Tauranga Moana Biosecurity Capital Incorporated
Tauranga Moana Biosecurity Capital Incorporated (TMBC) is a collaboration that has its roots in a collective effort to “build a biosecurity team of 5 million New Zealanders” - to shift how we, as New Zealanders, think about biosecurity, how it connects to our everyday lives, and how people can get involved.
The collaboration has a goal of improving the biosecurity situation in Tauranga Moana and the wider Bay of Plenty by engaging with and empowering action to quickly identify new risks or manage existing, from the local community, industry, mana whenua, and individuals.
TMBC brings together a “coalition of the willing” and establishes Tauranga Moana mana whenua at the centre of our regional biosecurity team, in a broad collaboration between Māori, community groups, industry, businesses, agencies, educators, scientists and others striving to achieve biosecurity excellence.
Anyone with a genuine interest in biosecurity is welcome to join TMBC as a general member, free of charge.
By becoming a member, you stand squarely behind our mission to lead and take collaborative action towards biosecurity excellence.
TMBC General Individual Membership (free)
- Demonstrates commitment to leading and taking collaborative action towards biosecurity excellence
- Ensures invitation to a range of events to build our network and biosecurity capability, as well as access to our regular updates and quarterly newsletters.
Confirming your membership is simple, please fill in our form below!
TMBC Consent Agreement
I/we are joining forces to:
- Grow biosecurity awareness and social license, including running joint campaigns
- Build visibility of great things happening and promoting initiatives/events
- Advocate for better biosecurity for our region
- Catalyse action – people getting involved
- Collaborate to achieve better results, sharing information and lessons
- Seize opportunities that will grow the regional team committed to biosecurity excellence.
I/we are committed to ‘leading and taking collaborative action towards biosecurity excellence’ as members of Tauranga Moana Biosecurity Capital (TMBC). Biosecurity is important to everything I/we love about Tauranga Moana - our people, our culture, our local industries, economy, businesses and jobs, our forests, our waterways, our moana. Biosecurity is fundamental to the Māori cultural economy and who we are – our whakapapa, our whanaungatanga, and mana taiao (our connection to, and role as kaitiaki for, our environment).
I/we recognise pests and diseases can devastate our region and that it takes a community to successfully tackle biosecurity threats – that we all need to be vigilant and play our part, whether that’s in our ngahere, at the Port, in our orchards and farms, in our back yard, or out on the water.
Final consent information
- I confirm that I am the authorised representative of the organisation making this application and that I have the necessary approval to make this application for membership
- I confirm that I have read and agree with the TMBC Constitution
- I/we acknowledge that our commitment and membership may be promoted through TMBC's marketing and media channels
- I/we consent to the use of our organisation’s logo by TMBC on its website and in the society’s marketing and media channels
- I/we consent to TMBC collecting personal information (such as name, email address) for the purposes of facilitating participation in the society’s endeavours and programme of activities.
- I/we consent to receiving communications on upcoming events and opportunities from TMBC through the Channel Newsletter.
This is our Tauranga moana so let’s protect it together.