Funded projects

As part of a long-term Avoca Valley restoration project, the CWP has funded thousands of podocarps and mānuka to be planted alongside Avoca Valley Stream to enhance its health and repair eroding banks.

Ōpāwaho-Heathcote Catchment Summit Road Society Incorporated

Ecological monitoring will be carried out in three streams flowing through Living Springs and into Whakaraupō-Lyttelton Harbour to help inform restoration efforts to protect the mauri of the waterways.

Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū-Banks Peninsula Catchment

Ōtākaro Orchard is celebrating its blue-green roof, swale and stormwater retention systems. New signage will educate visitors about these features, their connection to river health, and how they can integrate similar things in their own homes.

Ōtākaro-Avon Catchment

To improve residents’ understanding of how they can protect their local waterways, a Rapid Ecological Survey (RES) is being done in important tributaries to the Ōpāwaho-Heathcote River.

Ōpāwaho-Heathcote Catchment Ōpāwaho Heathcote River Network

School groups will be connected to the cultural, ecological and recreational values of the Ōtākaro-Avon River through biodiversity monitoring, riparian planting, and stormwater education.

Ōtākaro-Avon Catchment Climate Action Campus

The CWP is proud to support the Pūharakekenui Programme Delivery Officer to provide waterways education and coordinate volunteers – bringing the group's 2000-2040 vision to life of the Styx as ‘A place to be’. 

Pūharakekenui-Styx Catchment Styx Living Laboratory Trust

Participants of this community-led project will be trained to gather monthly data from the river over a two-year period to help in understanding the river's health, contribute to a global database and support conservation efforts.

Huritini-Halswell Catchment South Island New Zealand Rotary

The Styx Living Laboratory Trust has purchased advanced water quality monitoring equipment to enable the detection of invisible contaminants like E. coli, helping track long-term trends and safeguard the health of the river for future generations.

Pūharakekenui-Styx Catchment Styx Living Laboratory Trust South Island New Zealand Rotary

The Green Lab partnered with the Brighton Observatory of Environment and Economics Trust and Christchurch City Council Parks to run the Discovering the Cockayne Reserve event, inviting the community to learn about the area’s indigenous biodiversity.

Ōtākaro-Avon Catchment The Green Lab

The In-River Litter Clean Up Project is a hands-on initiative to remove litter from the Avon River. Rubbish is collected by boat, and community and school volunteers weigh and catalogue the collected rubbish, providing valuable data around litter sources.

Ōtākaro-Avon Catchment Avon-Ōtākaro Network

Nature Agents – Ngā Kaitaunaki Taiao is an education programme provided through EOS Ecology that turns local waterways into living classrooms. They undertake hands-on investigations and then contribute their findings to an ArcGIS hub.

Christchurch-wide EOS Ecology Limited

This campaign is all about challenging the community to pick up five pieces of litter each time they go out into spaces that matter to them. Supporting resources are available for all partners to use. He rau ringa e oti ai – many hands make light work.

Ihutai-Estuary and Coastal Catchment Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai Trust Ōpāwaho Heathcote River Network

Sea Cleaners are dedicated to protecting New Zealand’s coastlines. They recently received funding from the CWP to remove litter from the Ihutai estuary. 

Ihutai-Estuary and Coastal Catchment Sea Cleaners Trust

Te Tuna Tāone is a hands-on education programme teaching tamariki how to be kaitiaki (guardians) of their local environment, with a special focus on protecting the longfin tuna (eel) – a taonga species facing serious threats.

Christchurch-wide Christchurch Envirohub Te Tuna Tāone

In collaboration with Sustainable Ōtautahi, ‘invertebrate hotels’ have been set up to encourage marine animals to inhabit them and allow observations of their changing biodiversity through time.

Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū-Banks Peninsula Catchment Sustainable Ōtautahi Christchurch (SŌC)

Windy days send bins toppling over and send rubbish into our waterways. Our partner OHRN trialled latches to keep lids in place and rubbish out of our rivers. These are now available for purchase at a reduced cost through the Christchurch City Council.

Ōpāwaho-Heathcote Catchment Ōpāwaho Heathcote River Network