Latest events
Keep up to date with all of our event on our Facebook page.
For more info on any of our events email: kcrivercare@gmail.com
What we've achieved in four years
December 2023
We're pretty proud of what our catchment group has achieved over the past four years, and there's still more to come:
185 Farm Environment Plans in progress.
164 Events/activities with 2700 individual attendances.
450 Water test samples collected.
195,000 plants in the ground
114km of fencing
215ha planted in natives.
Community Project: Piopio Domain
October 2023
The Piopio Domain has had a tidy up thanks to funding from King Country River Care. 1.5km of fencing with high visibility electric tape has been erected to keep stock out of the waterways and 2,000 natives planted by and sourced from Waiora Rivercare, which will stabilise the surrounding banks, and in the long term provide shelter for stock. Unwanted trees have also been removed from the site.
Thanks to all those involved.
Share Mongolia Programme
July 2023
The Share Mongolia Programme evolved a few years ago when Paul Brough was trekking in Mongolia and came across a mob of sheep and some locals cutting the wool off with large scissors. As he found out, it was 900 ewes and at 30 sheep per day, about a month’s work! He went away thinking there must be something he could do to help.
Local nurseries have native plants available
Please support them where you can:
Mahoenui Native nursery (Russell & Mavis Proffit) - 0273552927
Te Tawai Nursery (Hoare family) - 027 323 9679
Wai Ora River Care (Kim Coffin) - 0274394339
We're a finalist in the Ballance Farm Environment Awards for the Waikato Region
One Billion Trees Programme Funding
August 2022
Thank you to all landowners who got their 2023 Applications and 2021 and/or 2022 Project information/photos submitted on time.
We have received 25 One Billion Trees (1BT) applications for 2023 projects. We have approximately $250,000 still to be allocated. This will fund at least another 25,000 plants.
