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The wet summer has not slowed TMBC’s community outreach activities to grow future bio-security champions in Tauranga Moana.  Almost 100 groups took part in our Great Biosecurity Hunt during January. Winners of the three hunts in Papamoa, Tauranga and Mt Maunganui  won great local experiences –  a Big Kanu Glow worm tour, an Okere zip-line…

TMBC has teamed up with PiPS (People and Plants in Schools) to establish sentinel gardens at several primary schools across Mt Maunganui and Papamoa. PiPS is an Incorporated Society formed to support the garden programmes of our member schools by employing Garden Facilitators to help volunteers and staff run their school gardens and other environmentally-based, student…

A series of care group events to connect and acknowledge volunteers for their contribution to environmental initiatives around Tauranga Moana have shone a light on some of our unsung heroes and the work they’re doing to bring back local biodiversity from the brink.

Biosecurity New Zealand is declaring the successful eradication of the aggressive aquatic weed Salvinia from one Bay of Plenty site after 4 years of work.

More than 3,000 native trees and shrubs have been planted as part of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s Te Pourepo o Kaituna wetland creation project, thanks to the volunteer support of Western Bay of Plenty school students.

KVH is running a short survey about the ways in which they share information with you, and how often. This is to raise awareness about good biosecurity practices, the benefits these can bring, and the potentially devastating impacts of another incursion on orchards.

NIWA and Biosecurity NZ (MPI) offer a FREE training session to help you recognise marine pests in the region and play a valuable role in marine biosecurity. The session will include both theory and practical hands-on training.

The biennial Biosecurity Forum is back this year after a four-year break due to Covid-19 and restrictions on gatherings. The New Zealand Biosecurity Forum 2022 will be held in Auckland on Monday 31 October.

After many years in the role, Diane Berghan will be finishing up as Communications Manager for TMBC.

A huge congratulations to all the TMBC members who made it to the finals in the 2022 New Zealand Biosecurity Awards.