Nau Mai, Welcome to Pūniu Inc.
Safe Places, Healthy Water, Healthy People
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On a mission to enhance the waters and replenish the taonga within the Pūniu River Catchment.
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Our vision is to create and nurture safe, thriving environments where healthy waters sustain vibrant communities across Aotearoa. We are guided by the principle of Kaitiakitanga, committed to restoring and protecting our land, water, and people, ensuring a sustainable and prosperous future for generations to come.
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Restoring Waters for Future Generations
Restoring Waters for Future Generations
Our mission focuses on replenishing our waters by merging Mātauranga Māori with Western science for swimmable, pure waters. We're dedicated to protecting our waters and cultural heritage for future generations.
Get InvolvedUniting Our Community for Water Security
Uniting Our Community for Watr Security
We're committed to engaging our community, including you, through the principles of Kaitiakitanga. We aim to care for our waters through values-driven funding and diverse collaborations while embracing our cultural values.
Get InvolvedInnovating for Cleaner Waters
Innovating for Cleaner Waters
We're committed to adopting sustainable practices to reduce water pollution into waterways. Through collaboration, we continue to develop innovative approaches to improving water quality.
Get InvolvedTransforming Water Guardianship by 2030
Transforming Water Guardianship by 2030
By 2030, we envision an Aotearoa where clean water is abundant, healthy and pure. Through shared knowledge and responsibility, we focus on community engagement, tree planting, and wetland revival.
Get InvolvedNgā UaraOur Values
Our core values ground us in our journey to create safe, thriving environments where healthy waters sustain vibrant communities across Aotearoa.
Guided by these principles, we are committed to restoring and protecting our land, water, and people, ensuring a sustainable and prosperous future for generations to come.
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PānuiNews & Events
May 10, 2023
Adroit Environmental Water Monitoring in the Pūniu River
Adroit is proud to be helping to monitor the health of one of New Zealand’s most valuable tributaries and to play a part in its restoration.
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November 1, 2022
Reconnecting to the whenua – a journey with Pūniu River Care Inc.
Through the Ministry of Social Development, Kerilyn was offered the chance to complete a certificate in Introductory River Enhancement (Applied) through hands-on work and study modules with PRC, creating both work experience and a career pathway on completion of the qualification.
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February 14, 2022
Waikato waterway projects receive $5m in government funding
The equivalent of more than 120 full-time jobs are expected following the announcement of $5 million in new funding for waterways restoration projects in Waipa District.
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Ngā KaitiakiMeet Our Team
Currently, PRC employs around 45 staff, many of whom are now experienced horticulture and river enhancement project workers. PRC has a proven work delivery model for large scale native tree propagation and planting projects with the goal of supplying 1 million native trees to other community projects anually. To date, PRC have grown and planted over 1.4 million trees within the Waipā, King Country and Waikato regions. While also bringing in local contractors for fencing off the waterways. to-date, over 70kms of fencing has been completed to date.
Read MoreNgā Pūtea TautokoMeet Our Partners
Sustainable Coastlines | Ministry for the Environment | Waikato River Authority | Ministry for Primary Industries | Momentum Waikato | Mercury Energy | Waikato Tainui | Te Puni Kokiri | Waikato Regional Council | Trust Waikato | Department of Corrections | Te Uru Rakau | Ministry of Social Development | Hamilton City Council | Waikato Regional Council | NZ Carbon | Olam Foods | Raukawa Charitable Trust | Te Whakakitenga o Waikato Incorporated | Fonterra Co-operative Group
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