SEA WEEK

This year’s Sea Week is running from February 25 to March 5. The annual event is hosted by the New Zealand Association for Environmental Education. This year’s theme is ‘Toiora te Moana Toiora te Tangata - Healthy Seas, Healthy People’. Northland Regional Council chairman Bill Shepherd says the council is helping equip local school and community groups to clean up beaches. ‘‘Last year we were able to help with free clean-up kits containing rubbish bags, gloves, sunscreen, a clean-up guide, tide tables and other useful material’’. Visit nrc.govt.nz/seaweek