MANUKAU HARBOUR CLEAN-UP AND EDUCATION TOUR 20 FEBRUARY - 28 MARCH 2017 MANUKAU HARBOUR CLEAN-UP AND EDUCATION TOUR
Project Summary
Our second ‘Love Your Coast Manukau Harbour’ project resulted in a huge haul of litter being removed from beaches around the nation’s second largest harbour. The five week coastal clean-up and education tour ran from 20 February - 28 March and brought attention and much-needed hands-on action to the beautiful but mistreated coastlines of the Manukau Harbour.
Throughout the 2017 Love Your Coast with school groups, the Sustainable and pick up more rubbish, it’s also Manukau Harbour project, Sustainable Coastlines team was extremely a shame that it looks like the flow of Coastlines motivated 2,931 volunteers impressed with the input and support rubbish isn’t stopping in a hurry”, says to take action in 31 clean-up events from members of the local community, Programmes Manager Fletcher Sunde. to remove 4.2 tonnes, or 27,195 litres who turned up en masse to the public of litter from the harbour’s coastlines, clean up day on Saturday 4 March “In saying that, I feel positive about equivalent to 113 curbside bins. 2017. On an amazing community the future and I know that by re- day out, 412 volunteers signed in connecting people with our harbour Of even greater significance, our staff to clean-up at six locations around and working with a range of individuals and trained ambassadors delivered the harbour: Cornwallis, Waikowhai and organisations we can restore the our Love Your Coast litter awareness Park, Onehunga, Mangere Bridge, Manukau to its productive, beautiful presentation to 6,036 school students, Weymouth and Clarks Beach. For best.” corporate and community volunteers the first time, Sustainable Coastlines throughout the tour. Of particular note, was fortunate enough to have trained We would like to thank all of the nine presentations were delivered by ambassadors deliver Love Your Coast wonderful volunteers who put their trained, voluntary ambassadors to educational presentations at all six hands up to man the registration 1,130 people and one presentation was locations, which helped to motivate stations on Saturday 4 March, and delivered, for the first time, in Te Reo and inspire volunteers. extend thanks to Singapore Airlines, Māori to 230 students and staff at Te Benefitz, Auckland Airport, AUT, Kura Māori o Nga Tapuwae. “This is the second year running this Mangere-Otahuhu Local Board, project and while it feels good to Otara-Papatoetoe Local Board, While the project primarily worked educate more people than last year Manurewa Local Board, Franklin Local MANUKAU HARBOUR CLEAN-UP AND EDUCATION TOUR
Project Summary
Board, Whau Local Board, Kwik N Ezy • Wakaaranga Primary School In 2017, five business groups were Canopies, Phoenix Organics, Grab • Clevedon School involved in clean-up events, either in a It, Auckland Council’s Parks, Sport • Mangere East Primary School support capacity with school groups or and Recreation team and NZAEE • De La Salle College in clean-up events of their own. Seaweek for their support with funding • Baverstock Oaks School and logistics. We would not have been • Sutton Park School Auckland Airport was the principal able to complete this project without • Hobsonville Point Secondary sponsor of this project, thank you! The a number of very special people and School airport ran their own clean-up event organisations who helped out. • Hingaia Peninsula School which was supported in a logistical and • Stanhope Road School educational capacity by our staff. This In total, Love Your Coast presentations • Beachlands School was the sixth year Auckland Airport were delivered to 5,806 students • Dawson Primary School has run a clean-up event. ranging in age from new entrance to • South Auckland Middle School high school level. In addition to this, • Michael Park School AUT were again a sponsor of the 2,295 school students participated in • Park Estate School overall tour and in a repeat of 2016, coastal cleanups and removed 15,195 • Te Kura Māori o Nga Tapuwae we cleaned up Puhinui Reserve with a litres of rubbish from our beaches. • Rosehill College collection of AUT staff, students and • Mayfield Primary prospective students. Special mentions go to the 28 schools • Kauri Flats Primary that were involved in clean-ups and • Conifer Grove School Aurecon Group and ANZ Bank were received presentations: • Mission Heights Junior College involved in supporting roles for school • Onehunga Primary School clean-up activities, while Rixen NZ was • King’s College, St John’s House • Avondale Primary School a supporter of the Onehunga public • James Cook High School’s Teen • Auckland Seventh Day Adventist station. Parenting Unit High • Laingholm Primary School • Blockhouse Bay Primary MANUKAU HARBOUR CLEAN-UP AND EDUCATION TOUR
Special Thanks
Without the help of our generous for each of our six public registration Cornwallis registration station. sponsors and supporters we would stations, Phoenix Organics, who not have been able to have such a provided organic juices for our public Our amazing public registration successful tour. registration stations, and Grab It, who station managers Monique Wheat removed and transported rubbish (Cornwallis), Catherine Duncan Project Sponsors from the collection point at Ambury (Waikowhai), Donald Jessep Farm Park to the transfer station. (Onehunga), Janine Nillesen (Mangere The principal sponsor for the Thanks must also go to Kiwi Coaches, Bridge), Fred Buck (Weymouth) and event was Auckland Airport, who who provided discounted bus services. Rosemary Keay (Clarks Beach). contributed $10,000 through their ‘12 Days of Christmas’ program. Auckland Special Mentions Our ambassadors Tim Dove, Sophie University of Technology also Futter, Danielle Matthews, Charlotte contributed kindly to project costs, We could not have been completed Thomas, Michael Jessup, Isobel while four Local Boards (Mangere- this project without a number of very Hillman, Clinton Qin, Eve Gabor, Cailey Otahuhu, Otara-Papatoetoe, special people and organisations who Dayu, Grace Cowley, Paice Vaughan Manurewa and Whau) provided helped to smooth the road for us: and Aroha Tamatea for delivering funding to covers buses for schools, on the ground Love Your Coast and Franklin Local Board provided Janine Nillesen and Ambury Regional presentations to community members support for rubbish removal. Park for being perhaps the biggest at our public registration stations. proponent of the clean-up series and Supporters for allowing us to store coastal rubbish Bronwen Turner for her support, at Ambury Regional Park. networking and management at Considerable in-kind support Cornwallis. was received from a number of Mels Barton of Seaweek for inviting organisations including Kwik N Ezy, us to be a part of the NZAEE initiative Volunteers Jonathan Visser and the who supplied canopies and tables and for assisting in managing the Friends of the Farm group. MANUKAU HARBOUR CLEAN-UP AND EDUCATION TOUR
Project Results SUMMARY
Participants in clean-up Attendees at our educational Equivalent to 113 full large Equivalent to 182 suitcases at activities. presentations. kerbside wheelie bins the full baggage allowance = 50 people. = 50 people. (240 litre capacity). (23 kilograms).
2,9 1 Volunteers 6,0 6 People 27,19 Litres 4,200 Kilograms
PARTICIPANTS EDUCATION VOLUME WEIGHT MANUKAU HARBOUR Project Results CLEAN-UP AND EDUCATION TOUR DETAILED BREAKDOWN
MANUKAU HARBOUR CLEAN-UPS 20 FEBRUARY - 28 MARCH 2017
CATEGORY / MATERIAL ITEM COUNT CATEGORY / MATERIAL ITEM COUNT
HOUSEHOLD AND PERSONAL VEHICLE RELATED Appliances (refrigerators, washers, etc.) 900 Batteries (vehicle) 0 Batteries (household e.g. AA) 400 Cars/Car Parts 0 Bleach/Cleaner Bottles 200 Oil/Lube Bottles/Cans 100 Cigarette Lighters 1,900 Parking tickets and receipts 100 Cigarette Packaging/Wrappers/Cigarette butts 45,800 Tyres 100 Clothing pegs/pins 14,700 SUBTOTAL 300 Clothing, Shoes 13,100 Condoms 1,700 CONSTRUCTION RELATED Diapers 0 55-Gallon Drums 0 Gardening Related 8,100 Building Materials 200 Household (cosmetics, brushes etc.) 21,700 Pallets 0 Light Bulbs/Tubes 600 Plastic Sheeting/Tarps 0 Medical (asthma inhalers, pill packets etc) 6,200 Strapping Bands 0 Pens 5,400 Shotgun Shells/Wadding 400 SUBTOTAL 200 Syringes 200 Tampons/Tampon Applicators 200 OTHER Toys (including balls, fireworks etc) 13,400 Bags (paper) 0 SUBTOTAL 134,900 Bags (plastic) 1,200 Cardboard boxes and packaging 0 FOOD RELATED Glass bottle pieces 700 Plastic of unknown origin 40,000 6-Pack Holders 0 Polystyrene/foam 1,300 Beverage Bottles (glass) 500 Beverage Bottles (plastic) 1,800 SUBTOTAL 43,200 Beverage Cans 400 Caps, Lids 6,400 Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons 200 TOTAL 194,600 Food Wrappers/Containers 5,200 Items Lollipop sticks 200 Pull Tabs 0 Straws, Stirrers 1,000 SUBTOTAL 15,700
FISHING RELATED Bait Containers/Packaging 200 Boat parts 0 Buoys/Floats 0 Crab/Lobster/Fish Traps 0 Crates / Buckets 0 Fishing Line 0 Fishing Lures/Light Sticks 0 Fishing Nets 0 Rope 100 SUBTOTAL 300 Thank you
CHARITY PARTNERS
MAJOR SPONSOR
SUPPORTERS
NZ ASSOCIATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
Thank you to all of the people, schools and organisations that provided support and sponsorship to make this project possible. Without you we simply could not have coordinated this project.