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All New Zealanders can adapt to the locked-in effects of climate change. The sooner we act, the more effective that action will be.

The Ministry for the Environment is inviting your feedback on the plan. It has been put together so we can minimise the damage from a changing climate. We want to hear about how climate change is affecting you, potential impacts you are concerned about, actions you are taking and what other actions are needed.

Webinars and workshops on this are available and feedback needs to be submitted by 3 June 2022.

Go to the MfE website for more information.

Coast Care people are invited to join Whanganui District Council and Jim Dahm (ex CRT trustee and dune expert) at the Duncan Pavilion (coastal end of Rangiora Street, Castlecliff, Whanganui) on Wednesday the 8th of June between 3pm-4pm. (Maybe 4:30pm) for a question and answer session in anticipation of the Launching of the Whanganui Coastal Action Plan the next day.

You are welcome to come for the whole event or pop in for a bit. Afternoon tea is provided.

Here are some questions prepared by the local Coast Care group, but more may be welcome depending on time constraints.

Whanganui District Council will publicly launch the Whanganui Coastal Action Plan (link is to page with consultation document) on Thursday 9th June at the Duncan Pavilion, coastal end of Rangiora Street.

Meeting/discussion with Jim Dahm regarding the Draft Whanganui Coastal Action Plan at the Alexander Library, in Pukenamu Queens Park. It is near the (main) Davis Library.

Share your concerns and aspirations for the Whanganui coastline.

Public hui at Rapanui Mowhanau Community Hall. Drop in any time to chat and share your ideas for the coastal environment. Jim Dahm will present at 11 and 1 pm This one features the issues at Kai Iwi, mainly cliff erosion.

Castlecliff Coast Care is inviting people to help High School students do some coastal restoration work. Check their Facebook page for more information or email: [Enable JavaScript to view protected content]

An afternoon session of planting on the rear dunes.

Check here or at https://www.facebook.com/Castlecliffcoastcare for exact time and more details. Or email: [Enable JavaScript to view protected content]

Clutha District Council is asking for feedback about a new vehicles-on-beaches bylaw, which could result in a total ban at coastal beauty spots from Taieri Mouth to Tautuku.

These areas are home to native animals, including hoiho/yellow-eyed penguins, kororā/little blue penguins and rāpoka/sea lions.

Submissions close on the 20th of June 2022.

Visit www.surveymonkey.com/r/67CFBH5

Join us on the Saturday and/or Sunday of Matariki weekend to help with the restoration planting on the Robert Findlay Reserve. Planting is from 9am-12pm followed by a lunch at the centre or you can provide a hand in the kitchen. Email [Enable JavaScript to view protected content] for more details and to confirm numbers. From the Pūkorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre

Join us on the Saturday and/or Sunday of Matariki weekend to help with the restoration planting on the Robert Findlay Reserve. Planting is from 9am-12pm followed by a lunch at the centre or you can provide a hand in the kitchen. Email [Enable JavaScript to view protected content] for more details and to confirm numbers. From the Pūkorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre

Join us on the Saturday and/or Sunday of Matariki weekend to help with the restoration planting on the Robert Findlay Reserve. Planting is from 9am-12pm followed by a lunch at the centre or you can provide a hand in the kitchen. Email [Enable JavaScript to view protected content] for more details and to confirm numbers. From the Pūkorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre

In collaboration with Resilience to Nature’s Challenges, National Science Challenges brings you this online kōrero with Marama Pohatu (Muriwhenua Inc.), Akuhata Bailey-Winiata (Waikato University) and Tom Logan (University of Canterbury).

Most of Aotearoa’s marae and papakāinga are built along the coast or by flood-prone rivers. Climate change – like other historical upheaval – threatens to separate some of us from our papakāinga. But the concept of “managed retreat” – where whānau are supposed to leave hazardous areas and “start again” on safer ground – doesn’t sit well with people whose relationships stretch backwards and forwards over centuries.

These three speakers, including hapū-based researcher Marama Pohatu, are bringing many different kinds of knowledge to the complex question of where and how to live when our homes and marae are at risk from the rising sea.

Here is some more information and a link to register.

Waikanae Estuary Care Group has received a $7,600 grant from the Mazda Foundation to purchase eco-seeds, compost, and plant support materials for a native plant nursery.

Chairperson of the Waikanae Estuary Care Group, Robin Gunston, says since 2006 they have planted and nurtured around 70,000 native plants. “Our goal is to restore the Waikanae Estuary Scientific Reserve to its former flora and fauna status, and we are committed to planting at the reserve for the next six to seven years by which time the restoration should be complete.”

Applications for the next round of funding closes on 30 June

https://mazdafoundation.org.nz/