In October, local farmer-led catchment collective Tukituki Land Care (TLC) launched Hawke’s Bay’s first-ever predator trap library, giving Tukituki farmers access to more than 500 free-to-borrow traps to help control predators across the catchment. The project aims to reduce numbers of mustelids, rats, hedgehogs, and possums to boost native biodiversity, support wetland and bush regeneration, and limit the spread of diseases that can affect livestock. The launch event in Onga

Central Hawke’s Bay farmer-led catchment collective Tukituki Land Care (TLC) has launched a major new project to tackle erosion-prone hill country in the Tukituki catchment, as part of the Hawke’s Bay Land for Life initiative - a partnership between Hawke’s Bay Regional Council (HBRC), the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and The Nature Conservancy Aotearoa New Zealand (TNC NZ). The TLC High Risk Erosion Action Plan targets four key sub-catchments - Mangamahaki, Mangarar

For more than three decades, Steve Treseder has been working to environmentally enhance a sheep and beef property in the lower...

The Mangarara Stream, a winding tributary east of Patangata Bridge, is the focus of a determined community effort to tackle one of New...

Central Hawke’s Bay’s farmer-led catchment collective, Tukituki Land Care (TLC), has recently completed a six-month project to produce...

Last week, local catchment collective, Tukituki Land Care (TLC), teamed up with enthusiastic seniors from Omakere School to plant native...

Tukituki Land Care (TLC), a Central Hawke’s Bay catchment collective, is embarking on an ambitious initiative to develop independent,...

Richard Hilson, chair of the Central Hawke’s Bay catchment collective, Tukituki Land Care (TLC), recently addressed 37 leaders from...

Farmers encouraged to consider starting their own pole nursery

Photo: Brendan Lane, HBRC In a remarkable display of community spirit, 120 volunteers gathered in Takapau last week to plant 3,000 native...

Are you interested in learning more about growing and planting poplars? Or maybe you are keen to discover their potential for earning...

On a foggy Sunday morning, the Omakere community came together for an impressive endeavour, planting 1300 native grasses along the banks...

A Life Saving Partnership: Tukituki Land Care and NZ Red Cross empower farmers with essential first aid skills In an exciting...

In this issue, discover how one catchment recently wrapped up a comprehensive catchment stocktake, read how children are learning about...

Farmers in the Kahahakuri catchment have embarked on a collaborative effort with local catchment collective, Tukituki Land Care (TLC), to...

By Holly Ormond Farmers in Elsthorpe and the surrounding Makara catchment have taken part in a comprehensive catchment stocktake funded...

In this issue, read about funding for sub-catchment initiatives, a remarkable 40,000 native tree planting endeavour, local events and...

Tukituki Land Care (TLC), a farmer-led catchment collective, is encouraging activity that benefits the land across the Tukituki River...

On a rainy morning in Ashley Clinton, 80 predator traps were making their way to new homes as part of an exciting new trapping project in...

Comvita gift over 40,000 mānuka trees to Central Hawke’s Bay communities to help regenerate native bush At the conclusion of the 2023...