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Our Activities
Our Activities
What do we do?
In keeping with our aims, we advise central and local government, make submissions on plans and proposed legislation, and develop policies to support our concern for the Inlet and its catchment.
We keep the Inlet in the public eye through press releases, media statements and our very popular annual photo competition. Members and local residents are encouraged to keep a ‘watching brief’ on the Inlet and report damage and suspicious activities.
We create educational resources for teachers to use in the classroom and on visits to the Inlet. We also provide opportunities throughout the year for local residents to take part in hands-on activities. Hands-on activitiesThe annual clean-up is a popular activity, suitable for all ages and very well supported by young and old. Families particularly enjoy the satisfaction of working together to clean up an allocated patch of the shore. No matter what the Another popular activity is the three-yearly cockle survey, when we measure the cockle population to assess overall numbers. In this way, members and residents can contribute to our understanding of Inlet health. Our next cockle survey will be in 2013.
Similarly, steam monitoring attracts teams of regulars who follow a set of tasks at three-month intervals to monitor the five streams that flow into the Inlet. This work is carried out in conjunction with the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA). On the right is Battle Creek, one of the sites we originally monitored.
After most member activities, there's a welcome BBQ to reward hungry volunteers.
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weather (and there certainly have been some spectacular weather events on past clean-up days), several dozen people turn out every year to do their bit to keep the Inlet clean.
