Wetland workshop - achieve the right wetland type, in the right place
Fri, 31 Oct
|Warkworth
Learn how to create small, farm-scale constructed treatment wetlands, and restore natural wetlands. The aim is for water quality and quantity treatment to enhance biodiversity within intensive farming and horticultural landscapes.
Time & Location
31 Oct 2025, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
Warkworth, 615 Matakana Road, Warkworth 0985, New Zealand
About the event
To help landowners understand and plan wetland restoration, Friends of Awa Matakanakana and Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust are bringing Dr Rebecca Eivers to Matakana for a free one-day workshop.
Registration is essential to ensure we have enough food for your light lunch! https://events.humanitix.com/matakana-wetland-workshop-with-rebecca-eivers
Dr Rebecca Eivers will expand on projects, including coarse sedimentation ponds, fine sediment and particulate nutrient filtration, nutrient uptake and E. coli reduction. She will also share experiences of re-wetting and restoring existing drained and degraded wetlands.
During farm visits, participants can discuss how best to avoid the problems and issues Rebecca has encountered while working with wetland ecosystems.
Participants can learn how to achieve the right wetland type, in the right place, for the right reasons and how to search for and recognise good opportunities for wetland re-wetting, re-creation, restoration, and construction in their focus areas or catchments.
Wetlands restore native biodiversity, including aquatic life…