

Volunteers Are Our Backbone
This week is National Volunteer Week and the theme is Te Hua o te Mahi Tahi—The benefit of working together. RiverCare employs two staff...


Waikato RiverCare successfully completes flag ship project.
The Waikato RiverCare team is pleased to announce the successful completion of our largest Waikato River project to date, the 5.63Ha...


Timber Theft Stuns Project Partners
The deliberate removal of timber rails from fencing protecting a $80k restoration project on the Te Onetea Stream has left project...


Big dry starts to damage plantings
Waikato RiverCare has received calls and emails from concerned members of the public regarding some planting sites struggling to cope...


New Plants in the Ground!
This planting season Waikato RiverCare planted 38,675 plants across eleven projects. This year’s project planting got off to an...


New Projects Underway!
It is always an exciting time at Waikato RiverCare when new projects get off the ground, and 2018 sees work underway on not one but four...


Progress Despite Problematic Planting Season
The start of spring, usually an ideal time for planting, saw the banks of Waikato waterways completely inundated with high water levels...


Trout Contest Engages All Ages
Waikato RiverCare is excited to be once again supporting the Kilwell Lower Waikato Trout Fishing Contest this year. The contest, which...


Ohinewai Unrecognizable After Huge Weed Control Effort
Lake Ohinewai, one of our WCEET funded projects, has undergone a huge transformation over the last year. It has been a big job to remove...


Floods slow work on Mangawara Stream
Our thoughts and support goes out to those people in Auckland and the Coromandel who have been affected by the heavy rains over the...