OCC - Otago Catchment Community Inc

13/10/2026

Read our special edition Wai Connection Newsletter - celebrating just some of the amazing people, projects and achievements made possible through Wai Connection funding over the past two years.
https://www.otagocatchments.co.nz/news

Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust

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13/10/2026

Two years of making a difference across Otago’s Catchments!

We've put together a special video celebrating just some of the amazing people, projects and achievements made possible through Wai Connection funding over the past two years.

A huge THANK YOU to Wai Connection and Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust for believing in the value of community-led catchment work and helping us make it happen.

And, of course, to all our incredible Catchment Groups, coordinators, volunteers and supporters across Otago – you're the ones making the difference!

👏 Take a look at what we've achieved together & keep an eye out tomorrow for our special edition Wai Connection Newsletter!

Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust

12/10/2026

08/10/2026

Ida Valley Catchment Group to be commended on their planning and behind the scenes work that went into making this planting event smooth sailing on the day 🌱

29/09/2026

OCC Regional Manager Craig Simpson chatting with Blake Holgate on Rabobank New Zealand’s RaboTalk Growing our Future series

Podcast Episode · RaboTalk – Growing our future · 21 July · 23min

29/09/2026

27/09/2026

JK is coming to the Strath Taieri next month! Register now for a free ticket thanks to Westpac NZ

25/09/2026

🌱 MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK - AND WE NEED YOURS!

Join us on Saturday 3 October from 11am for an Ida Valley community planting day near the Poolburn Viaduct.

We’re starting the next chapter of our work in the Poolburn Gorge, restoring native vegetation following our successful willow control projects - and we’d love plenty of helping hands!

🚲 Access is via the Otago Central Rail Trail from the Auripo Road car park - bring your bike or walk along the trail. The planting site is before the viaduct. Please note: there is currently no passage from the Boundary Road end to the car park.

🥾 Wear sensible shoes as we’ll be working on sloping ground, bring a hat and, most importantly, a keen attitude! We’ll have water and light snacks available during the day.

🍻 We’ll wrap up around 3pm with a BBQ and beers kindly sponsored by ICL Chartered Accountants - just remember to bring a chair!

Come along, lend a hand and help us enhance this special part of the Ida Valley.

Please share far and wide - all hands on deck! 🌿

25/09/2026

⚡ When did you last fire up the generator? ⚡

A scheduled power outage this morning had us dragging the generator back into action to keep the automatic lamb feeder going! 🐑

It seemed like a timely reminder for everyone else too - give your generator a start-up, check it’s running properly and keep on top of that maintenance.

After last year’s wind storm, we certainly don’t want a repeat of days without power… but as we all know, Mother Nature doesn’t tend to check the calendar first! 🌬️🌧️

So dust off the generator, give it a run and make sure it’s ready when you need it.