News & Events

The Newsletter of the Otatara Landcare Group is here (PDF, 2.68 MB), lots of good information and a chance to join the group and support whats going on in Otatara. All previous OLG publications can be found electronically here

If we are down to Covid Level 2 some planting can occur but we will need people to register with Barry Smith before coming to site.

We have changed the date to Saturday 11 September 2021, numbers will be strictly limited and will have two sessions for which people can book a place.

Please contact Barry at Enable JavaScript to view protected content. to register your attendance with a preferred time slot - Saturday 11th 10: ~ 12:00 and Saturday 13:00 ~ 15:00

If we are still at Level 3 by that stage we will need to reschedule.

Kind regards

Otatara Landcare Group

We have changed the date from Saturday to Sunday 12 September 2021, starting at 10am and followed by a BBQ. Put the date in your diary today!

Otatara Landcare Group AGM - 19 May 2021 at 7.30 pm in the Otatara Community Church, Oreti Road. Followed by an illustrated talk by Lloyd Esler - History of the New River Estuary

On 13 April 2021 the Otatara Landcare Group hosted 150 SGHS students at Bushy Point as part of their Year 7 community break out days. The day included learning about pests, seed collecting and planting trees, and learning about birds in our forests. Otatara Landcare Group volunteers coordinated this with help from Mark Oster, as well as Environment Southland staff Walter Fieldes and Neville Parminter. While it was a bit wet at times, the girls were interested and enthused and had a lot of fun. Big thanks to those that helped with this day, and to the Year 7 girls for helping with the restoration of Bushy Point. OLG Chair Barry Smith did a great job overseeing the planting of almost 200 native plants. A few students are looking forward to the annual planting day at Bushy Point on Saturday September 11th – check out www.otataralandcare.org.nz/news-events/