World Wetlands Day is held on February 2nd annually to celebrate the 1971 adoption of the International Convention on Wetlands in the Iranian City of Ramsar. Each year there’s a new theme for World Wetlands Day and events are held throughout the country. In 2018 the NWT held a Rotopiko Bioblitz, with a group of […]
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The 2018 National Wetland Trust AGM will be held at the National Wetland Restoration Symposium in Napier on Sept 27th. Please contact us if you wish to submit a Trustee nomination or agenda item. See more on our symposium page.
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Event Date: TBC A major wetland restoration project is underway inside a pest fence at Rotopiko/ Serpentine, home of the future National Wetland Centre being built by the National Wetland Trust with grants from the Waikato River Clean-up Trust, WCEET, Lottery Environment and Heritage Fund, Waikato Regional Council, WEL Energy and many other supporters. The
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The NWT has produced a series of generic interpretation panels for several wetland types (lowland swamp, kahikatea swamp forest, peat lake and restiad bog). These have been designed for our members and community groups who wish to install interpretation panels without incurring a design cost. Take a look, and if you are keen to have
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Join our Bioblitz on Saturday 17 February 2018 to celebrate World Wetlands Day. A group of scientists will be on hand to collect and display a wide range of plants and animals (or evidence of them through photos/ footprints) living at Rotopiko wetland south of Hamilton. We aim to document species from inside and outside
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Event Date: 27 January 2018 Join us at Kai Iwi Lakes Open Day. Enjoy the amazing biodiversity of Kai Iwi dune lakes through fun activities everyone can try.
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