http://www.mcg.org.nz/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.mcg.org.nz en-us Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:37:52 +1200 Rocketspark http://www.mcg.org.nz/blog/post/168233/the-manuherekia-voice-winter--ida-valley-catchment/ Manuherekia Catchment Group and Ida Valley Catchment Group are pleased to announce that Ida Valley Catchment Group are now operating as a sub-catchment group under MCG, the Ida Valley committee will still operate individually, just joining forces with MCG to reduce administrative overlap. ... Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:39:29 +1200 http://www.mcg.org.nz/blog/#post168233 http://www.mcg.org.nz/blog/post/168232/the-manuherekia-voice-winter--thomsons-catchment/ We’re pleased to announce that Otago Regional Council’s Ecofund has again awarded Orkney Wetland funding towards weed control around the plants and wetland tracks.  This year we’re moving away from specific plant maintenance now that the plants are more established and focussing on Californian thistle, gorse, poplar and willow. ... Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:35:49 +1200 http://www.mcg.org.nz/blog/#post168232 http://www.mcg.org.nz/blog/post/168230/the-manuherekia-voice-winter--manuherekia-catchment-group/ For the past three irrigation seasons, MCG has engaged Dean Olsen of Freestone Freshwater to undertake monitoring on the Manuherekia River throughout the irrigation season while the flows are typically lower to see the ecological impacts.  You can read the full report on our website here. As MCG members, you may have contributed to the development of the Catchment Management Plan which proposes 1,100 l/s at campground and residual ... Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:20:11 +1200 http://www.mcg.org.nz/blog/#post168230 http://www.mcg.org.nz/blog/post/168229/the-manuherekia-voice-winter--waiora-manuherekia/ We have now wrapped up all our work on the Waiora Manuherekia project.  What started out as $1.9m to be spent in 12-months and seemed almost unachievable turned into a massive success story.  The funding was extended for a further year, and it will leave a lasting impact on our catchment. Anna Gillespie, co-chair of the Waiora Manuherekia Governance Group noted the funding has been hugely beneficial to not only those who directly benefited but al... Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:20:11 +1200 http://www.mcg.org.nz/blog/#post168229 http://www.mcg.org.nz/blog/post/163816/the-manuherekia-voice-autumn--thomsons-catchment/ We celebrated World Wetland Day on Sunday 1st February and enjoyed chatting with the 30+ attendees on what the wetland means to them. Jo Wakelin of Koinga Consulting was there to run through a workshop on planting carex seedlings - six people took away kits to grow plants for later planting at the wetland.  ... Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:29:49 +1200 http://www.mcg.org.nz/blog/#post163816 http://www.mcg.org.nz/blog/post/163806/the-manuherekia-voice-autumn--waiora-manuherekia/ We were fortunate a poor weather forecast did not eventuate and enjoyed a lovely afternoon on 27th February visiting Hills Creek Station and Merino Ridges to showcase their wetlands as part of our wetland restoration project field day. It was great to hear from Tiff and Bevan McKnight on future plans at the current wetland but also looking at other areas across the property. We were pleased to have a small funding reallocation approved withi... Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:03:41 +1200 http://www.mcg.org.nz/blog/#post163806 http://www.mcg.org.nz/blog/post/163802/the-manuherekia-voice-autumn--manuherekia-catchment-group/ Clare Hadley attended the Catchment Emergency Preparedness workshop, hosted by NZ Landcare Trust and supported by MPI’s OnFarm Support team.   She has a farm emergency plan template available for anyone who would like to work on their own plan.   If there are small groups that would like to work through a plan together, give her a shout. Four small things you can do today: make sure your RAPID numbers are clearly visible&nbs... Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:59:01 +1200 http://www.mcg.org.nz/blog/#post163802 http://www.mcg.org.nz/blog/post/159432/the-manuherekia-voice-summer--thomsons-catchment/ We’ll take some time to observe World Wetland Day a day early this year - Sunday 1st February 2-4pm.  Take a leisurely walk or bike ride along the rail trail and help us celebrate World Wetlands Day at Orkney Wetland. The wetland will be open to view from the platform, with committee members and volunteers on site to share what’s been happening since construction wrapped up. We’ll also have Jo Wakelin running a hands-on seed-... Thu, 29 Jan 2026 13:46:43 +1300 http://www.mcg.org.nz/blog/#post159432 http://www.mcg.org.nz/blog/post/159431/the-manuherekia-voice-summer--waiora-manuherekia/ Got a piece of land you are always arguing with? Perhaps it’s a wetland!  Come along to our practical workshop on Friday 27th February 1 – 5pm to hear how to approach restoring a wetland.  You’ll get the opportunity to hear and see from farmers who participated in our wetland restoration projects last year.  Plus, we’ll have experts on hand to give you the advice needed to get started on p... Thu, 29 Jan 2026 13:40:09 +1300 http://www.mcg.org.nz/blog/#post159431 http://www.mcg.org.nz/blog/post/159430/the-manuherekia-voice-summer--manuherekia-catchment-group/ You may have heard, the Government has extended resource consents set to expire before a new system is in place.   The detail of this can be found in the message from ORC below:  Key updates: All consents due to expire before 31 December 2027 will automatically be extended to this date. The exceptions to this are:  water permits and consents to discharge to water or discharge to land where contaminants may enter water that already have a 35-year consent term. These w... Thu, 29 Jan 2026 13:24:52 +1300 http://www.mcg.org.nz/blog/#post159430