On a beatifully sunny Sunday on 28 April, 14 people met at John Noakes (Noksee’s) farm in the Motueka Valley to learn about fencing. John is a fencing […]
Catching up with seedling grower Lisa Quinn
Lisa Quinn attended the potting up event held at the DOC community nursery last November where she pricked out and potted up about 140 seedlings. I caught up […]
Meadowbank Farm – farming with nature in mind
Pete and Susan Fenemor and their son Jonathan farm a beautiful 247 hectare piece of land in the Tadmor Valley that abuts the Motueka River. They currently have […]
Successful seed collection workshop
On a farm near Tadmor, the Biodiversity and Restoration Group of MCC recently hosted a seed collection workshop with experts Michael North and Helen Lindsay. Notable species already […]
Ka ora te whenua, ka ora te tangata – caring for the whenua is the first priority
Monday 8 April was the day work started on the first wetland supported by the Motueka Catchment Collective, and I was off up the Baton Valley to capture […]
Trees that Count – native trees available now
The Motueka Catchment Collective (MCC) has 5000 native plants available for landowners in the Motueka catchment supplied by Trees that Count. Get your applications in by 15 April. […]
Tasman Bay Guardians Snorkel drift dive event
Here are some photos from the successful Tasman Bay Guardians snorkelling event held with Motueka Catchment Collective at McLeans Reserve on the Motueka River on Sunday 11 February. […]
Freshwater health monitoring training for Motueka catchment residents
On 16 and 17 February a committed group of Motueka catchment residents attended training at the Pokororo Hall and Pokororo Stream on how to use a SHMAK – […]
Debbie Win – Chair MCC Steering Group
Debbie grew up in the Marlborough Sounds. She moved to Dovedale and married a 5th generation farmer. They became a family of 5 all the children went to […]
Inspiration in our midst
Ollie Langridge is quietly fighting the battle against climate change and biodiversity loss on his extensive property on a hillside in the Motueka Valley. Ollie doesn’t do this […]