Waterways project

NZ Landcare Trust and Westpac NZ have announced a partnership that will help community groups improve waterways around the country. The Westpac Watercare Project will see six $10,000 grants handed out each year to conservation projects. Westpac will provide the funding and work with NZ Landcare Trust to distribute it. The trust works within regional communities to support sustainable land and water care initiatives and projects throughout New Zealand. The Eastern Whio Link, which aims to restore whio (blue duck) populations to East Coast rivers through extensive stoat trapping, recently became the first group to receive the $10,000 grant. Five more recipients of the $10,000 grants will be announced in the coming weeks. Northland groups wanting to register for the 2023 Westpac Watercare Project, which opens next April, can register their interest for a grant now at https://www.landcare.org. nz/who-we-work-with.