Sustainable Wairarapa teamed up with Friends of Rewa Bush to undertake a survey of our region for both long-tailed and short-tailed bats. Now there are two groups working on separate bush locations but collaborating when needed.
The Mākoura Fish Passage and Eco-Corridor project is a collaboration between mana whenua, Masterton District Council and Sustainable Wairarapa, under “Better Off” funding allocated in 2022.
Electrify Wairarapa is a group of local volunteers who have personal experience of making the change to electric vehicles, installing solar panels and batteries, switching to hot water heat pumps and other electric appliances in their own homes, farms and communities.
Take the Jump – Kia Māia te Peke is a social movement that encourages personal action to reduce individual carbon footprints. Our plan is to spark a vibrant movement of normal people coming together to make practical changes, support and inspire each other, celebrate success, and drive a shift in society’s mindsets and cultures. Showing politicians and businesses that positive change is both possible and wanted, now. It all starts today with citizens and communities ‘Taking The Jump’, by trying the Seven Shifts.
Whareama School are undertaking katipō and lizard monitoring at Uriti Point. Recently, Jim O'Malley has lead a regenerative planting program with the support of GWRC. Plants were sources from Norfolk Road Nurseries and include the rare and endemic sand daphne (Pimelea villosa).