Volunteer Events

Beach Clean-up: Beacon Point, Penrith Park

Day: Thursday, 3rd September
Registration: 3:25pm
Time: 3:30pm-5pm
Location: Beacon Point, Penrith Park (look for the WAI flags)

What to bring: 

– Gloves 
– Weather appropriate clothes 
– Sturdy footwear 
– Friends, co-workers and whānau 

Join us for a rewarding beach clean-up event at Beacon Point, Penrith Park.

We’ll be removing rubbish from the beach and nearby trails – a great way to get involved in citizen science as well as protecting Lake Wānaka.

Rubbish collected will be sorted and recorded in the national Litter Intelligence database (by Sustainable Coastlines).

Thank you, New Zealand Motor Caravan Association (NZMCA) Greenfund, for supporting this event.

All welcome. Tamariki / children must be accompanied by an adult.

WAI Wānaka x Treble Cone Car Wash

Day: Friday, 11th September
Time: 1pm-4pm
Location: Treble Cone

We’re thrilled to be teaming up with Treble Cone for a community car wash!

Look out for the FREE CAR WASH signs at the bottom of the TC road, stop in for a soak, support a great cause, and learn more about protecting our local waterways from stormwater pollution.

Want to help out?
We’re looking for volunteers to bring posi vibes, greet customers and help wash cars. Whether you can spare an hour or stay the afternoon, we’d love your support.

By volunteering, you’ll help raise awareness about keeping pollutants out of stormwater drains and local waterways. Also, thanks to our friends at TC, you’ll get a day pass to enjoy a few laps for your mahi!

Let’s take the dust chat off socials and roll up our sleeves for cleaner waterways.
If you’re interested in volunteering, fill out the volunteer form via link below or email getinvolved@waiwanaka.nz to learn more.

Volunteer form.

Beach Clean-up: Bremner Bay

Day: Thursday, 24th September
Registration: 3:25pm
Time: 3:30pm-5pm
Location: Bremner Bay (look for the WAI flags)

What to bring: 

– Gloves 
– Weather appropriate clothes 
– Sturdy footwear 
– Friends, co-workers and whānau 

Come along to our Bremner Bay clean-up and help keep Lake Wānaka’s lakeshore clean and healthy.

Together, we’ll remove litter from the beach and surrounding areas while gathering valuable data through citizen science.

Rubbish collected will be sorted and recorded as part of Sustainable Coastlines’ Litter Intelligence programme.

All welcome. Tamariki / children must be accompanied by an adult.

Out on the Roto
Visual Clarity Monitoring

Day: Get in touch
Time: 5pm
Location: Waterfall Creek

What to bring: 

– Water bottle
– Warm clothes

Join the team as we head out onto the lake with our secchi disks!

We want our community to be educated and aware of what’s happening in our lakes. By rallying together and gathering data, we’ll strengthen our sense of place and grab the attention of researchers who can help us out. The more data we have, the better we can protect one of our most precious resources.

If you’d like to come along, please email getinvolved@waiwanaka.nz

Photo Monitoring at the Boardwalk

Day: Any day, we aim for one photo per month
Time: Daylight hours
Location: On the grassy knoll just before the Te Ara Wānaka boardwalk

The WAI Wānaka Community Timelapse (originally a Fluker Post) is located next to the Te Ara Wānaka Boardwalk (past the Dinosaur Park).

WAI Wānaka facilitated the installation of the first ever Fluker Post in Aotearoa!

The Community Timelapse is a physical wooden post that acts as a photo-point, installed at a strategic location in the environment. There is no camera left on the post. Instead, people walking past use their phone to take a photo of the given scene, scan the QR code to navigate to the Community Timelapse page and upload the image they’ve just captured.

Upload your photo using this form and begin your journey as a citizen scientist.