Learn about our beautiful taonga species, the Tūpoupou Hector's Dolphins and check out our games, activities, arts and crafts and how you can better protect them! Kārearea ~ NZ Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae The Kārearea Falcon is endemic to NZ - meaning it can only be found here in Aotearoa. We have three types of Falcon in NZ: the Bush Falcon, the Eastern Falcon and the Southern Falcon. Follow along to learn more about our amazing birds of prey!! The content and resources on this page have kindly been put together with the support of the team at - Marlborough Falcon Trust - Make sure you go check them out! There are 38 species of Falcon found around the world but only one species is found here in NZ - the Kārearea. Today there are estimated to only be about 5,000-8,000 Kārearea left in NZ - making them a threatened species. Can you spot the NZ Falcon on our $20 bank note? Kārearea Facts! General ACTIVITIES, CRAFTS, GAMES AND QUIZZES Throughout this page you'll find some fun activities and resources you can explore at home with your whānau and friends. Some of these resources have been put together with the help of our fantastic local organisations. A huge thank you to those people who have helped put these together for us, we appreciate your support! Don't forget to share your activities with us, either tag us on social media or email them to us at conservationkids@envirohub.co.nz Image Credit - Mural found in Dunedin painted by Bruce Mahalski There is a Māori saying about how a kārearea’s cry would predict the weather, it goes like this: Ka tangi te kārewarewa ki waenga o te rangi pai, ka ua āpōpō. Ka tangi ki waenga o te rangi ua, ka paki āpōpō. Translation - When a kārearea screams in fine weather, next day there’ll be rain. When it screams in the rain, next day will be fine. Kārearea Facts! Te Ao Maori Art - Kārearea Face Mask DOC Kārearea Face Mask Department of Conservation have some really neat kids activities. Including this NZ Falcon face mask , click the image to download the PDF and get colouring! Click the image to head to their website! Kārearea Facts! Ecology & Diet Kārearea are called 'Birds of Prey' because they hunt other animals like smaller birds, rabbits and hares. NZ Falcons can fly up to 100kms per hour hunting from up high before diving down to attack their prey. Image -Credit - Marlborough Falcon Trust CRAFT - Make a Kārearea Scrape Make a Kārearea Scrape Have a go at making your very own Kārearea scrape - Falcon nest. You can even add some eggs to your nest, how many eggs did your falcon lay this season? Click the image to download the PDF sheet! Image Credit - Fern, Marlborough Falcon Trust Kārearea are mostly found in the bush and steep high country throughout Aotearoa. Here in Marlborough they are commonly found around the vineyards hunting for food. The only area of NZ you do not see them as often is the far north of the North Island. Kārearea Facts! Habitat Kārearea GAMES Grab some of your friends or whānau and have a go at these fun Kārearea games and activities . Rob the Kārearea Nest Have a go at this fun game to help demonstrate how predators affect the Falcon nests. Learn what you can do to help them to survive. Click on the image to download the instructions. If you give this game a go with your class or some friends take a picture or video a nd share it with us! Kārearea Facts! Breeding Kārearea make their nest on the ground, and it is called a 'scrape'. Each breeding season, between spring and summer they can lay anywhere between 1-4 eggs. The baby chicks hatch around 31 days and stay in the nest for up to 45 days before leaving. Check out this very cute video from Marlborough Falcon Trust of two birds feeding their chicks. ACTIVITY - Test Your Knowledge Test your Kārearea Knowledge Have a go at testing your knowledge on o ur native falcon, see what you have learnt. Click the image to download the quiz! Click the Falcon to download the answers. Image Credit - Marlborough Falcon Trust Did you know that the female Kārearea is bigger than the male? Female Kārearea can weigh around 500grams where the male is only about 350grams. In this photo you can see the size difference between local Marlborough Falcon Trust residents Dash and Wilson. Female falcon Dash is on the left and male falcon Wilson is on the right. Kārearea Facts! Crazy Facts! Other Kārearea / NZ Falcon Resources Below you will find links to other Kārearea resources, click the images to take you to the websites. Check them out! Marlborough Falcon Conservation Trust Website Wingspan, National Bird of Prey Centre Website Kārearea Fearless Falcon by Annemarie Florian Kārearea NZ Falcon by David Bell Kārearea Kids Activity Pack By Green Grubs DOC - Toyota Kiwi Guardian Activity Help look after our Kārearea NZ Falcons by becoming a Backyard Detective! Although the Toyota Kiwi Guardian program has now finished and you can no longer claim the medals, the activities are still a fantastic way for your tamariki to help support conservation and learn about native species. Below is a link to the "Backyard Detective" activity instructions! Make a tracking tunnel to find out what pest species you have in your backyard. Then you will know what action to take to help protect our Kārearea nests. Click the image to download a PDF Instruction sheet to learn how to become a Backyard Detective! Kārearea Facts! Threats Because our Kārearea like to make their nest on the ground they are often targeted by pests. Stoats, rats, cats and even dogs can steal their eggs. Another common threat to Falcons is actually powerlines! Falcons often perch on powerlines to stalk their prey, but when they open their wings to take flight, they can accidently hit the fittings on the transformer and be electrocuted. Fortunately, power companies such as Marlborough Lines are insulating their fittings when they do maintenance on the lines to help protect our Kārearea. Image Credit - Marlborough Falcon Trust Image Credit - Predator Free NZ So how can we help out native Kārearea? The best way to help our Kārearea is to protect their nests, you can do this by helping to control predators in your area. If you know of a falcons nest in your area, make sure you keep away from it. Be a responsible cat and dog owner by keeping your pets away from their nest and carry out pest control around your property. To help with predator control in your community, head on over to Predator Free NZ and get involved. Kārearea Facts! What YOU can do! Visit a Kārearea NZ Falcon How to tell the difference between a Falcon and a Swamp Harrier (Hawk) in the wild. You can see some of our local native falcons up close at the Marlborough Falcon Conservation Trust - Head on over to their website to find out more. Learn more about how to tell the difference HERE! Kārearea / NZ Falcon Gallery Images from some of our Kārearea Falcon events 2023 Kārearea NZ Falcon Day

Learn more about our community garden, future living skills courses and eco-friendly retail. Waitohi Picton Community Garden Project Newsletters Our newsletters can be viewed below by clicking on the images below. The newsletters are in the order of most recent first. Want to know the news as it happens? Want to keep in touch and be a part of the project? Great! We'd love to hear from you. Feel free to sign up to our mailing list by clicking on the link below: Subscribe to our Community Garden Newsletter! Email Join Newsletters & Updates Click on the images below for our previous newsletters and updates. Latest-September 2024 Update - March 2024 First steps - June 2022 Keen to volunteer or get more involved in this project? We'd love to hear from you! Register your interest CLICK HERE! Initial foundation works for stage one will be happening in winter/spring 2024 - opportunities to become involved may vary until the garden is better established and kicking off (hopefully!) in time for the summer! BUT there will be working bees and opportunities to work together - so please register your interest with us! If you have any further questions, please get in touch at communitygarden@envirohub.co.nz or pop into the Picton Environment Centre, 14 Auckland St (Picton). Follow us on Facebook to keep up-to-date- with news www.facebook.com/pictongarden

Learn about our beautiful taonga species, the Tūpoupou Hector's Dolphins and check out our games, activities, arts and crafts and how you can better protect them! Waiharakeke ~ Grass Skink Oligosoma aff. polychroma Clade 3 This skink was formally kn own as the "Common S kink" - because it was just that, common! The common skink has now been separated into 5 different species, one of which is our local Waiharakeke (Marlborough) Grass Skink. Image credit: South Marlborough grass skink (Kaikōura). © Samuel Purdie These little skinks are found not only in South Marlborough but also in small areas of the wider Marlborough Region. They grow up to 80mm long and their tail is longer than their body! Waiharakeke Grass Skink Facts! General Image Credit - Tony Jewell ACTIVITIES, CRAFTS, GAMES AND QUIZZES Throughout this page you'll find some fun activities and resources you can explore at home with your whānau and friends. Some of these resources have been put together with the help of our fantastic local organisations. A huge thank you to those people who have helped put these together for us, we appreciate your support! Don't forget to share your activities with us, either tag us on social media or email them to us at conservationkids@envirohub.co.nz Image Credit - Alexander Turnbull Library, Albert Percy Godber Collection (PA-Group-00048) Reference: PAColl-3039-1-012 Ngārara was the Māori kupu | word for all reptiles, Māori called both lizards and skinks Mokomoko. All Ngārara were seen as descendants of Punga - the son of Tangaroa, the sea guardian. All of the decendants of Punga were seen as ugly and repulsive. Lizards and geckos were often feared, linking them with Whiro, the atua of darkness, evil and death. Even though Māori feared them, they also thought of them as guardians, they were put near burial caves to watch over those who had passed away. Waiharakeke Grass Skink Facts! Te Ao Maori - Art - Colour a Skink Colour your Skink Waiharakeke Grass Skinks have some pretty neat colors and patterns on them. Have a go at colou ring in our own skink, see if you can create those vibrant colors and markings. Don't forget to share your finished creation with us, email us an image - conservationkids@envirohub.co.nz Click the image to download a PDF template. Waiharakeke Grass Skink Facts! Ecology & Diet Waiharakeke Grass skinks are heliothermic, which means they like to lay in the sun to gain their heat. They eat a wide diet of not only berries and fruits, but they also hunt prey like spiders and other small insects. Image Credit - Tom Heather CRAFT - Skink Puppet Make a Skink Puppet Have fun making your very own skink finger p uppet! Get creative with the colours and decide what kind of habitat / environment your skink lives in! Click the image to download the PDF sheet! Image Credit - Tim Harker Just like other grass skinks, the Waiharakeke Grass skink likes to live in open areas including coastal vegetation, rock piles, grassland, flaxland, shrubland, screes, forest margins, tussock and modified urban / suburban habitats. Often, they can be found hiding under rocks and logs. They can be found in the eastern parts of the Marlborough Sounds, in Kaikoura and in the Wairau Valley. Waiharakeke Grass Skink Facts! Habitat Waiharakeke Grass Skink Facts! Breeding The Waiharakeke grass skink matures at around two years old, it is then that the female goes on to breed. Female skinks can give birth to up to six babies at one time! Wow that is a lot, this normally happens in the warmer months in January and February. Image Credit - Tom Heather ACTIVITY - Who's, Who? Skink or Gecko Test your knowledge and see if you can work out what is a skink and what is a gecko? Use your research skills and see what you can find out about each of them. Click the image to download the quiz! Click the skink to download the answers. Did you know that skinks - including the Waiharakeke Grass skink - can amputate their own tails! They do this to help them escape predators, the predators can be distracted by the wiggling tail while the skink gets to safety. But don't worry they do grow back, just not as long as the orginal tail. Waiharakeke Grass Skink Facts! Crazy Facts! Other Waiharakeke Grass Skink Resources Below you will find links to other Skink resources, click the images to take you to the websites. Check them out! Department of Conservation Information on skinks online Reptiles and Amphibians of NZ by Dyland van Winkel Science Learning Hub | Pokapū Akoranga Pūtaiao Check out this cool video of a skink giving birth to its live young. DOC - Toyota Kiwi Guardian Activity Help attract Geckos and Skinks to your garden ! Although the Toyota Kiwi Guardian programme has now f inished and you can no longer claim the medals. The act ivities are still a fantastic way for your tamariki to help support our conservation efforts and to learn abou t native species. Below is a link to the "Lizard Lounge" activity! Help create a home at your place for our local lizards to hang out! Click the image to download a PDF Instruction sheet to learn how to attract Lizards to your garden! Waiharakeke Grass Skink Facts! Threats So, what are the biggest threats to our native skinks? Habitat disruption has had a big impact on them, but what do we mean by 'disruption'? Anything that effects their normal habitat, this could be things like the introduction of non-native species, like cats and dogs. It could also mean people planting nonnative plants or grasses into their environment. And of course, the damage to their habitat from people either exploring or altering where they live. So, what can we do to help? Follow below to find out!! Image Credit - Make Lemonade Webiste Image Credit - Tony Jewell How can you help our Native Skinks and Geckos? There are lots of ways you can help our native skinks to survive! - Avoid catching them, it's ok to look but please don't touch them, and if you do lift a rock to spot one. DO NOT DROP THE ROCK BACK DOWN as this might squash the little skink, just place it down gently. - Keep your cats inside at nighttime and put a bell on their collars to warn the skink of their presence. - Plant native trees or shrubs around your land that they like to live in, and avoid planting non-natives if possible. Waiharakeke Grass Skink Facts! What YOU can do! If you see a skink on eggs or eggs like this ---> Please get rid of these eggs, these are plague skink eggs. Our NZ native skinks give birth to live young, they do NOT lay eggs. Plague skinks are a threat to our native skinks because they take over their habitat and push them out. Leaving our native skinks with nowhere to live. One important thing you can do is always check your belongings for skink eggs. If you are moving house from an area you know has the plague skinks, check your belongings especially your outdoor gear for skink eggs, make sure you don't move them with you into a new area. Image Credit - Forest and Bird Visit a Waiharakeke Grass Skink Why not check out some areas near you to see if you can spot some skinks? Can you find some native ones? Or do you have plague skinks where you live? Head on over to the DOC website to read about the different skinks and see where they like to live. You can get an idea of where they might live in your area, then head out for a look. If you live in Marlborough/Blenheim, you can find Waiharakeke grass skinks at these places; - Marfells Beach - Rarangi Beach - Wither Hills Just remember if you're heading out on a skink hunt, make sure you don't disturb their habitat. If you lift a rock up to look under it, DO NOT DROP THE ROCK BACK DOWN, make sure you place it back down softly so as not to hurt the skinks, geckos or other species you might find. Waiharakeke Grass Skink Gallery Images from our most recent Skink event 2023 Waiharakeke Grass Skink Day

Zoe Luffman's Environmental Fund is a fund dedicated to supporting young women aged 13 to 18 years fighting to protect our local environments in Marlborough. Zoe Luffman's Environmental Fund "Each person leaves a print on the world. Identifying or building their legacy reminds us that their life mattered." - Dr. Denise Quinlan Envirohub Marlborough officially launched the Zoe Luffman’s Environmental Fund in 2024 - uplifting and supporting young environmentalist women in Marlborough. The fund, constructed from the kind and generous donations from the community, including from within and beyond Marlborough, has been set aside for young women in Marlborough up to 21 years of age in support of their local environment projects. “Our goal is to truly support and uplift our young wāhine in Marlborough undertaking incredible things out there for our environment” says Envirohub Marlborough's Trustee, Ailie Suzuki. “Our inspiration for this fund, Zoe, and most of our organisation is made up of passionate, inspirational women, so we felt it appropriate to share our knowledge and experience, helping to boost, celebrate and nurture the next generation.”. “Through the generosity of our wonderful community we wish to funnel funds back into young people out there making a difference” adds Natasha Luxton, Conservation Kids NZ and Envirohub Marlborough Co-Founder and Trustee. “We also wish to provide guidance and direction through our various networks and connections, thus providing so much more than financial support alone.”. This fund was inspired by one of Envirohub Marlborough’s original Conservation Kids, Zoe, who from an incredibly young age was motivated to do what she could to protect the beautiful natural environment we all call home. From setting up the Long Island Litter Intelligence project to large-scale beach clean ups at her home of Rarangi, Zoe was determined to make a difference by starting local in order to have a greater global impact. In addition to the funds provided, Envirohub Marlborough also wishes to provide support via mentorship, guidance and providing connections to other networks, groups and organisations that are relevant to their project that may assist them in their journey. "When I was seven, I got involved with... conservation group[s] because I am passionate about the environment and I wanted to help. Then, when I was eleven, I got my dive ticket, so I was able to get involved with the dive clean-ups which is also a passion of mine... [My favourite part of being involved/volunteering is] when people finally start to understand that we need to do something to help this planet. Helping people gives me a huge boost of positivity as it's great to see people smiling!" Zoe Luffman. Excerpt from an interview about volunteering for Rarangi Dawn Chorus. APPLY NOW DONATE This fund also welcomes any additional donations to keep the fund, and the support for these young Marlburian women, continuing for as long as possible. To donate, please go to: https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/zoe-luffmans-environmental-fund to make your donation. Any funds collected via this page will automatically be allocated to Zoe Luffman’s Environmental Fund.

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What is a Zero Waste Event and what are the benefits of a Zero Waste Event. Why host a Zero Waste Event? Zero Waste Events Zero Waste events aim to reduce waste as much as possible with the goal of all waste being recycled, composted or not created in the first place. A Zero Waste approach considers what waste might be created at your event, where it ends up and what can be eliminated or replaced with reusables. Zero Waste is a journey and it doesn't have to be all or nothing! Small steps towards reducing rubbish are a great way to start! Benefits of Zero Waste Events Lets your sponsors, funders and attendees know you care about sustainability Creates an eco-friendly vibe where everyone can feel proud of protecting the environment Reduces litter and needless rubbish adding to the landfill Spreads awareness about sustainable living and the circular economy Minimizes the cost of waste disposal - save $$ replacing rubbish bins with recycling bins Lowers costs for vendors by eliminating expensive disposable serveware. Interested in learning more about Zero Waste events? Want to have the Zero Waste Dishwashing Trailer and Recycling Stations at your events? Email zerowaste@envirohub.co.nz

We can help you recycle a number of hard to recycle items from bottle caps to batteries to toothpaste tubes and more. About Us Get Involved Zero Waste Conservation Kids NZ Community Garden Marine Conservation Zoe's Fund More... Collection Point Recycling Did you know Envirohub Marlborough is a collection point for numerous recycling programs? Although we would prefer everyone to choose reusable items first and foremost, we also love initiatives like these that recycle and then reuse! Feel free to drop any of the items at our Recycle Collection Point in Picton. PICTON Mariners Mall (North End) 100 High Street, Picton Open Business Hours Items collected: All items listed below! DOWNLOAD POSTER - CLICK HERE Thank you for actioning the 5 R's Rethink - Refuse - Reduce - Reuse - Recycle Aluminium Can Tabs & Aluminium Wine Bottle Caps 'Kan Tabs for Kids' goes towards supporting the families of children on dialysis, and is the largest nationwide Lions Club project. The tabs and caps are collected in their thousands, and packaged before being sent to metal merchants for weighing and payment. A single cap works out to the equivalent of one second on dialysis. Metal Recycling Beer Bottle Caps & Used Gas Canisters These are taken to a local facility where they are melted down and made in to new products. Awesome! Battery Recycling 2026 Update: Please drop these to the Picton Transfer Station on Gravesend Place, Picton. Help keep toxic and hazardous waste from going to landfill. Drop off your household batteries here for recycling! Batteries accepted include: powertools, mobile phones, laptops, cordless phones, hearing aides, watches, batteries, cameras and, of course, your regular household batteries! November 2026 Update: Sadly this collection programme has now finished. Colgate oral care goods Toothbrushes, Toothpaste Tubes, Floss and Mouthwash Containers Drop off Colgate brand only oral care waste and Envirohub Marlborough will send them to TerraCycle to be made in to new recycled products. Please remove all toothpaste and floss from the countainers and recycle the cardboard packaging in your recycling bin. Old Mobile / Cell Phones We are a drop off location for RE:MOBILE recycling for mobile phones. The phones are recycled or refurbished by RE :MOBILE and the profits are donated to Sustainable Coastlines. For more information visit https://remobile.org.nz/ Wool Pouches from Bargain Box/My Food Bag We would love to collect the wool pouches that keep food cool in the meal box deliveries. This wool pouch can go in your garden or compost but the Waitohi Picton Community Garden is also collecting them to help grow new plants! Please save them up for us and drop them off in the Mariners Mall. Thank you!

Kaipupu Sanctuary Dec 2018 Our very first ever trip for our Pelours Members to the wild life sanctuary Our first ever trip as a Pelorous group back in 2018, we headed out to Kaipupu Wildlife Sanctuary just a 10min boat ride out of Picton. Andrew from Forest and Bird talk to the kids about different pests and traps and about some native birds in Picton before heading out to the wild life sanctuary by boat to explore! Andrew showed us all around the sanctuary, explaining the predator fence and showing how it works. The kids played games and explored the sanctuary, such a fantastic day!!

Pelorus Nov 2019 We learnt all about the honey bee and what they do for our environment We learnt all about the honey bee and all the good they do for our environment. We even got to taste some of the yummy honey they make from all different plants giving it different tastes. Then we made some Honey Bee attracting gardens to take home made from recycled old ice cream containers. One of our local's has his own bee hives and he kindly brought along some items for the kids to have a look at and try on, he even brought along a smoker. Honey Bee Event

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Learn more about our community garden project and how you can become more involved! Waitohi Picton Community Garden Project FAQs The structure of the Waitohi Picton Community Garden will be influenced by our local community, it’s your garden after all! At the moment we are gleaning many ideas from the community, please keep them coming. We have also been communicating with other community gardens from around the country to see what has (or hasn’t) worked for them. This will provide some valuable learnings in these initial stages. There are however a few common questions that we have provided initial thinking on below. Please note that these may change as the process continues. How will it work? We envision that plots can be rented for a minimal fee by individuals, community groups, educational groups, and businesses such as cafes. Any income made from renting out plots would go back into the maintenance and management of the garden. The garden will have community plots managed by volunteers to provide fruit and vegetables for those in need and be distributed via Picton food bank, Waikawa Marae and other organisations. The garden will provide space and opportunity for workshops and educational programmes on sustainable living, organic gardening techniques, composting etc. What is the structure of the administration? The garden will be administered by Envirohub Marlborough (www.envirohub.co.nz ). Envirohub Marlborough is a Charitable Trust and has been operating since 2014. We are based in the Picton Environment Centre at 14 Auckland Street, Picton and we work in 4 key environmental areas; Sustainable Communities, Marine Conservation, Zero Waste and Conservation Kids NZ. Funding permitting, we would like to have a part-time paid coordinator. This is to avoid too much responsibility and accountability being placed on volunteers, and provide resilience to the project over time. We envision there will be a volunteer Focus Group, which will function as a 'think tank', assist with working bees and events, be a community liaison and various other roles. Where will it be located? The garden will be located in the paddock at the end of Huia and Ranui streets. This land is administered by the Marlborough District Council under the Victoria Domain Management Plan. Will it be organic? Envirohub Marlborough’s overarching ethos is to reduce our impact on the environment. Therefore, the community garden will be run using organic principles. Non-organic products may be considered on a case-by-case basis. Mentors and regular workshops will allow us all to learn about and incorporate organic practices into individual plots or at home. What about Bronte the horse? Bronte will remain on-site and contribute to the garden! What about parking? Other than working bee days, we are not envisioning large amounts of people in the garden at any one time. However, we are investigating with Council whether we can put parking inside the reserve to reduce any possible congestion on the streets. The paddock can get wet in winter, what about drainage? We will be investigating what drainage options we will need. The site is cold and dark in winter... We scoped out different potential sites for the community garden and found that this is likely to be the sunniest available. Other sites assessed were in flood zones, too small, or were already used as areas of recreation. Why do we need another community garden when there is one in Blenheim? Blenheim has a fantastic community garden and they have been very helpful and supportive of the development of one in Picton. Often travel is a barrier to gardening, so we think that a local one will give people more options that suit their needs. How much will plots cost to rent? We’re not sure yet. We will try and set a fair and reasonable amount; we don’t want the cost to inhibit people from using the garden. Some community gardens ask for volunteer time as payment so this could be an option for some plots too. Picton is a town of gardens, why do you think there is a need? Section sizes are getting smaller with greater in-filling in Picton. As well as providing space to garden, the garden will provide social and learning opportunities. We will be starting small, with the ability to grow as interest grows (pun intended!). We certainly don’t want to over-invest at this stage Where will we get water from? The Council is organising for the garden to be connected to the mains system. While we’d like to use rainwater and may set up some tanks, the reality is that we are unlikely to be able to store enough for the needs of the garden in critical dry times. We are also not intending on using the nearby stream, the stream's inhabitants would prefer the water to remain there. I live close by, I'm worried about the impact on the neighbourhood? If you have any concerns, we want to talk to you. Having a great relationship with our neighbours is critical to us and the successful running of the garden. Please contact us and we’ll make a time for one of our team to meet with you and work through your concerns. The community garden will adhere to a “Good Neighbour” policy at all times and will prevent any smell and unreasonable noise created by our activities. If you have any further questions, please get in touch at communitygarden@envirohub.co.nz or pop into the Picton Environment Centre, 14 Auckland St (Picton). Follow us on Facebook to keep up-to-date- with news www.facebook.com/pictongarden

Our Vision - Our Values - Our Strategic Priorities and Outcomes Envirohub Marlborough Charitable Trust Our Vision A community focused on sustainability, working together to enhance and protect our Marlborough environment. Our Values Collaboration Building strong support networks and strengthening relationships is vital for sustained community engagement and positive change. Inspiration Leading by example with integrity, enthusiasm, creativity and kindness! Adaptability We grow and diversify in response to our community and the ever changing world around us. Respect We care deeply about enhancing and protecting our environment for future generations Strategic Priorities & Outcomes Ā mātou rautaki whakaarotau, me ngā hua 2024~2026 Conservation Kids NZ Envirohub Marlborough runs a successful family program to inspire the young minds of NZ to take action for conservation! We promote whānau togetherness over individual tamariki attending. Outcomes within 3 years: a) Every child in Marlborough has been given the opportunity to experience the local marine environment. b) Every child in Marlborough is given the opportunity to experience our wider outdoor environments. b) Events will strengthen whānau relationships by providing unique environmental experiences that encourage family involvement. c) Every event will support and bring awareness to a variety of environmental organisations or campaigns around NZ. Zero Waste Envirohub Marlborough is the leading organisation supporting the zero waste movement within the community in Marlborough. Outcomes within 3 years: a) 80% of annual events run in Marlborough have achieved or are currently working towards becoming a zero waste event. b) All Envirohub Marlborough events will be zero waste. c) Envirohub Marlborough manages a financially sustainable zero waste service while being equitably accessible to our community. d) Assist a minimum of three businesses to improve their waste management practices thereby reducing their overall waste to landfill. e) To build a relationship with the MDC to ensure public accountability within waste minimisation and management in Marlborough. Sustainable Communities Due to the rising cost of living, Envirohub Marlborough acknowledges the need for increased support for our community and individual households to become more self sufficient and sustainable. Outcomes within 3 years: a) Waitohi Picton has a community garden available to all in our community. b) An environmental hub in Waitohi Picton where Marlborough environmental groups work collectively to encourage and increase community participation. c) Environmentally friendly and affordable retail products are accessible to the community encouraging and enabling more sustainable lifestyle choices. d) Envirohub Marlborough supports and collaborates with other organisations to deliver projects that have both social and environmental benefits for our community. Marine Conservation Due to the coastal location of Envirohub Marlborough, marine issues are an important focus of this organisation. Outcomes within 3 years: a) Envirohub Marlborough collaborates with other organisations to advocate and take action for the protection of local ocean health