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On a mission to enhance the waters and replenish the taonga within the Pūniu River Catchment.

See all of our past and current projects. We are on a mission to enhance the waters and replenish the taonga within the Pūniu River Catchment.

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We are Pūniu River Care Inc & our vision is to create & nurture safe, thriving environments where healthy waters sustain vibrant communities across Aotearoa, New Zealand.

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Our vision is to create and nurture safe, thriving environments where healthy waters sustain vibrant communities across Aotearoa. We are guided by the principle of Kaitiakitanga, committed to restoring and protecting our land, water, and people, ensuring a sustainable and prosperous future for generations to come.

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Restoring Waters for Future Generations

Restoring Waters for Future Generations

Our mission focuses on replenishing our waters by merging Mātauranga Māori with Western science for swimmable, pure waters. We're dedicated to protecting our waters and cultural heritage for future generations.

Our mission focuses on replenishing our waters by merging Mātauranga Māori with Western science for swimmable, pure waters. We're dedicated to protecting our waters and cultural heritage for future generations.

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Uniting Our Community for Water Security

Uniting Our Community for Watr Security

We're committed to engaging our community, including you, through the principles of Kaitiakitanga. We aim to care for our waters through values-driven funding and diverse collaborations while embracing our cultural values.

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Innovating for Cleaner Waters

Innovating for Cleaner Waters

We're committed to adopting sustainable practices to reduce water pollution into waterways. Through collaboration, we continue to develop innovative approaches to improving water quality.

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Transforming Water Guardianship by 2030

Transforming Water Guardianship by 2030

By 2030, we envision an Aotearoa where clean water is abundant, healthy and pure. Through shared knowledge and responsibility, we focus on community engagement, tree planting, and wetland revival.

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Our core values ground us in our journey to create safe, thriving environments where healthy waters sustain vibrant communities across Aotearoa.

Guided by these principles, we are committed to restoring and protecting our land, water, and people, ensuring a sustainable and prosperous future for generations to come.

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Adroit is proud to be helping to monitor the health of one of New Zealand’s most valuable tributaries and to play a part in its restoration.

May 10, 2023

Adroit Environmental Water Monitoring in the Pūniu River

Adroit is proud to be helping to monitor the health of one of New Zealand’s most valuable tributaries and to play a part in its restoration.

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Through the Ministry of Social Development, Kerilyn was offered the chance to complete a certificate in Introductory River Enhancement (Applied) through hands-on work and study modules with PRC, creating both work experience and a career pathway on completion of the qualification.

November 1, 2022

Reconnecting to the whenua – a journey with Pūniu River Care Inc.

Through the Ministry of Social Development, Kerilyn was offered the chance to complete a certificate in Introductory River Enhancement (Applied) through hands-on work and study modules with PRC, creating both work experience and a career pathway on completion of the qualification.

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The equivalent of more than 120 full-time jobs are expected following the announcement of $5 million in new funding for waterways restoration projects in Waipa District.

February 14, 2022

Waikato waterway projects receive $5m in government funding

The equivalent of more than 120 full-time jobs are expected following the announcement of $5 million in new funding for waterways restoration projects in Waipa District.

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Currently, PRC employs around 45 staff, many of whom are now experienced horticulture and river enhancement project workers. PRC has a proven work delivery model for large scale native tree propagation and planting projects with the goal of supplying 1 million native trees to other community projects anually. To date, PRC have grown and planted over 1.4  million trees within the Waipā, King Country and Waikato regions. While also bringing in local contractors for fencing off the waterways. to-date, over 70kms of fencing has been completed to date.

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Sustainable Coastlines  |  Ministry for the Environment  |  Waikato River Authority  | Ministry for Primary Industries  |  Momentum Waikato  |  Mercury Energy |  Waikato Tainui | Te Puni Kokiri  |  Waikato Regional Council  |  Trust Waikato  |  Department of Corrections  |  Te Uru Rakau | Ministry of Social Development | Hamilton City Council | Waikato Regional Council | NZ Carbon | Olam Foods | Raukawa Charitable Trust | Te Whakakitenga o Waikato Incorporated | Fonterra Co-operative Group

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