Adopt a Gully or Greenspace

Ecosystems and HabitatsKaitiaki/Conservation
Written By Kim Manunui

Do you have a local gully or green space?  Contact your council to see how you can help out in that space. They love having someone who can act as a ‘Champion of the Gully’. You might even be able to get local schools, kindergartens, and businesses to join you and organise a community planting day, regular weeding group, or trapline. Getting everyone in a community to take responsibility for their green spaces is so valuable in lots of ways. It encourages people to get outdoors, learn more about conservation, get to know their neighbours, respect their local areas and it helps builds community spirit. Everyone will feel so proud of the positive change that they can see happening in their area and feel a sense of ownership. Below we have put some links to help you to learn more about how to do these things.

-When you go for a walk in your local gully, try to have a bag with you that you can put any rubbish in that you find. If each of us did this, our green spaces would be beautiful and our waterways much cleaner. Pick Up Litter Nature Connector

-Every time you walk through your local gully, pull out a few weeds, or choose a patch to tidy up. If you want to do even more, get a group together to go and weed your gully on a regular basis.  Blackberry, broom, and other weeds can quickly take over a green space and smother native plants. Learn more about weeding and find a printable Weed Scavenger Hunt here to make this activity extra fun!

-Find out if you can set up a trapline in the gully, or volunteer to help on one if there is already one established. Helping rid the area of introduced predators like stoats, possums and rats will help the plants flourish and bring back the bird life. Your local predator free organisation should be able to help you with this. The Predator Free NZ website is amazing and has lots of information. Check out our nature connector about trapping to learn more about getting involved.

-Ask your local council about organising a planting day. They might be able to support you with this. Here is a nature connector about restoration.

-Take a look at this awesome Gully Restoration Guide from the Hamilton City Council. It has great step by step information for anyone planning a gully restoration.

Kim Manunui

Hi, I’m Kim and I work with a great team to help individuals, as well as small and not so small businesses get their message, product and services to the world using digital media and creating wonderful websites that don’t cost the earth.

I was born in Canada, and grew up around Vancouver and the mountains of British Columbia. My love of pristine environments led me to New Zealand and eventually to the mountains, lakes and rivers of the central North Island which is home. My family’s heritage is here, and it’s from here that Korio traverses the planet.

The digital world is never static and neither are we.

And I say ‘we’ because I work with an awesome group of talented people who I gather together as required to complete a project.  Whatever your business, not-for-profit or individual needs are we gather the best team to get the job done.

Collaboratively we are creative, share sustainable values and work hard for great outcomes because that’s the buzz of satisfaction that drives us.

If you have an audience and market to reach, we can make that happen. Creative design, words that work and smart behind the scenes stuff that cuts through the online noise. We’ll design your website and then build it. We’ll manage the content as well as all your hosting needs. We can handle your online advertising so you get noticed,
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