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Tasman District Council Dove Rivercare meeting

Dovedale Hall

Dove River    Thursday 28 November 2024, 7:00 pm – Dovedale Hall   See the following taken from the TDC website about their upcoming rivercare meetings. MCC would like to encourage catchment residents to attend these. Here’s TDC’s website link -  https://www.tasman.govt.nz/my-council/about-us/media-centre/news-and-notices/tasmans-rivercare-meetings-return-for-2024/ :  Tasman District Council is restarting its annual Rivercare meetings throughout the District.   All interested […]

Tasman District Council Upper Motueka Rivercare meeting

Tapawera Community Rooms

Upper Motueka Catchment    Includes the Upper Motueka, Motupiko, Tadmor and Sherry Rivers   Monday 2 December 2024, 7:00 pm – Tapawera Community Rooms  See the following taken from the TDC website about their upcoming rivercare meetings. MCC would like to encourage catchment residents to attend these. Here’s TDC’s website link -  https://www.tasman.govt.nz/my-council/about-us/media-centre/news-and-notices/tasmans-rivercare-meetings-return-for-2024/ :  Tasman District Council […]

Upper Moutere School native plant potting up event

Upper Moutere School Moutere Highway, Upper Moutere

Community nurseries in Motueka and Moutere catchments have been growing first colonising native seedlings for potting up and growing on for their catchment groups. This is the time of year some of the community nurseries need a little help to finish potting up seedlings to fill their nurseries. At this event you will pot up […]

Brooklyn BOMB squad working bee

The next BOMB Squad working bee is on Saturday 7th December from 10am - 12noon. After that, we'll take a break until late February. If you're interested in coming along, contact BOMB squad leader Kim Burridge on 027 288 2134. Here are some pics from other working bees as well as our group at the […]

Motueka native plant potting up / pricking out event

Motueka (venue TBC)

Community nurseries in the Motueka and Moutere catchments have been growing first colonising native seedlings for potting up / pricking out and growing on for their catchment groups. This is the time of year some of the community nurseries need a little help to finish potting up seedlings to fill their nurseries, or have some […]

Whenua Iti native plant potting up event

Whenua Iti Outdoors 375 Main Road, Lower Moutere

Community nurseries in the Motueka and Moutere catchments have been growing first colonising native seedlings for potting up and growing on for their catchment groups. This is the time of year some of the community nurseries need a little help to finish potting up seedlings to fill their nurseries. At this event you will help […]

BOMB squad working bee

Linden Place Reserve Linden Place, Brooklyn

Linden Place Reserve planting site When:  Saturday 15 February, 9am – 11am  Where: meeting at the Linden Place Reserve, located at the end of Linden Place, off Mickell Rd, Brooklyn.  Details: Kim will send details a week before including what tools to bring.   The plan for 2025 is to continue preparing the site, with the […]

Tasman Bay Guardians FUN-draising event!

Playhouse Theatre 171 Westdale Road, Tasman 7081

Come to the Playhouse Theatre on February 20th from 6.30pm until 11pm to hear some awesome DJ’s and support the ongoing work of Tasman Bay Guardians in our catchment. The event is $30. Expect an electrifying lineup of funky breaks, garage, ragga vibes, jungle rhythms, and drum and bass bangers.    Here’s the event link […]

Protect your land and water:  Sediment control solutions every landowner needs to know!

Tapawera Rugby Clubrooms Main Road, Tapawera

When: Friday, 21 February, 10am – 1:30 pm  Where: Tapawera Rugby Club Room, Main Road, Tapawera   Do you have areas of your land that are prone to erosion? Would you like to discuss and learn practical techniques and methods to reduce soil loss from your farm, lifestyle property, or forestry block?   Motueka Catchment Collective would […]

MCC BIG March weeding event

Haycocks Bush, Motueka River West Bank Road 2094 Motueka River West Bank Road, New Zealand

The Motueka Catchment Collective’s Pest Management Group are continuing their fight against Old Mans Beard which is taking over in the Motueka Valley & needs to be stopped! This is all the more urgent at the moment as there was a huge flowering this year leaving many seeds ready to fly. The MCC will be […]

BOMB squad April working bee

Blue Gum Corner

A pic from the BOMB squad's March working bee When:       Saturday 5th April, 9:30am - 11:30am Where:      Meet at meet at Blue Gum corner Our next Brooklyn Old Man's Beard working bee is scheduled for this Saturday.  People are concerned at the way OMB is steadily spreading around the Blue Gum corner area […]

MCC BIG April Old Man’s Beard weeding event

Haycocks Bush, Motueka River West Bank Road 2094 Motueka River West Bank Road, New Zealand

The Pest Management Group invites you to the fourth BIG Motueka Valley April Community Weeding Bee to clear Old Man's Beard vines from native vines from a site near Haycocks Bush. This is an iconic site next to the Motueka River and we need your help to restore it! MCC are continuing their fight against […]

Innovative farming solutions for people, place and planet

Moutere Hills Community Centre 1539 Moutere Highway, Lower Moutere, New Zealand

This forum is open to all but is targeted at farmers and rural land managers wanting to know how to put more money in their back pockets while looking after their land for future generations. The forum is structured around a number of topics and there will be a mix of presentations, trade stands, and […]

Brooklyn planting project working bee

Linden Place Reserve, located at the end of Linden Place, off Mickell Rd, Brooklyn.

It's time for another preparation session at our Brooklyn stream planting area.  We will continue scraping out a rough path and chopping down more of the skinny willow saplings.  The area is looking good and it's easy to imagine how beautiful it will look in years to come! Dean (left), Nick, Petreah at the planting […]

Growing native forests workshop

Moutere Hills Community Centre 1539 Moutere Highway, Lower Moutere, New Zealand

When:       Friday 9 May, 9.30 - 12.30pm Where:      Moutere Hills Community Centre This workshop will cover the basics of growing native forests, plant propagation and selection, and much more. This workshop is organised by Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forest Service to support sustainable native afforestation efforts. See this link […]

Motueka OMB group QEII weeding event

The Motueka OMB Group, led by Bruce Stare, who is also a member of the Pest Management group of MCC, are holding an OMB weeding event in a significant piece of QEII covenanted bush on private land on Saturday July 27th. Bruce is still finalising details for the event, including the time. Watch this space […]

Fence masterclass: A guided tour with a fencing guru

15 Hurley Road, Motueka Valley

Learn how to get fencing right from fencing guru John Knoakes. Also learn about new fencing technologies from Ken McMiken from Gallagher. The MCC would like to invite all rural landowners, residents, farmers and others interested in fencing to a guided tour around John Noakes’ farm to show you the various types of fencing to […]

Brooklyn Community planting day

far corner of the Linden Place Reserve

Brooklyn Planting Project The BOMB Squad has taken on a small native planting project on the banks of the Brooklyn Stream just past the Linden Reserve, in conjunction with Vaila Orchard.  We're currently preparing the site for planting in early spring and have a bit more work to do in removing willow saplings. If you […]

Brooklyn BOMB squad OMB working bee

Blue Gum Corner

Brooklyn Old Man's Beard Group aka The BOMB Squad We're looking for new volunteers! We're a very informal group that runs monthly working bees in the hope that we can eventually push Old Man's Beard out of Brooklyn. We have a mailing list of 23 people, with anything between 3-10 people turning up to each […]

MCC at the Motueka Sunday market

Motueka Sunday Market

The Motueka Catchment Collective crew will be at the Motueka Sunday market on Sunday 15th June. We will have a stall with all sorts of things to talk to you about and show you. This will include: Traps - rat traps, DOC200s and possum traps to disseminate to those community members who've ordered them. If […]