Opanuku Stream
Project Twin Streams is an exciting and ambitious project for Waitakere City’s communities to restore and reclaim the city’s streams as the heart of our neighbourhoods.
It aims to make the health of the environment a part of everyday life and to inspire individuals to make informed decisions that improve their community and environment. There is something in it for everyone, from weeding and planting to the development of related art and learning how to ‘tread more lightly’ on the earth.
Along with the Pacifica Arts Centre and the Waitakere Adults Education Association, CEAC administers the Opanuku Stream section of the Waitakere City wide Project Twin Streams, and the project coordinator Annie Cochrane is based onsite at the Corban Estate.
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| Community Planting Day |
For schools, we offer a programme that links environmental learning with art. This includes a guided stream visit on the Corban Estate and the opportunity to create artwork inspired by this visit and learning. For more information on the Opanuku Stream Education Programme click here. |
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| Annie Cochrane, Project Twin Streams Coordinator with members from the Te Ata group on their site on the Opanuku Stream. |
To any of you who are connected with the Opanuku Stream area (from the Corban Estate to Border Road and beyond) we offer you the opportunity to restore and reclaim the Opanuku Stream as the heart of this neighbourhood. Together we can contribute by getting rid of the invasive weeds and rubbish that degrade the stream and replanting the streamsides with native plants, so that the stream runs clean again and becomes home to native birds, insects and fish.
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| Community Planting Day |
Cycle and walkways will run alongside the stream, linking our neighbourhoods, and turning us towards the beautiful stream and natural areas, so that we may both enjoy and care for them better.
Project Twin Streams, Opanuku Stream, acknowledges Maori Wisdom and relationships with the earth and water. It brings hope that old and new ways of caring for people and the planet can come forward.
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We welcome you to become involved by:
Coming along to community planting days (see dates below)
Adopting an area of the Opanuku streamside which you plant and care for – with support from Project Twin Streams (great for groups)
Becoming a member of The Project Twin Streams Friends of the Opanuku Stream and participating in many interesting PTS projects.
For more information contact Annie Cochrane or phone: 09 835 2726
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