Email Address
info@estuary.org.nzPhone number
027 7733 262
Meet on the third Saturday of each month. No need to book, just show up. Come for a one off or as often as you like. We'll be doing tasks like weeding, pruning and mulching to help young plants thrive and to enhance the estuarine edge. At certain times of the year we will also […]
Anyone welcome, no need to book! Come for a one off or as often as you like. Volunteers meet EVERY SUNDAY AFTERNOON between 3 and 5pm. Meet at the carpark off Charlesworth Street. Tools and gloves, good company plus refreshments provided. Please wear closed toe shoes. Since 2005 over 140,000 native plants have been placed […]
Annual Farewell to the godwits ceremony to "Wish the Godwits a safe return to their breeding grounds in Alaska" Saturday, 28 February 2026 Southshore Spit Reserve (at the very end of Rockinghorse Road) 1pm FREE BBQ sausages, music, info stalls 1.30pm Welcome, followed by guided short walk to view the birds up close Suitable all […]
Join us for the annual celebration of the wonderful Ihutai Estuary ecosytems.
Sunday, 3rd May 2026 10am till 12 noon Charlesworth Street Reserve, situated on Charlesworth Street (off Ferry Road). Bring along family, friends and a spade. Members of the public are warmly invited to join us planting at Charlesworth Reserve to establish native trees and shrubs supplied by Trees for Canterbury and supported by the Christchurch […]
Saturday morning. 9th of May 2026 at 10am till 12 noon we can all give our mothers' day gift to Mother Nature by cleaning her waterways. 60 Community groups plus a number of schools are participating this year and have been allocated a stretch of our rivers, estuary, local park, harbour and beach to collect […]