Marine and Environment News Articles

While visitors to the Tauranga waterfront may initially be drawn in by the sounds of happy, squealing children at its new harbourside playground, look just a little further toward the water and you will spy another exciting feature that’s thriving – its seapods.

Fifteen dedicated trainee conservation rangers put five months of work to good use on a recent 10-day training excursion on Great Barrier Island.

More than 60 tertiary and intermediate students teamed up during the week of a national sports tournament to plant 1000 trees and contribute to the biodiversity of the largest urban wetland restoration project in the Southern Hemisphere.

Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology student, Abby McDonald, is at the forefront of a pioneering initiative to transform marine conservation in Tauranga’s harbour.