​Who are the Cooks Beachcare Group?
  • We are local resident and ratepayer volunteers protecting our valuable dunes in conjunction with local and regional councils, DOC, and the local community.
  • There are Beachcare/Coast Care groups all over New Zealand with over a dozen on the Coromandel. 

What do we do?
Replace invasive exotic weeds with naturally occurring native dune plants using:
  • weekly morning working bees (mainly weeding and rubbish removal).
  • planting days during Autumn and/or Spring.
  • Each year on average we contribute about 1,000 hours and plant over 4,000 native dune plants.

Why do we do this work?
Dunes planted in native plants help:
  • protect the dunes and repair storm damage
  • support our native birds, lizards, and insects

Plants and technical advice are supplied by Councils. Cooks Beachcare and the community supply the enthusiastic labour. And all work is done without significantly restricting views or beach access.
2020 PLANTING DAY UPDATE
This August there will be 2 planting days: 
  • Assisting Council plant the new dune at the eastern end of the beach near the Endeavour memorial. August 8th,  9 am start. Wet weather option is August 9th.
  • Planting at the western end of the beach near the Cooks Stream. August 22nd, 9am start. Wet weather option is August 23rd
More information to follow.
Please follow Govt. Covid-19 guidelines for Level 1.
TCDC SHORELINE MANAGEMENT PLANS
If you are interested in the Coromandels coastal environment, our Council is now looking for volunteers to join four Coastal Panels that help inform our Shoreline Management Plans (SMPs) around our Thames-Coromandel coastline.
This major coastal management project will define the flooding and erosion risks to people and the  natural environment across all parts of our coastline over the next century and beyond.
If  you would like to take part further information can be found at: https://www.tcdc.govt.nz/coastal
Expressions of interest close on June 11, 2020.
WHENUAKITE SCHOOL POSTERS
Check out these amazing posters from the students of Whenuakite Middle School

An NZ Herald video on the Cook Memorial Planting

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