Porirua City Council: Streamside School Programme

Streamside School Programme

Porirua City Council's Streamside School Programme creates educational opportunities for students in ECE, Primary, Intermediate and Secondary schools, to take ownership and build a deep connection with their local environment. It is tailored to meet the needs of teachers and learners, linked to curriculum, and can be integrated across your whole school.

Our experienced educator can work with you to design and deliver learning that could include:

• Water catchment education
• Engaging field trips to wetlands, estuaries, streams, Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour
• Water quality testing
• Kaitiaki planting sessions
• Waste awareness
• Native Plant studies

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Email us to find out more: streamside.planting@poriruacity.govt.nz

Our transformational school programme to educate tamariki and rangatahi on the importance of water quality and biodiversity of our streams and harbour - restoring the mauri of Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour.

‍Background to the Planting Programme

Porirua City Council, in partnership with Ngāti Toa, is implementing a stream management and winter planting programme throughout the Porirua catchment. Our vision is to improve the mauri of Te Awarua-o-Porirua/Porirua Harbour and its waterways, and their biological and ecological health.

The programme aims to plant the banks of all the streams that run into our harbour, from the top of the Paekākāriki Hill in the north, to Churton Park and Newlands in the south.

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