A new addition to Restore Rodney East: future-proofing our operations
- 3 days ago
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Environmental Coordination Hub – Te Puna Taiao
Arriving in the dark on the evening of 29 June, Restore Rodney East welcomed a significant new addition to the organisation — a Portacom that will form part of our Environmental Coordination Hub – Te Puna Taiao, strengthening our ability to support environmental work across the region.
Delivered and carefully positioned on site, the unit marks an important step in future-proofing RRE’s operations and ensuring we have flexible infrastructure to support the work we do now and into the future.
This addition has been facilitated through the coordination of Sarah Churchouse, who has a well-developed ability to build relationships that turn ideas into action and partnerships into outcomes, working alongside partners and supporters to bring the project together and secure the necessary support to make it possible.
This Portacom provides practical space within Te Puna Taiao for planning, coordination, meetings, and volunteer support. Importantly, it also offers flexibility.
When our Watercare lease comes to an end in a few years’ time, having flexible, relocatable infrastructure ensures RRE can adapt as circumstances change, including the ability to move with us if our base of operations changes in the future. That adaptability is a key part of building resilience into how we operate.
This addition strengthens the operational capacity behind the scenes — the planning, relationship building, and coordination that make on-the-ground restoration work possible.
We acknowledge the support of Portacom, who made the unit available at a reduced cost, Lion Transport for the careful delivery and placement, and Lotteries for their funding support toward this development. Each has played a role in enabling this next step for the organisation.
While simple in structure, the Environmental Coordination Hub – Te Puna Taiao represents something important for RRE: adaptability, continuity, and readiness for the future. It ensures that as our work grows and changes, our capacity to support it can move with us.
This is a practical investment in long-term resilience — not just for today’s projects, but for the future of environmental restoration in our region.
We look forward to what this space will enable in the future.
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