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To celebrate the end of the year a group of Waiheke’s ecological organisations collaborated to host an Eco-Party. In true Waiheke style, it was a model of community connection between the Waiheke Collective, Waiheke Resources Trust, Kai Conscious, Te Korowai o Waiheke and the Waiheke Marine Project.
It was an an evening of music, games, kai and performances as well as a chance to celebrate all those who have been working in our community this year. It was a great way for those who are interested in being involved in any of these groups to come and connect and see what it’s all about. Featuring Kai conscious delicious kai, Marine project Vertical Reality by Blake NZVR, and performances from a bunch of the groups and community, all held at the beautiful sustainability centre.
OCTOBER
Women in Conservation event - Wonderful Waiheke Women
In mid-October Jenny Holmes of Te Korowai o Waiheke organised a fantastic event through W3 - Wonderful Waiheke Women. The focus was on celebrating Waiheke women working in conversation. The speakers came from a diversity of backgrounds, sharing their personal and professional stories. And its of no surprise that all the speakers and groups are part of the Waiheke Collective.
Jo Ritchie, Operations Manager for Te Korowai o Waiheke, shared stories of her 30-year career in conservation, and we heard fascinating updates from the Waiheke High School Sustainability Group, The Waiheke Resources Trust, Forest & Bird, Hauraki Islands Branch, Whakanewha Regional Park, Waiheke Isalnd, Waiheke Collective, the Marine Protection Group, and Talking Tree Hill. Desserts were enjoyed, made by the Waiheke High School hospitality students and wine provided by BATCH WINERY. All the proceeds went to Waiheke High School!
Well done to Jenny and her team at Te Korowai for organsiing such a special evening.
Waiheke High School Sustainability Group
The Waiheke High School Sustainability Group has been busy this month - organising to be part of the National climate strike, working to reduce waste at school, participating in Conversation Week at Whakanewha and setting up pest tracking at the school. Rebecca from the group came and presented to the Waiheke Collective at our October Meet-up, sharing that she’s thrilled at how many students are wanting to get involved in the sustainability group. Despite being busy with exams next term, they are hoping to keep up the momentum by engaging the younger levels in more activities like beach clean-ups, tree planting and water testing.
SEPTEMBER
Conservation week
Last week we celebrated conservation week on Waiheke with a plethora of activities organised by Forest and Bird, Auckland Council, DoC, TKOW and others. Waiheke Collective participants were deeply involved with Mark Russell holding a discussion on his Kelp Project at WRT on Monday and Natasha Beletzky organising a fantastic two days of workshops at Whakanewha Regional Park. The Kelp project drew in 15 people in an engaged conversation about our marine environment. Mark inspired us to see what one person can do by acting local for a global impact. On Thursday and Friday tamariki from Waiheke classrooms participated in a bunch of activities at the campgrounds at Whakanewha; bird observations, interpretive walks, games, pest detection and control, and plant treasure hunts. Hosted by various Collective participants the tamariki learnt about pest plants and animals,Kauri dieback, native birds and plants, and water quality. The event celebrated conservation and fostered a sense of kaitiaki for the tamariki, in deep relationship with the natural environment.
SEPTEMBER - HUI
What a great September Meet-up hosted by Jenny at Waiheke Adult Learning. We had a representative from Gift of the Gulf speak to us about funding opportunities with GIFT and Foundation North. The coordinators led an exercise reviewing the sub-group guide which catalysed some juicy discussions on how sub-groups and the wider Collective works. Te Korowai o Waiheke gave their monthly updates reflecting on 2 years since the first get together of the Collective over a beer. We got an update on the three work streams of the Marine group as well as the other sub-group updates. We look forward to visiting our next neighbourhood in Onetangi, where we are meeting Onetangi Hall in the first week of October!
