​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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2020 PLANTING DAY UPDATE
As the Cooks Beachcare Group need to fulfill safety guidelines concerning Covid-19 there is no community planting day possible at present. 
This winter we will be primarily assisting Councils work on the new dune at the eastern end of the beach near the 1769 Endeavour memorial. 
Once this project is completed our Group may return to planting sites at the western end, dependent on plant supply.
Please watch for updates. We wish all our supporters the very best and look forward to seeing you again as we care for and improve our precious environment. 

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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