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In May 2009 a WCEET funded workshop of New Zealand experts was held to consider the feasibility (including possible designs) of pest fish barriers for installation at Waikato lowland lakes –with a particular view to testing a trial design at the outlet of the Lake Serpentine (Rotopiko) complex.  Nutrients, sedimentation and the presence of pest […]

On the 14th October at an afternoon function held in Hamilton, the Trust celebrated 5 years of funding projects in the Waikato Catchment.  Guests from throughout the Catchment including local Iwi, Local and Regional Councils, conservation and wetland enthusiasts, representatives from the organisations who have received funding and founding organisations were welcomed by Tainui’s Gannin Ormsbyand […]

The Pukawa Wildlife Management Trust consists of a small number of dedicated residents who check rat and stoat traps on a weekly basis in the settlement of Pukawa on the shores of Lake Taupo.  The group have also established a comprehensive network of rat bait stations to assist in keeping rat numbers at a low […]

Three Hundred dead predators and counting … This has being the success to date since Turangi business people lead by Garth Oakden, Nick Singers and Craig Morey set up the Blue Duck Project Charitable Trust to protect Blue Duck (or “Whio”) on the Tongariro River.  This is a great local project which sets out to protect […]

  Late in 2008 Barry Pope, manager of Moerangi Station was awarded with a Tongariro Taupo Conservation Award for the work which has been completed in planting the riparian sections of the station. Moerangi Station is located between Lake Otamangakau and Kuratau, and comprises a large part of the upper catchment of the Kuratau River. The award […]

The Trust is currently committed to funding a number of very large projects. As such the 2009 funding round was smaller than previous years with only eight applications received. The Trustees met in March to discuss the applications and after follow ups for more information is pleased announce the following recipients for the 2009 funding round: […]

The Waikato Catchment Ecological Enhancement Trust is pleased to celebrate the launch of its new website. Please enjoy our lovely new gallery and news features which we will be updating as information about ongoing and new projects comes in. If you are involved in a project that has been funded or is being funded by […]

The Waimarino Wetland is located near Motuoapa and is part of the great South Taupo Wetland. With the aid of the grant from WCEET the Tongariro Natural History Society has been working on a trial eradication of various invasive species including Pines, some water weed species and the Grey (or Pussy) Willow, a species that […]

In April 2007 local Kaumatua of the Maungatautari region were able to release three species of endangered whitebait into the inland ecological island thanks to the aid of WCEET and Waikato whitebait farmers Jan and Charles Mitchell. The Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust seeks to recreate, as much as possible, the ecosystem that once existed on […]