Healthy Ecosystems

Welcome to our ‘Adopt a Drain’ Winter Newsletter With the storms we’ve experienced over the winter, what happens when rain hits our roads is… Read more

In our previous blog, we explored WAI Wānaka's on-farm biodiversity monitoring programme, where farmers across the Upper Clutha are collecting data to further understand the health of the natural systems on their land. But understanding the environment is only the first step. The next challenge is turning that knowledge into action. Read more

Across the Upper Clutha, farmers are taking a closer look at the natural systems that support their land, from the soil beneath their feet to… Read more

The Studentship Programme, supported by the University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka and Lincoln University – Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki, supports students across undergraduate and postgraduate study to build careers in… Read more

An opinion piece, written by Ben Youngman, WAI’s Science and Research Lead. International Day for Biological Diversity tends to arrive with a familiar… Read more

Updated as of 25 May: LINZ have said the Diquat spraying has been delayed another 2 weeks. With a further update coming Monday 8… Read more

Rebecca (Bex) and Ben Trotter, alongside their young family, are part of a new generation of Upper Clutha farmers redefining what modern farming can… Read more

Written by Lottie Oatts & Jose Cranfield Stormwater within WAI Wānaka’s Urban Strategy It has been a particularly rainy summer here in the… Read more