National marine and freshwater wananga

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IMPORTANT NOTICE - MOUNTAINS TO SEA WANANGA 2020 POSTPONED

With the evolving situation with COVID-19 we are making the difficult decision to postpone our Mountains to Sea Wānanga until the term 3/4 school holidays - with the exact dates TBC.

We have taken direction from the marae committee that they will be closing Harataunga marae from outside visitors to protect their isolated community and elders. The risk factors are too high with having people from around NZ congregating and staying in close quarters.

We will be in contact within the next 4 weeks with proposed dates for the start of next spring once we have more certainty about the spread of COVID-19.

For those who have paid their registration fee for the wananga, you will be refunded in due course.

The wananga objectives are to:

Provide a forum for marine and freshwater educators to network about education for sustainability initiatives & projects. (School and/or community based).
To provide professional development
To provide a forum to discuss ideas on how we can foster and take more action for marine and freshwater conservation.
Ensure strong delivery of the Experiencing Marine Reserves (EMR) and Whitebait Connection (WBC) concepts around New Zealand.

2020 Mountains to Sea National Wananga, Coromandel

Registrations are now open - register today!

It is official, our annual Mountains to Sea Wananga will be held in Kennedy Bay, Coromandel from Wednesday 22nd to Friday 24th April.

You can find our latest programme here. Please note that this is an evolving document and finer details will be confirmed in due course. You can also follow our facebook event or view proceedings from previous wananga below and watch this space for any updates!

Wondering how to get to the wananga?

We have people attending from all over the country, follow our carpool thread to catch a ride!

A short clip of our 2019 wananga in Kaitaia, Northland: