Volunteer

CoastCare

Look after and improve the health of your local sand dunes and beaches.

Find out if there's a local CoastCare group in your area and join up! | www.nrc.govt.nz/coastcare

Conservation

Get involved helping with volunteering for conservation. There are wide-ranging volunteering options for Northland and New Zealand with the Department of Conservation.

Find a volunteer group or activity that suits you | www.doc.govt.nz/get-involved/volunteer

Friends of Matakohe - Limestone Island

Contribute to the health of a New Zealand island jewel – Matakohe-Limestone Island in Whangarei Harbour. 

Go to their Facebook page to find out about volunteering opportunities | www.facebook.com/MatakoheLimestoneIsland

Landcare

Become part of your local community working to improve locally-important land management. NZ Landcare Trust works with more than 150 landcare groups on a broad range of landcare projects.

Find out if there’s a local landcare group in your area and join up | www.landcare.org.nz/regions-and-people

Piroa Conservation Trust

Get involved with conservation projects to restore biodiversity in the Brynderwyn ranges and surrounding area.

Find a working group close to you on the Piroa Conservation Trust website | www.pbl.org.nz

Sea Cleaners

Help with cleaning up your local coastline. Sea Cleaners helps keep our coastline clean.

Find out more | www.seacleaners.com

Specialist Weed Assistance Team – S.W.A.T. Tutukaka

Help protect our native birds and bush by joining a group near you. Great friendships, exercise and the chance to do something really worthwhile for the environment.

Good at baking or social media? These skills are also greatly valued by groups to help engage more people to protect our native forests.

Find a group near you | www.tutukakalandcare.org.nz/plant-pest-control

Weedbusters

Become a Weedbuster! Get involved in identifying and controlling weeds in your own backyard or the wider community.

Find a Weedbusters near you at | www.weedbusters.org.nz/get-involved/weedbusters-near-you

Help your local community response group in a civil defence emergency.  Check out the following website link to see if your community has one of these groups you could volunteer with and then get in touch with your local district council to connect.
www.nrc.govt.nz/communityresponseplans

Volunteering Northland encourages participation over a range of activities including Conservation, Sport, Health, Education, Arts, Culture and more. All of us are working towards making Tai Tokerau a vibrant and sustainable place to live.

Check out all the Northland opportunities | volunteeringnorthland.nz

Help your community to turn a world green date local! Find the dates and community events that provide an excellent opportunity to raise awareness of our environment.
www.nrc.govt.nz/greendates

This short video series follows a community planting event along the banks of the Waiarohia Stream in urban Whangārei.

It’s near Northland Regional Council’s Whangārei office, so a team of our staff headed over to help get the plants in the ground.

Episode 1 - Laura Welsby

Check out the story of a community planting event along the banks of the Waiarohia Stream in urban Whangārei.

In this episode, Laura Welsby talks about the wider planting project in Northland that this event is a part of.

Episode 2 - Tom Payton

In this episode, Tom Peyton from Whangarei Intermediate School talks about the school’s connection to the Waiarohia and what the students get out of being involved.

Episode 3 - Marcus and Arama

In this episode, planting volunteers (and NRC staff!) Marcus Schlesier and Arama Morunga talk about why they’re involved in planting in their neighbourhood.

Episode 4 - Duncan Kervell

In the last episode of this series, Duncan Kervell talks about the importance of and opportunity for planting in our region.