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Mountains to Sea Wellington are always up to something new and exciting. Here's the latest from us and our collaborators.

Freshwater discoveries for Wellington community groups

February 24, 2023

Never before seen snails, a case of missing fish and community groups involved in it all. Read all about Liz's work with freshwater community groups.

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Early start on te taiao connections for Wairarapa kindy kids

February 23, 2023

There's no such thing as too early for learning about biodiversity, as freshwater coordinator Kara Kenny learned working with Carterton Kindy.

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Ngāti Toa School students keen explorers 

February 2, 2023

When Ngāti Toa School teacher Pearl Freemantle told her students there were seahorses living in the sea near Porirua, they didn’t believe her. 

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Ōtaki kids taking action for the Mangapōuri

January 25, 2023

The students and teachers of Te Kura Hato Petera Kaniera are on a journey to improve the health of the Mangapōuri Stream.

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Sharing the seaweed love

December 8, 2022

Imagine the blue belt of Wellington sustaining a healthy and vibrant ocean forest.

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Eighty students unite to save the health of Upper Hutt stream

October 6, 2022

Three Upper Hutt schools brought together for the health of the Māwai Hakona stream.

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Lifting the lid on urban streams

August 24, 2022

There's a massive web of streams beneath our feet, out of sight, but full of life and opportunity.

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The Wairarapa Connection

April 13, 2022

The mysteries of the Wairarapa would take a lifetime to discover because the land tells stories of past, present and signal warnings of the future.

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Porirua East students explore their streams and rivers

January 12, 2021

Our team worked with three Porirua schools to build their freshwater knowledge and build connections to local restoration projects.

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Rebuilding the repo in Taita

January 12, 2021

Students from Taita College have been hard at work restoring a wetland that sits on public land behind the kura.

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Fun with fish in Featherston

January 6, 2020

A freshwater monitoring workshop held by Mountains to Sea Wellington held over the hill in Featherston was the start of something great.

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Natone Park School students nurture their local stream

December 18, 2019

Te Awa Iti, meaning 'little stream' in te reo Māori, is a freshwater restoration project created by the Ngake class from Natone Park School in Bothamley Park.

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Big discoveries at Kaiwharawhara Stream

January 11, 2018

Wellington East Girls College Year 13 Biology students are scientists making big discoveries and building big action plans!

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A vision for Donald's Creek

January 1, 2017

Students from St Teresa’s School in Featherston have learnt to monitor the health of a local stream and developed a plan to protect and enhance it.

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Connections and collaboration at the heart of freshwater action

For the last three years, the Mountains To Sea Wellington team have been delivering the Whitebait Connection Project, which connects communities to rivers, stre

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Brandon Intermediate all about the awa

Students at Brandon Intermediate have been handing a local awa restoration project down to the next set of students for years now, and it's seen more than 15 me

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