Kānuka Mid Canterbury Regeneration Trust

23/09/2026

AGM success!

Last night we held our first ever public AGM. A huge thank you to the members of the public who came to hear us talk about the wonderful things we are doing and hope to achieve.

The catering was top notch 😉and the space we used at Ashburton District Council / was just outstanding and perfect for our presentations.

I am looking forward to being able to share all the wonderful things planned for the year ahead at the 2027 AGM!

21/09/2026

🌿Tomorrow night!! make sure we are in your diary!

We're delighted to invite you to the Kānuka Mid Canterbury Regeneration Trust 2026 AGM.

Our AGM is open to everyone — come along and get a little glimpse into the mahi we do, celebrate what we’ve achieved over the past year, hear about what’s ahead, and meet some of the wonderful people working behind the scenes.

📅 Tuesday 22 September
⏰ 5.30pm
📍 Ashburton Library

Whether you’re a supporter, funder, educator, community organisation, nature lover, or simply curious about what Kānuka does — we’d love to see you there. 🌱💚

Everyone is welcome

See you next week!

20/09/2026

If you missed it yesterday we were out at supporting a local event, have a look below and don't forget we have our AGM tomorrow night (Tuesday 22nd 5:30pm and Ashburton Library) come and say hi!!

End of the event but the start of something wonderful with The Great Mid Canterbury Critter Comp (proceeds going to help heat the Mayfield Community Pool)

Here we have a snippet of the prize giving, with a feature of George Dunckley (), who took away the biggest rat category we sponsored 🐀 with a certificate to remember the day and a tī kōuka (cabbage tree 🌴) to plant in his back yard. This young lad also left with a spot prize of a duck caller, have fun inside with that George, sorry not sorry mum n dad!!!

Was such a great day, the weather was perfect, the activities and kai outstanding and the laughs and smiles on all the kids faces was priceless!!

A special shout out to the Mayfield School, Mid-Canterbury year 7 and 8 students who came down and volunteered their time prepping the Synlait mobile BBQ, supervising the activities and helping pack up, you helped make the event an epic day.

See you next year for another fantastic competition!!

20/09/2026

End of the event but the start of something wonderful with The Great Mid Canterbury Critter Comp (proceeds going to help heat the Mayfield Community Pool)

Here we have a snippet of the prize giving, with a feature of George Dunckley (), who took away the biggest rat category we sponsored 🐀 with a certificate to remember the day and a tī kōuka (cabbage tree 🌴) to plant in his back yard. This young lad also left with a spot prize of a duck caller, have fun inside with that George, sorry not sorry mum n dad!!!

Was such a great day, the weather was perfect, the activities and kai outstanding and the laughs and smiles on all the kids faces was priceless!!

A special shout out to the Mayfield School, Mid-Canterbury year 7 and 8 students who came down and volunteered their time prepping the Synlait mobile BBQ, supervising the activities and helping pack up, you helped make the event an epic day.

See you next year for another fantastic competition!!

20/09/2026

Critter Comp Action 🐭🐾
Our Kānuka Trust flag is flying and its a beautiful day for .
Lots of entries are rolling in, there is a coffee cart, sausage sizzle and activities for the whole family.
Even if you haven’t entered ... head down to see what its about and be sure to say hi to Matt, our Community Connector and budding pest control guru.
Prize giving at 2.30 💥
Huge amount of prizes and a shoutout to Outdoor Adventure Sports in Ashburton for an insane amount of gear for prizes 👏
Thanks to the organisers and sponsors for making this local event possible.

16/09/2026

Have you visited Harris Reserve yet?
This is an awesome place to see thriving biodiversity, and kānuka in its original landscape 🍃 it's a credit to those involved and the vision they had many years ago

🌿 1,200+ native trees planted. 🙌 60+ volunteers. 💚 Community connections.

The final day of Welcoming Week saw people of all ages and backgrounds come together at Harris Scientific Reserve to help restore the Canterbury Plains' native dryland ecosystem.

Thanks to Welcoming Communities - Ashburton District and everyone who got their hands dirty for a great cause 💚🌳

Learn more in the comments:

15/09/2026

🌿1 week out!! make sure we are in your diary!

We're delighted to invite you to the Kānuka Mid Canterbury Regeneration Trust 2026 AGM.

Our AGM is open to everyone — come along and get a little glimpse into the mahi we do, celebrate what we’ve achieved over the past year, hear about what’s ahead, and meet some of the wonderful people working behind the scenes.

📅 Tuesday 22 September
⏰ 5.30pm
📍 Ashburton Library

Whether you’re a supporter, funder, educator, community organisation, nature lover, or simply curious about what Kānuka does — we’d love to see you there. 🌱💚

Everyone is welcome

See you next week!

08/09/2026

🌿2 weeks to go!!

We're delighted to invite you to the Kānuka Mid Canterbury Regeneration Trust 2026 AGM.

Our AGM is open to everyone — come along and get a little glimpse into the mahi we do, celebrate what we’ve achieved over the past year, hear about what’s ahead, and meet some of the wonderful people working behind the scenes.

📅 Tuesday 22 September
⏰ 5.30pm
📍 Ashburton Library

Whether you’re a supporter, funder, educator, community organisation, nature lover, or simply curious about what Kānuka does — we’d love to see you there. 🌱💚

Everyone is welcome

03/09/2026

HELPERS NEEDED: Want to get involved in community planting projects? 🌱🍃

We are seeing our landscape slowly transform. Local Ross Hawthorne and his team of helpers have been busy on the north banks of the Ashburton River, and have a community planting this weekend:

🍃 When: This Saturday at 9.30am (5 Sept)
🍃 Where: off Trevor's Road entrance
🍃 Bring: spade and wear sturdy footwear

What started in covid times has now resulted in over 10,600 natives in the ground, which is an awesome achievement 👏 Chopping and clearing pest weeds has made way for habitat creation and biodiversity enhancement along this stretch of our river corridor 🐝🐛

01/09/2026

🌿3 Weeks to go!!

We're delighted to invite you to the Kānuka Mid Canterbury Regeneration Trust 2026 AGM.

Our AGM is open to everyone — come along and get a little glimpse into the mahi we do, celebrate what we’ve achieved over the past year, hear about what’s ahead, and meet some of the wonderful people working behind the scenes.

📅 Tuesday 22 September
⏰ 5.30pm
📍 Ashburton Library

Whether you’re a supporter, funder, educator, community organisation, nature lover, or simply curious about what Kānuka does — we’d love to see you there. 🌱💚

Everyone is welcome