To volunteer
Since November 2002, more than 100 volunteers have helped clean up the inner gulf either individually or by organising clean up events. If you would like to help clean up the harbour, the MV Phil Warren can take up to three volunteers at a time, or you can use your own kayak or other craft.
Contact Hayden Smith, phone (021) 180 8243 or email hamyden@ihug.co.nz
Become a sponsor or make a donation
To become a sponsor or make a donation please contact the secretary, David Tait, phone (09) 836 8000 extn. 8812 or email david.tait@waitakere.govt.nz
All charitable donations or financial contributions are tax deductible.
Reduce your rubbish
The best way you can help is by reducing your rubbish – the less rubbish you throw away in the first place, the less chance it will end up in our waterways.
Start with easy things like recycling or to learn more, check out the useful links below.
If you are in business on the North Shore, contact us on (09) 486 8600 to find out how you can save money and reduce waste through cleaner production practices.
More information
You can find more information on the following websites:
- Reduce your rubbish – provides ideas about how to reduce your rubbish
- Keep New Zealand Beautiful – includes information about the Cleanup New Zealand Week programme
- Wai Care – Wai Care is a water quality monitoring, education and action programme for community groups and schools in the Auckland region
- Be a Tidy Kiwi – Be a Tidy Kiwi, an initiative of the region’s councils, is running a three year campaign to get you to take personal responsibility for reducing litter in the region
Other actions you can take
Because plastic materials are often blown from streets and vehicles into our storm water drains and waterways, you can help by making sure you recycle your plastics responsibly by putting them into your recycling wheelie bin.
If you are transporting rubbish or managing a construction site, do your bit by making sure your waste loads are properly secured and by ensuring good on-site waste management.
What you drop on the ground ends up in our waterways!
