2024 Report

2024 marked our fifth year as a registered charity supporting Schools Behind Our River with funding and materials for plantings and planting classes, supplying 2600 native plants, awarding Overnight Experience Trips to the Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre, conducting biodiversity and predator trapping workshops, and sponsoring visits by Ruud Kleinpaste a.k.a. The Bugman.

2024 also marked the launch of our Dialogue Series of lectures, and we continued to support rural landowners in 2024 supplying 3500 native trees for restoration plantings. 2024 also marked the first time that we organised a special community event day at the Solway Showgrounds to mark Conservation Week.

In addition to supporting ‘Schools Behind Our River’, our plan for 2025 includes more emphasis on restoring and protecting biodiversity along the upper reaches of the Ruamahanga River, which we hope will include a pest control program and wildlife monitoring.

Our vision and purpose to support environmental education and conservation efforts within the catchment remains as strong as ever and we look forward to another year of growth.