Become a Volunteer
You are currently living around Whitianga, have some free time on your hands and are keen to get involved. Contact us to give us your details and we will add you to our volunteer list. We will get in touch with you a few days in advance to let you know what is coming up. This volunteer work isn’t regular and is more likely from autumn to early spring.
Nursery
Regular help in our Native Plant Nursery – Planting, pricking out, potting up, weeding, and general plant care.
Tuesday Mornings 9am-11am. Followed by Tea/Coffee and sweet treats.
If you are interested and cannot make the Tuesday working bee, get in touch! we are flexible and can arrange another time for you to join us
Beachcare Group
A regular group which we co ordinate for Coastcare – We spend 2 hours each Friday morning helping look after the dune areas and reserves along the length of Buffalo Beach.
Winter hours 9am-11am
Summer hours 8am-10am
Predator Trapping
We are looking for people to manage or help service predator traps around the Whitianga area.
Wilding Pine Eradication
We have an exciting project ahead that will require volunteers to help control young wilding pines on an ongoing basis.
Track Building & Maintenance
If you have any experience in this sort of work we would really like to hear from you.
Winter Planting's
From late April to early Spring is planting season for the Coromandel Penisula. During this season we conduct many restoration projects. Help is always needed, either on our beaches or in the bush, or even both !
Become a Supporter of MBET
We want you or your business to be a Supporter of MBET. We are a registered charity and so donations to the Trust are eligible for the donation tax credit.
Is there a way to align your business with the Trust, we can help you have a 'greener image' or offer you ways to offset your carbon footprint, and you will be making a real difference in and around the beautiful Mercury Bay. Talk to us about how your business can partner with MBET and become a part of what we do.
To discuss your options to become a supporter of MBET, please contact our funding and finance manager Geoff.
Our Supporters
Get in touch
Kim
Project Manager
New Zealand’s ecosystems are truly unique, they evolved over millions of years in isolation from the outside world. Since the arrival of man, so much has changed. I don’t think many people realise just how special the New Zealand environment is, and just how much work is required to protect it for future generations.
Geoff
Funding and Finance
If we enjoy our environment we will value it. If we value it we will care for it. If we care for it, it will reward us. Our environment is our life!
Micayla (Mac)
Project Assistant
Have you ever just listened to the sounds of the forest, they are calling us, and they need our help!
Here at the Mercury Bay Environmental Trust we are taking one step at a time to restore our ecosystems, but we can't do this alone, we need your help!
E: mbenvironmentaltrust@gmail.com M: +64 27 954 7434
GET IN TOUCH
Mercury Bay Environmental Trust
P. +64 27 282 3369
E. mbenvironmentaltrust@gmail.com
Postal Address
PO Box 5
Whitianga 3510
New Zealand
