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The Wairarapa Catchment Collective connects catchment communities with essential services, expert advice, and funding, supporting communities to enhance environmental and economic sustainability.

Catchment Showcase & AGM

When: Thursday 25 June, 5-7.30pm

Where: Netball Courts Function Room, Colombo Road, Masterton

Join us for an evening celebrating local catchment action. Hear project updates, connect with others, and explore ideas around rural wellbeing, resilience, and strengthening community connections. Learn how catchment groups are making a difference across the Wairarapa - with plenty of time for good yarns and a brief AGM too.

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Upper Waipoua Kaitiaki catchment group members standing in a paddock listening to a history talk

Birds eye view of gumboots standing by a native plant surrounded by sheep dags

Whareama catchment group children looking at eels in a bucket

Two people from the Wainuioru catchment group sitting by the river checking water quality results

Two people holding a plant at the Mangapakeha Poplar Workshop