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Environment Network Manawatū
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Environment Network Manawatū is a network of over 60 member organisations that fosters and encourages environmental initiatives in the Manawatū river catchment. https://www.enm.org.nz/
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Environment Network Manawatū @enviromanawatu.bsky.social · Oct 11
ENM Member Group Events
You can see all our member groups' events in one handy place. Lots to see and plenty of ways to get involved.
enm.org.nz/event
Image credit. Rob Suisted naturespic.com
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Environment Network Manawatū @enviromanawatu.bsky.social · 6h
Repair Cafe Levin
Nov 8, 2025, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Senior Citizens Hall, corner of Cambridge and Montgomery Streets

Save costs, reduce waste, reuse, learn new skills. Bring broken children's bikes and toys along with small damaged or broken household items.

Find Repair Cafe Levin on Facebook.
Home | Repair Café Aotearoa NZ
Repair Café Aotearoa New Zealand is your place to repair, share and care. Our mission is to foster a culture of repair in New Zealand. We aim to develop and connect, inform, and support the network of...
www.repaircafeaotearoa.co.nz
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Environment Network Manawatū @enviromanawatu.bsky.social · 6h
The yellow-legged hornet poses a serious threat to both native and introduced pollinators, and to pollination itself.

Beekeepers in the UK are intensely worried, with reports of record numbers of nests this year... One nest can consume around 11 kilograms of insects in a single season.
A deadly European hornet has reached NZ – we can all help stop its spread
The hornet invasion threatens honeybees, other pollinators and all native insects with no natural defences. Eradication attempts hinge on fast action by everyone.
theconversation.com
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Environment Network Manawatū @enviromanawatu.bsky.social · 1d
MDC’s Kawakawa Nursery played host to a different kind of field trip last Wednesday, opening its gates to educators and community groups. Nursery staff turned trays of seedlings into teaching tools and eco-sourcing into a hands-on learning experience...

www.mdc.govt.nz/projects-and...
Kawakawa Nursery Sowing the Seed of Learning | Manawatū District Council
www.mdc.govt.nz
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Environment Network Manawatū @enviromanawatu.bsky.social · 1d
Forest & Bird Meeting
Nov 11, 7:30pm – 9pm

PN Central Library, Mezzanine Floor (Main entrance)

Please email [email protected] If you would like to stay in touch, please sign up to our mailing list.

www.naturesvoicemanawatu.org.nz

www.facebook.com/forestandbir...
Natures Voice Manawatu
Forest & Bird Manawatu's web site. Includes an overview of the branch, newsletters, meetings and trips, branch events etc.
www.naturesvoicemanawatu.org.nz
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Environment Network Manawatū @enviromanawatu.bsky.social · 2d
Airborne DNA, or airDNA, is an emerging method not yet optimised for widespread commercial applications, but with great promise for capturing signals of land-based biodiversity.

theconversation.com/spiders-insp...
Spiders inspired biologists to create artificial webs to capture airborne DNA for biodiversity monitoring
Natural spiderwebs are good at capturing DNA from the environment, but artificial webs are cheap and provide better control – without harm to spiders.
theconversation.com
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Environment Network Manawatū @enviromanawatu.bsky.social · 3d
In case you missed it the ENM Annual Performance Report 2025 (for the year ended 30 June 2025) is here.

www.enm.org.nz/application/...
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Environment Network Manawatū @enviromanawatu.bsky.social · 3d
The University of Waikato's Climate Ambassador Programme is a 15-week program for Year 13 students that combines online learning with on-campus workshops to develop leadership and knowledge in climate science and action.

More info - www.waikato.ac.nz/study/school...
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Environment Network Manawatū @enviromanawatu.bsky.social · 4d
Find Out About the Rail Trail Project and How It Relates to You.

The Trustees of The City to Sea Rail Trail – Manawatū invite the community to a one-hour session on Wednesday, 12 November, from 5:30–6:30pm at Rangiotu Hall.

RSVP: [email protected]
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Environment Network Manawatū @enviromanawatu.bsky.social · 4d
Environmental Funding Grants

Small Grant - Open
Individuals and organisations can apply for small grants (up to $1000) at any time.

Large Grant - Open 1st Jan to 15th March
Applications for large grants ($1000 - $15,000)

Info and application forms - enm.org.nz/about/enm-or...
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Environment Network Manawatū @enviromanawatu.bsky.social · 5d
Volunteer Spotlight: Sonya Turk – The Passionate Textile Rescuer.

Sonya is a true champion for sustainability and creativity. Her passion for enjoying clothing for self expression...

www.enm.org.nz/index.php?cI...
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Environment Network Manawatū @enviromanawatu.bsky.social · 5d
Green Corridors Working Bee
Nov 5, 2025

Email ENM to register your interest in helping with this task.

Green Corridors is a voluntary group that works with Palmerston North City Council to plant reserve areas to encourage native biodiversity.

www.pncc.govt.nz/Community/Co...
Green Corridors: range to river
Green Corridors projects enhance native bush along streams, provide places for wildlife to thrive, improve water quality and create open green spaces.
www.pncc.govt.nz
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Environment Network Manawatū @enviromanawatu.bsky.social · 6d
Horizons' Connecting Conservation Workshops
Nov 29, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Horizons Regional Council is hosting its Connecting Conservation Workshops on Saturday, 29 Nov, from 10am to 3pm in Woodville.

To register interest, please email [email protected] by Wednesday, 19 Nov.
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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 6d
Very proud of Greenpeace and many others that we stopped the Govt's proposal to increase maximum residue limit for glyphosate (RoundUp) 100 fold. The limit for wheat, barley and oats will remain at 0.1 mg/kg. But they must restart testing for it in our food. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Greenpeace welcomes glyphosate ruling, urges NZ Food Safety to restart food safety testing - Greenpeace Aotearoa
Greenpeace welcomes a decision by New Zealand Food Safety to maintain maximum glyphosate residue levels on wheat, oats and barley at their current level of 0.1mg/kg, but now calls on…
www.greenpeace.org
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Environment Network Manawatū @enviromanawatu.bsky.social · 6d
New research led by Earth Sciences New Zealand reveals that more than 750,000 New Zealanders live in locations exposed to flooding from one-in-100-year rainfall flooding events. And this number could increase to more than 900,000 with a further 3 degrees of warming due to climate change.
Nationwide study reveals escalating flood risk
New research led by Earth Sciences New Zealand reveals that more than 750,000 New Zealanders live in locations exposed to flooding from one-in-100-year rainfall flooding events.
niwa.co.nz
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Environment Network Manawatū @enviromanawatu.bsky.social · 7d
Bunnythorpe Crop Swap
Nov 1, 2025, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Come along to Bunnythorpe's Crop Swap and take some free seeds, plants, seedlings or anything garden related, and if you can, bring some to share with others.

Takes place at Bunnythorpe School on the 1st Saturday of every month.
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Environment Network Manawatū @enviromanawatu.bsky.social · 7d
RECAP Crop Swap
Nov 1, 2025, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

11am-1pm at the Ashhurst Community Library.

All are welcome and everything is free. Bring any excess produce, seeds, seedlings or gardening supplies. You do not need to give in order to take and vice versa.
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Environment Network Manawatū @enviromanawatu.bsky.social · 9d
UPDATE!

ENM's AGM
Tuesday Oct 28, 2025, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM

🗓 Tuesday the 28 October

🕠 5:30pm – 8:00pm

📍 Caccia Birch House, 130 Te Awe Awe Street, Hokowhitu

🥪 Light refreshments provided

RSVP - enm.infoodle.com/form_process...
RSVP ENM Constitution 2025
enm.infoodle.com
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Environment Network Manawatū @enviromanawatu.bsky.social · 19d
ENM AGM. Join ENM as we celebrate a successful year & look ahead to what’s next.

The Agenda will include a proposal to adopt an updated Constitution & to re-register as an Incorporated Society under the new Act.

Monday 28 Oct 5:30pm – 8:00pm
Wilkins Theatrette, Te Manawa
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Julieinnz @julieinnz.bsky.social · 9d
We should be looking at Uruguay for more solutions - the frightening thing is the government here is taking us backwards in almost every environmental policy.
When Earth overshoot day would land if we lived like these countries.
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The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 9d
Once Were Gardeners is a must-watch for anyone wanting to grow
Once Were Gardeners is a must-watch for anyone wanting to grow
WARNING: This show will make you wish you had a garden if you don’t already....
thespinoff.co.nz
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Environment Network Manawatū @enviromanawatu.bsky.social · 11d
"The researchers got 641 participants in 10 European countries to wear silicone wristbands continuously for one week to capture external exposure to 193 pesticides."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘I was contaminated’: study reveals how hard it is to avoid pesticide exposure
Silicone wristbands worn by volunteers in the Netherlands captured 173 substances in one week
www.theguardian.com
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Environment Network Manawatū @enviromanawatu.bsky.social · 12d
🌿 Long weekend gardening plans? You might not know that inhaling dust from potting mix or compost can cause Legionnaires’ disease, a severe, sometimes life-threatening chest infection.

To protect your lungs from Legionnaires’ disease, use these tips:

info.health.nz/conditions-t...
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Environment Network Manawatū @enviromanawatu.bsky.social · 12d
A Rocha Working Bee
Oct 26, 1:30 – 3:30pm

A Rocha Manawatū is the local branch of A Rocha, a Christian conservation group caring for the living world & its environment. This branch has a nursery at Longburn. All welcome (you don’t need to be a church-goer). Please contact Christine, 06 353 6820.
KĀINGA | Home - A Rocha Aotearoa New Zealand
A Rocha Aotearoa New Zealand seeks to protect and restore ecosystems through community-based conservation, developing environmental leaders and taking practical actions. We inspire, educate and enable...
arocha.org.nz
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Environment Network Manawatū @enviromanawatu.bsky.social · 12d
"The practice of māra kai, the mātauranga associated with growing food crops, has been undergoing a quiet comeback in recent years" (Paywalled).

www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener...
Once Were Gardeners grows something beautiful from the past
TV's new spotlight on traditional gardening practices making a quiet comeback.
www.nzherald.co.nz
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Environment Network Manawatū @enviromanawatu.bsky.social · 13d
ENM Community Food Sovereignty Spring Hui 2025
Wednesday the 26th November 10am - 2:00pm.
Kelvin Grove Community Centre at 68 Kaimanawa Street

🌱 Join us for a day of connection, inspiration, and action! 🌱

🌿 Theme of the day: "Food as a Gift"🌿

Register - enm.infoodle.com/form_process...