A Rocha team can give you directions if you would like to come along.
Ahimate Reserve Community aims to support the development and use of Ahimate Reserve (formerly Waitoetoe Reserve) as a community asset, planting and caring for native trees.
At 22 hectares, Ahimate Reserve in Awapuni is one of Palmerston North's largest riverside parks. Home to the city’s most popular riverside beach, a dog agility park and fenced enclosure, mountain bike tracks and a natural playground.
Ahimate Reserve Community aims to support the development and use of Ahimate Reserve (formerly Waitoetoe Reserve) as a community asset. In particular, the group aims to work cooperatively and collaboratively with the Palmerston North City Council, the Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council (Horizons), Rangitaane o Manawatu, and other interested parties, to help maintain and enhance the Reserve. They also organise and encourage community participation via working bees, ad hoc maintenance and small projects (e.g. upkeep of current planted / bush areas), and, where appropriate and agreed, planting of native and forage trees. The group is also involved in increasing the native revegetation and biodiversity of the Reserve, promoting and supporting the development of part of the Reserve into indigenous wetland and forest ecosystems, with a wide variety of biodiversity. The Reserve provides a potential wilderness area for the city to enjoy, and is seen as being a special amenity area for Palmerston North residents.
Regular Working Bee: First Sunday of each month (except January), 9:30 - 11:30 am. All Welcome. Meet at the sandwich board at 9:30, or look for the flag along the riverside track. Please bring garden tools and gloves if you have them. Please supervise any children in your care.
Find the Awapuni Reserve Community on Facebook.
Awapuni Nurseries is a family-owned commercial nursery located in Longburn. They grow a wide range of high-quality vegetables, herbs, flowers, native plants, and forestry seedlings for home gardeners and large-scale planting projects. These efforts help to sequester carbon, provide habitat, increase…
Awapuni Nurseries is a family-owned commercial nursery located in Longburn. They grow a wide range of high-quality vegetables, herbs, flowers, native plants, and forestry seedlings for home gardeners and large-scale planting projects. These efforts help to sequester carbon, provide habitat, increase biodiversity, conserve soil, and feed the community.
They are continually improving their use of agrichemicals by implementing a more robust Integrated Pest Management (IPM) process, favouring soft products such as plant-based soaps, oils, and BioGro-certified alternatives, along with the release of biological controls. Additionally, they are investigating investment opportunities for a higher-efficiency production facility to grow more product with fewer inputs.
See their website here
Awatapu College Enviroclub aims to grow its school programme and strengthen its involvement with the local school environment and community groups.
The club recently ran an in-school Enviro programme in which students earned points for environmentally positive actions completed over a set period, with prizes supported by a local McDonald's business. The Enviroclub is also planting native trees and plants at Ahimate Park to support the park's environment, with around 100 plants going into the ground. Most of these have been grown from seed and nurtured to a good size before planting, giving students first-hand experience of the whole process from seed to tree.
Awatapu College Enviroclub community environmental awareness and connection
The Butterfly Compassion Community is here to help. Simply put, we care and we want our community to be healthy and happy. We understand, support and work alongside the incredible existing services in our community such as Women’s Refuge, MENZshed, the police, hospital, local kindergartens and…
The Butterfly Compassion Community is here to help. Simply put, we care and we want our community to be healthy and happy. We understand, support and work alongside the incredible existing services in our community such as Women’s Refuge, MENZshed, the police, hospital, local kindergartens and other education and health services to offer complementary, caring services. These include, but are not limited to coordinating play-based gift bags for vulnerable families in the region, care packages for children in hospital and making blankets for the elderly. All our initiatives have a strong sustainability and repurposing focus to care for our planet as well as our people.
Building a track between Longburn and Himatangi Beach and down to Foxton village
Their vision is to be a 'great trail' within Manawatu's interconnecting off-trail network. They are repurposing the old Foxton Railway line into a Rail trail. This will run between Longburn and Himatangi Beach and down to Foxton village.
They meet at the Rangiotu Hall on the second Wednesday bi monthly [Jan, March, May, July, Sept. and Nov] and have regular working bees on SH 56 or at Longburn. This includes removing debris, branches, trees, weeds, and mowing. Then using old metal to fill holes / level the trail for track development.
Please get in touch with their Chair Alice, if you'd like to know more.
Working with the people of the Manawatu Wairarapa area to help make New Zealand the greatest living space on Earth by looking after our environment so all of us can enjoy it and get the benefits from it.
The Department of Conservation is working with the people of the Manawatu Wairarapa area to help make New Zealand the greatest living space on Earth by looking after our environment so all of us can enjoy it and get the benefits from it. This includes things like: clean air to breathe; fresh water to drink and to run our industries; healthy soils to grow our food; places where we can find adventure and solitude, and much more.
Opportunities to volunteer in the region can be searched at this link.
Extinction Rebellion Manawatū is a local group formed in 2019 after the worldwide movement alerting people to the climate crisis. Extinction Rebellion uses NVDA to put pressure on local and central government to take urgent action on climate change.
Extinction Rebellion Manawatū (XR) is a local group that formed in 2019 as part of the worldwide movement alerting people to the climate crisis. Extinction Rebellion uses NVDA (non-violent direct action) to put pressure on local and central government to take urgent action on climate change.
Many individuals have been trying to live more lightly on the earth but in spite of that climate change is increasing rapidly. XR wants local and central government to:
Regular Activities: #Fridaysforfuture every first Friday of the month from 11am - 1pm. Meet at Te Marae o Hine, The Square, next to the Palmerston North City Council building, for climate justice visibility, conversation and information.
Presentations about climate change and what to do about this have been given publicly at times, and also to groups who request it.
The Feilding Repair CAFÉ was born out of the desire to raise awareness about our throw-away wasteful culture and to give the community an easy, pleasurable, grass roots driven option of mending all sorts of bits and bobs rather than throwing them away to our rapidly filling landfill and all over a…
The Feilding Repair CAFÉ was born out of the desire to raise awareness about our throw-away wasteful culture and to give the community an easy, pleasurable, grass roots driven option of mending all sorts of bits and bobs rather than throwing them away to our rapidly filling landfill and all over a cuppa tea, good korero and some yummy kai.
With the support of the Feilding Menzshed, the Manawatu District Council and the Environment Network Manawatu the inaugural café was held on Saturday March 11, 2023, at the Caledonian Hall - the project has been very successful and will continue in 2024.
We have a sound team of problem-solving skilled volunteers who will assess your item and help begin its mending journey. Our team includes - stitchers, wood workers, metal fixers, jewelers, electrical item fixers, clock fixers, bike, computer and book fixers and a sewing machine mechanic. We will publish in Facebook and Neighbourly, on the Friday prior to the event, the list of the possible repair types available. Bring your item along for assessment have a chat, share some kai and begin the mending journey.
Once monthly on Saturday, from February to October. 10am - 12.30pm
The Senior Hub, 14 Bowen St, 4702 Feilding
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Fish and Game NZ is a non-profit organisation, funded entirely through fishing and hunting licences. It manages, maintains and enhances sports fish and game birds and their habitats in the best long-term interests of present and future generations of anglers and hunters.
Fish & Game NZ manages, maintains and enhances sports fish and game birds and their habitats in the best long-term interests of present and future generations of anglers and hunters.
Fish & Game NZ is a non-profit organisation that receives no government or taxpayer money, and is funded entirely through fishing and hunting licences. These licence fees are used to support a range of actions, including the following:
Forest and Bird are all about protecting our native plants, animals and wild places, on land and in our oceans. Help them to help nature. The Manawatū Branch hosts talks by expert speakers, and runs field trips to local places of interest.
For nearly a century, Forest & Bird has been protecting and restoring Aotearoa's wildlife and wild places, on land and in the sea. They are the voice for nature in communities, to city and district councils, regional councils, central government, and in courts. "Help us to help nature."
Branch Monthly Meeting: 7:30pm, second Tuesday of each month (except January). The local branch presents expert speakers on a variety of conservation topics at these meetings, in the Sound and Vision Zone at the Palmerston North City Library. All are welcome, gold coin donation appreciated.
If you would like to stay in touch with F&B Manawatū, please sign up to the mailing list here.
