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3 Feb 2026

Look out for the new Bittern awareness signs at Waikawa Beach

Three signs have been erected in and around Waikawa beach because Australasian Bittern (Matuku-hūrepo) still live here... and they’re nationally critical, with only a few hundred left across New Zealand.

13 Jul 2026

WBEG Submission to the Environment Select Committee – Conservation Amendment Bill – June 2026

Standing Up for Conservation...
Waikawa Beach Environment Group recently participated in the national consultation process on the Conservation Amendment Bill by preparing a submission on behalf of the group. A number of members also chose...

23 Jul 2025

WBEG submission on the Freshwater National Direction consultation – July 2025

From best to worst...
There are a number of Horizons Regional Council water quality monitoring sites on the Waikawa Stream, with the site at the Waikawa footbridge regularly recording the highest bovine E.Coli readings in the region...

17 Jul 2025

WBEG lucky funding recipients

Horizons Regional Council is pleased to award funding to 39 community projects through the 2025 Kanorau Koiora Taketake – Indigenous Biodiversity Community Grant and the Pūtea Hapori Urupare Āhuarangi – Community Climate Response Fund...

9 May 2025

Community working bee – May 2025

Record numbers from the community worked alongside WBEG and Horowhenua District Council, weeding pest plants and planting Spinifex and Pingao...