Auckland Volunteer Freshwater Training

Freshwater training for our Mountains to Sea Volunteers.

This event is designed to help train our volunteers for the upcoming season. Whether you are new this season or you feel like you need some additional training, everyone is welcome, prior freshwater knowledge/experience is not required. Learn how Mountains to Sea engages schools and communities in freshwater education and conservation.

Minimum age is 10 years old and volunteers under the age of 16 years old need to be accompanied by an adult guardian.

If you haven't registered onto our volunteer database yet, please follow this link.

Schedule:

9.00am to 9.15am - Opening karakia and whakawhanaungatanga

9.15am to 10.30am - Introduction to Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust and our freshwater programmes: Whitebait Connection, Wai Connection, and NĪSP.

10.30am to 10.45am - Morning tea

10.45am to 11.00am - Travel to O Te Ha stream

11.00am to 1.45pm - Interactive in-situ activities with some of our coordinators

1.45pm to 2.00pm - Debrief, evaluations and closing karakia

We will cover the following in this training session:

• Who is Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust?
• Volunteer roles and opportunities
• Stream side health and safety
• Stream habitat assessment
• Macroinvertebrate identification
• Water quality and stream life indicators

Please note that we will give you feedback and help you further your skills throughout the season. Whatever knowledge you have initially is just a starting point!