OUR KAUPAPA
We’re here to empower and enable our community to work together to create a healthy environment and a better future.
Flourishing bush, clean water and an abundance of native birds are all signs of a healthy environment. This health is inextricably linked to the health of our people. If we are to thrive, our environment too must thrive.
By understanding and respecting the connection between people and our environment, we recognise its importance in our own sustenance and the sustenance of our tamariki.
Generations past, present and future are connected through our environment. What was done before, what we do now and what is yet to come are all intertwined.
Over time there has been a decline in the health of our environment. For everyone to continue to live and prosper here – the place where we live, work, play and, for many, the place that sustains our lives and livelihoods – we must reverse the decline.
The environmental issues that impact our catchment are shared by all, and the solutions are dependent on the actions of us all. Our unity for the betterment and protection of our environment will create a lasting legacy for future generations.
All together, a better future.
The Pōrangahau Catchment Group became an incorporated society in 2020 and was successful in securing funds from the Ministry for the Environment for freshwater improvement and wider environmental benefits.
Over the past five years we’ve achieved some significant milestones for the Pōrangahau catchment, thanks to the work and commitment of people in our community and beyond.
We’ve been fortunate to receive the wisdom of many passionate and dedicated individuals. We’ve gained profound insights into our taiao (natural world) and have come to understand what truly matters to our people and for our future.
As a group, we acknowledge our responsibility to three ropū, (groups), recognising them as kaitiaki of our catchment: Ngāti Kere as mana whenua, farmers and the wider Pōrangahau community.
We would like to thank all those who have supported the projects and work, from land guardians and Ngāti Kere to local and national authorities. Without their time and commitment none of this would be possible.
