Urenui/Mimi/Uruti
The Urenui/Mimi/Uruti Catchment is a resourceful, well-connected community working together to enhance the resilience and wellbeing of our community and environment.
Direction
Improve rural cohesion by creating a range of events that bring the community together to educate, share resources and ideas to increase resilience and general wellbeing.
Lead Farmers: TBA
Coordinator: Maria Lempriere
Strategic focus areas:
Rural Cohesion
· Create a paper-based Local Catchment Directory that supports business growth, key contact information and governance process for the catchment (eg. who do you contact if there is an issue with your road – Clifton Community Board)
· Establish a quarterly paper-based newsletter that is the conduit of information for all the community
Land and Water Management
· Offer a series of workshops and field trips that give landowners the tools and knowledge to better manage weeds, predators and pests in their catchment
· Encourage/establish plant eco-sourcing programme for this catchment
· Better understand the nature of our rivers in the Urenui district:- Onaero, Urenui, Mimi Rivers. Erosion / water quality
· Better understand the nature of our soils in our catchment and look at ways to improve water retention and water drainage
Wellbeing and Resilience
· Offer First Aid courses with a rural focus to refresh knowledge and upskill those new to the catchment
· Offer a series of speaker forums aimed at farmers and growers to learn from different sectors to explore new crops and methods
· Increase preparedness in the case of severe weather events
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