News
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Motuweka Havelock Estuary Restoration
Date:Categories:NewsA community-led restoration plan has been finalised for the estuary, with activities ranging from low-cost planting projects to more involved, co-ordinated responses to sea-level rise.
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Whio sighting in Te Hoiere
Date:Categories:NewsA pair of whio (blue ducks) have been spotted near Department of Conservation huts, located mid-catchment in Mount Richmond Forest Park.
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Pest plant close to eradication in Motuweka Estuary
Date:Categories:NewsDepartment of Conservation and Marlborough District Council continue their decades-long efforts to eradicate Spartina.
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Beetling through Te Hoiere
Date:Categories:NewsRecent monitoring in Te Hoiere catchment shows that a programme running from 2021 to 2025 to release dung beetles with landowners was a success.
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Conservation Week River Swim
Date:Categories:NewsCatchment kids braved the chilly water to connect with nature at Te Hoiere.
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Te Hoiere Project Pānui January 2026
Date:Categories:NewslettersNewsCheck out our latest newsletter! This is the last call for fencing assistance, learn about all of the monitoring in the catchment, and read about local tamariki rolling up their sleeves for nature.
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Marine Learning Day
Date:Categories:NewsTamariki from Waitaria Bay, Linkwater, Canvastown, Havelock and Rai Valley met at Motuweka/Havelock Estuary for a fun-filled day of learning and connecting with nature.
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Join us as a Community Trustee
Date:Categories:NewsWe have a vacancy on our governance board for a resident of Te Hoiere/Pelorus to join us as a Community Trustee for a voluntary three-year term. Submit your expression of interest by 13 Feb 2026.
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Fencing for freshwater in Te Hoiere/Pelorus
Date:Categories:NewsIn just three years, Te Hoiere Project has partnered with the community to plant over 220,000 native trees, erect over 90 kilometres of fencing for waterways and wetlands, and much more.
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Rai Valley Area School teams up for native planting
Date:Categories:NewsChildren dug in their spades on a recent Friday to plant 200 native seedlings at Rai Stream Reserve.
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Te Hoiere Project Pānui October 2025
Date:Categories:NewslettersNewsOur latest newsletter is out now, with our 2025 Annual Report, restoring the mauri of Motuweka Estuary and more!
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Restoring the Mauri of the Motuweka/Havelock Estuary
Date:Categories:NewsThere’s still time to join us for a native planting the morning of Sunday, the 14th September at the Havelock Marina mole, followed by lunch at Havelock Hall.
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Meet Budyong, Forest & Bird Volunteer
Date:Categories:NewsBudyong is one of the many volunteers with Te Hoiere Bat Recovery Project. He began volunteering in 2013 to help control predators of pekapeka (long-tailed bats) at Pelorus Bridge Scenic Reserve.
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Linkwater kids roll up their sleeves for nature
Date:Categories:NewsSchoolchildren recently helped the Morrison family to plant 1,030 native plants on a new addition to their family dairy farm
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Forestry In Focus: Land Transition Study
Date:Categories:NewsA deeper look into this project, which provides forestry owners guidance on transitioning to alternative land uses
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From Czech Republic to pekapeka champion
Date:Categories:NewsLucie Daniskova feels right at home as Forest & Bird's new Predator Control Officer for Te Hoiere Bat Recovery Project.
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Working together to slow the flow
Date:Categories:NewsThe Nature Based Solutions project is led by Marlborough District Council with funding from the Ministry for the Environment, focussed on possible solutions for steep catchments prone to flooding.
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Tracking the Tiny Bats of Aotearoa
Date:Categories:NewsIt takes long nights and tricky rope work to protect New Zealand’s endemic land mammals.
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Project’s journey of restoration, reconnection and resilience
Date:Categories:NewsAround 70 people came together recently to celebrate milestones of progress, markers of hope and symbols of Te Hoiere Project's shared commitment to the future.
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Te Hoiere helps sow seeds of success
Date:Categories:NewsA soil workshop run by Te Hoiere Project and NZ Landcare Trust has sprung some impressive results for Canvastown dairy farmer, Ben Watson.
