​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.

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TIAKI MAURI BIOBLITZ: March 5th - 7th 2020

Organised by the Auckland Museum, the Cooks Beachcare Group along with local school students and volunteers were proud to take part in this 3 day event.

After surveying  flora, fauna and archaeology to compare to the scientific study carried out by the HMS Endeavour 250 years ago, the event culminated in an open day on the Saturday where experts happily answered questions and provided a wealth of knowledge.

​For more information please click here. 
 

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WHENUAKITE SCHOOL POSTERS
Check out these amazing posters from the students of Whenuakite Middle School

An NZ Herald video on the Cook Memorial Planting