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02 Jul 2022

Ōtautahi (Christchurch) Tree Planting, Waimakariri River #1

Kaiapoi Island, Christchurch - entrance is next to Challenge service station, corner of Wrights and Main North Road.

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02 Jul 2022

Cambridge APL Tree Planting Day

Maungatautari Marae, 271 Hicks Rd, R.D2 Cambridge

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02 Jul 2022

Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) Tree Planting, Totara Park

184-208 Redoubt Road, Flat Bush, Auckland 2019

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This month we welcomed our first international vol

This month we welcomed our first international volunteer in two years: Jennifer! We’re stoked to have the @IVHQ programme back up and running, and even more stoked that our first volunteer is so passionate about Aotearoa and our work 💚Last week, for National Volunteer Week (19–25 June) we chatted to Jennifer about her motivations for coming half way around the world and supporting our mahi — have a read at the link in our bio @SUSTAINABLECOASTLINES 👈#volunteering #nationalvolunteerweek #ivhq #treeplanting #ecotourism #givingback

Is the Waimakariri River your local awa? Join us i

Is the Waimakariri River your local awa? Join us in helping to protect it with a tree-planting day at the Kaiapoi Island section this winter! 👉Register now on our event page, link in bio @SUSTAINABLECOASTLINES🌱Sat, 2 July
💧Sat, 30 July
☀️Sat, 13 AugustIn collaboration with Forest & Bird North Canterbury, Environment Canterbury, Rātā Foundation, and ANZ.Photo credit: @Scottysinton
#waimakariri #ōtautahi #canterbury #christchurch #waimakariririver #loveyourwater #ecosystems #cleanwater #swimmablerivers #waterislife #riverecology #riparianplanting #nznatives #loveyourcommunity #treeplanting #treesforsurvival

Ngā mihi o Matariki, te tau hou Māori! Happy Mat

Ngā mihi o Matariki, te tau hou Māori!
Happy Matariki, the Māori New Year!Last Saturday we celebrated Matariki with two tree-plantings in Tāmaki Makaurau — in Te Atatū Peninsula and Puhinui Reserve with our amazing volunteers, collaborators at @aklcouncil, @anz_nz, and Te Pu-a-nga Maara (Puhinui) and Te Atatū Marae Coalition.Planting trees is a symbol of new beginnings, so a fitting way to celebrate the Māori New Year during the rise of the star cluster Matariki (Pleiades). Each star is seen to hold significance over particular aspects of our lives or the environment. We’d like to highlight three of them with special importance for the restoration mahi we do:🌟Tupuārangi, who is connected to the uncultivated foods and forests, including insects, plants and birds.
💫Waitī, who is connected to freshwater and all living things that inhabit the springs, rivers, lakes, streams and wetlands.
✨Matariki herself, who gives her name to the entire star cluster and ensures they rise together. She signals the health of the environment and is associated with wellbeing.Wishing you a beautiful Matariki with your whānau.#matariki #pleiades #newyear #newbeginnings #teaomāori #māorinewyear #treeplanting #collaboration #community #events

It’s National Volunteer Week, Te Wiki Tūao ā-M

It’s National Volunteer Week, Te Wiki Tūao ā-Motu! A BIG mihi to all of our volunteers, whether you’ve joined us on a beach clean-up, tree-planting, or litter survey 🙏It is actually impossible for us to do what we do without you! So far, generous people have dedicated 265,342 volunteer hours to Sustainable Coastlines’ programmes, working towards an end to ocean pollution. Scroll through to see the breakdown 🌱🌊📷 Planting volunteers at Puhinui Reserve on 16 June (credit to Irena Cima), citizen scientists at Spinnaker Reserve, Te Atatu on 27 April, and clean-up volunteers at New Brighton’s The Mother of All Clean-Ups on 7 May.#NationalVolunteerWeek #volunteering #treeplanting #beachcleanups #citizenscience #volunteerweek #litterintelligence #loveyourcoast #loveyourwater

Nurdles in Christchurch’s Avon-Heathcote Estuary

Nurdles in Christchurch’s Avon-Heathcote Estuary? Sadly, there are a lot of them. We’re very privileged to have Emma Hunter, the author of this study, as part of the SC whānau! Emma’s our Ōtautahi Programme Coordinator, educating locals and training up citizen scientists to monitor our beaches for litter.Stuff also just published an article on this important work — find the link in our bio. @SUSTAINABLECOASTLINES 👈@newshubnz @nzstuff #research #datainsightsaction #litterintelligence #study #data #litterintelligence #education #nurdles #beatplasticpollution #cleansweep #plasticsindustry #plastic

This month we welcomed our first international vol

This month we welcomed our first international volunteer in two years: Jennifer! We’re stoked to have the @IVHQ programme back up and running, and even more stoked that our first volunteer is so passionate about Aotearoa and our work 💚Last week, for National Volunteer Week (19–25 June) we chatted to Jennifer about her motivations for coming half way around the world and supporting our mahi — have a read at the link in our bio @SUSTAINABLECOASTLINES 👈#volunteering #nationalvolunteerweek #ivhq #treeplanting #ecotourism #givingback

Is the Waimakariri River your local awa? Join us i

Is the Waimakariri River your local awa? Join us in helping to protect it with a tree-planting day at the Kaiapoi Island section this winter! 👉Register now on our event page, link in bio @SUSTAINABLECOASTLINES🌱Sat, 2 July
💧Sat, 30 July
☀️Sat, 13 AugustIn collaboration with Forest & Bird North Canterbury, Environment Canterbury, Rātā Foundation, and ANZ.Photo credit: @Scottysinton
#waimakariri #ōtautahi #canterbury #christchurch #waimakariririver #loveyourwater #ecosystems #cleanwater #swimmablerivers #waterislife #riverecology #riparianplanting #nznatives #loveyourcommunity #treeplanting #treesforsurvival

Ngā mihi o Matariki, te tau hou Māori! Happy Mat

Ngā mihi o Matariki, te tau hou Māori!
Happy Matariki, the Māori New Year!Last Saturday we celebrated Matariki with two tree-plantings in Tāmaki Makaurau — in Te Atatū Peninsula and Puhinui Reserve with our amazing volunteers, collaborators at @aklcouncil, @anz_nz, and Te Pu-a-nga Maara (Puhinui) and Te Atatū Marae Coalition.Planting trees is a symbol of new beginnings, so a fitting way to celebrate the Māori New Year during the rise of the star cluster Matariki (Pleiades). Each star is seen to hold significance over particular aspects of our lives or the environment. We’d like to highlight three of them with special importance for the restoration mahi we do:🌟Tupuārangi, who is connected to the uncultivated foods and forests, including insects, plants and birds.
💫Waitī, who is connected to freshwater and all living things that inhabit the springs, rivers, lakes, streams and wetlands.
✨Matariki herself, who gives her name to the entire star cluster and ensures they rise together. She signals the health of the environment and is associated with wellbeing.Wishing you a beautiful Matariki with your whānau.#matariki #pleiades #newyear #newbeginnings #teaomāori #māorinewyear #treeplanting #collaboration #community #events

It’s National Volunteer Week, Te Wiki Tūao ā-M

It’s National Volunteer Week, Te Wiki Tūao ā-Motu! A BIG mihi to all of our volunteers, whether you’ve joined us on a beach clean-up, tree-planting, or litter survey 🙏It is actually impossible for us to do what we do without you! So far, generous people have dedicated 265,342 volunteer hours to Sustainable Coastlines’ programmes, working towards an end to ocean pollution. Scroll through to see the breakdown 🌱🌊📷 Planting volunteers at Puhinui Reserve on 16 June (credit to Irena Cima), citizen scientists at Spinnaker Reserve, Te Atatu on 27 April, and clean-up volunteers at New Brighton’s The Mother of All Clean-Ups on 7 May.#NationalVolunteerWeek #volunteering #treeplanting #beachcleanups #citizenscience #volunteerweek #litterintelligence #loveyourcoast #loveyourwater

Nurdles in Christchurch’s Avon-Heathcote Estuary

Nurdles in Christchurch’s Avon-Heathcote Estuary? Sadly, there are a lot of them. We’re very privileged to have Emma Hunter, the author of this study, as part of the SC whānau! Emma’s our Ōtautahi Programme Coordinator, educating locals and training up citizen scientists to monitor our beaches for litter.Stuff also just published an article on this important work — find the link in our bio. @SUSTAINABLECOASTLINES 👈@newshubnz @nzstuff #research #datainsightsaction #litterintelligence #study #data #litterintelligence #education #nurdles #beatplasticpollution #cleansweep #plasticsindustry #plastic

A big congratulations to the fantastic human that

A big congratulations to the fantastic human that is Jemma Hovelmeier, our latest Calypso winner! ⛵It’s hard to believe what Jemma has achieved in the seven months she’s been with Sustainable Coastlines, being absolutely outstanding in her role as Porirua Programme Coordinator.Remember the $3m in funding we will be receiving alongside Porirua City Council and Ngāti Toa to restore the Porirua Harbour? Jemma joined SC just before funding was confirmed and so was thrust into the community engagement side of the project. She absolutely excelled in putting in the groundwork that the project needed to begin planting this winter.Sadly for us, this is also mā te wā, as unforeseen circumstances meant that Jemma had to make the difficult decision to leave SC. Jemma is an absolute joy to work with, and we all love her humour, unique contributions and her quiet mana. All of us want more time with her — hope to work with you again in the near future, Jemma! 🏄‍♀️#employeeofthemonth #team #appreciation #teamworkmakesthedreamwork #love #whānau #wahine

Our impacts

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LITTER CLEANED UP (LITRES)

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TREES PLANTED BESIDE WATERWAYS

796

WEEDS REMOVED (CUBIC METRE)

247989

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