Motueka Catchment Collective

Haycocks Bush Old Mans Beard working bee
2025-11-16 09:30 - 13:00 UTC | 2094 Motueka River West Bank Road, 2094 Motueka River West Bank Road, New Zealand
Bruce Stare, a key member of the Pest Management Group
Join the Pest Management Group for another working bee to tackle Old Man’s Beard in the beautiful Haycocks Bush.
Let’s work together to continue along Haycocks Bush, removing Old Man’s Beard vines using the cut and paste method. So much good work has been done already. The floods damaged the road and flowed through the bush, but the weeding work done so far has not been undone!
We would love to have you help out.
Refreshments provided. Wear sturdy shoes and gardening clothes.
All equipment and training provided.
Come & join the Motueka Catchment Collective in making a difference to our taonga species and our beautiful awa – be a part of the change you wish to see!
If you don’t fancy doing the actual weeding work but would like to volunteer any other skills/time, they’d love to hear from you. Contact support@motuekacatchment.co.nz for information and to register for these events.

Whenua Iti native plant potting up event
2025-12-18 16:00 - 19:00 | Whenua Iti Outdoors, 475 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 add to the plants already potted up by students and these will be planted out by students on landowners properties once they’re big enough.
Please note there may be some 1 – 5cm seedlings leftover that we can give away before Christmas for people to take home, pot up themselves using their own containers and potting mix. There is an opportunity to register an interest in that as well in below survey.
To register for these events –
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RLKTMVK

Brooklyn BOMB squad working bee
2025-12-18 16:30 - 17:30 | Linden Place Reserve, Brooklyn
There will be another short weeding session this Thursday 18th December from 4.30pm – 5.30pm at the planting area through from Linden Reserve.

Please feel free to come along – even 30 minutes gets a few plants cleared.

Bring your gardening gloves, a weedwhacker if you have one, and some secateurs to chop off the willow sprouts.

If you’d like to come along, email brooklynoldmansbeardmustgo@gmail.com
A pic from the BOMB squad’s March working bee

Some of the Brooklyn Old Man’s Beard group, aka the BOMB Squad!

Haycocks Bush Old Mans Beard working bee
2026-03-15 09:30 - 13:00 | 2094 Motueka River West Bank Road, 2094 Motueka River West Bank Road, New Zealand
Bruce Stare, a key member of the Pest Management Group
Join the Pest Management Group for the first working bee of 2026 to tackle Old Man’s Beard in the beautiful Haycocks Bush.
Let’s work together to continue along Haycocks Bush, removing Old Man’s Beard vines using the cut and paste method. So much good work has been done already. The floods damaged the road and flowed through the bush, but the weeding work done so far has not been undone!
We would love to have you help out.
Refreshments provided. Wear sturdy shoes and gardening clothes.
All equipment and training provided.
Come & join the Motueka Catchment Collective in making a difference to our taonga species and our beautiful awa – be a part of the change you wish to see!
If you don’t fancy doing the actual weeding work but would like to volunteer any other skills/time, they’d love to hear from you. Contact support@motuekacatchment.co.nz for information and to register for these events.

Gathering Native Seed
2026-03-21 10:00 - 13:00
For farmers, lifestyle block owners and anyone interested in native restoration.
Hear from Shannel Courtney, a highly respected botanist with decades of experience across the top of the South, on right‑tree/right‑place, eco‑sourcing, species ID, rare natives and collecting wild seedlings.
What you’ll do:

identify seeding plants in a remnant forest
Collect, process & sow native seed
Take home a tray you’ve sown yourself.

Register here or QR code: surveymonkey.com/r/Z23CJ5X

Growing a Forest that Lasts
2026-04-11 09:00 - 12:00 | 95 Kelling Road, Upper Moutere, 95 Kelling Road, Upper Moutere, New Zealand
For anyone starting a forest restoration project or already underway. Join us for a practical session to understand how a native forest develops over time and what supports long‑term success.
Hear from restoration specialist Wayne O’Keefe as we walk through a mature forest remnant and newer plantings with kaitiaki of Lancewood Villa, Fiona and Alastair. We’ll explore:

what success looks like in native forest restoration
how ecological succession works and factors shaping forest development
the role of shade in restoration plantings
when intervention may be needed, including creating lightwells and choosing appropriate species

Register here or QR code: surveymonkey.com/r/Z23CJ5X
