The Living Waters documentary project is designed to encourage the community to be informed, to be aware and to take action.
You are the eyes and the ears of the Harbour: act to protect it, volunteer to look after it and work to restore it.
Useful Support Links
Below is a list of links to other websites that we have either found useful in the making of Living Waters or are a good general source of background information on the Porirua Harbour and its catchment.
Local Iwi
Ngati Toa http://www.ngatitoa.iwi.nz/
Local & Regional Government
Porirua City Council http://www.pcc.govt.nz/
Greater Wellington Regional Council http://www.gw.govt.nz/
Wellington City Council http://www.wellington.govt.nz/
Wildlife Groups & Organisations
Guardians Of Pauatahanui Inlet http://www.gopi.org.nz/
Pauatahanui Inlet Community Trust http://www.pict.org.nz/
New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society http://limsoc.rsnz.org/
Wriggle Coastal Management http://www.wriggle.co.nz/
Whitireia Park Restoration Group http://www.gw.govt.nz/whitireia-park-restoration-group-planting-day/
Trees for Survival http://www.tfsnz.org.nz/
Conservation Volunteers New Zealand http://www.conservationvolunteers.co.nz/
National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research http://www.niwa.co.nz/
Department Of Conservation http://www.doc.govt.nz/
Forest & Bird http://www.forestandbird.org.nz/
World Wildlife Fund- Aotearoa http://www.wwf.org.nz/
Transport
New Zealand Transport Agency http://www.nzta.govt.nz/
Cycle Aware Wellington/ Cycling Advocates Network http://can.org.nz/wellington
The Built Environment
Sustainability Trust http://sustaintrust.org.nz/
Sustainable Habitat Challenge http://www.shac.org.nz/
Ecomatters Environment Trust http://ecomatters.org.nz/
Earth Building Association of New Zealand http://www.earthbuilding.org.nz/
Building Biology & Ecology Institute http://www.ecoprojects.co.nz/
Graeme North Architects http://www.ecodesign.co.nz/index.html
LiteHouse Sustainable Building http://www.ecodesign.co.nz/index.html
Recreation
Paremata Boating Club http://www.paremataboatingclub.org.nz/
Kapiti Boating Club http://www.kapitiboatingclub.org.nz/club/frameset.html
Waka Ama Aotearoa http://www.wakaama.co.nz/
Kapiti Photographic Society http://www.kcps.org.nz/
Waste
Keep Porirua Beautiful http://host.ourporirua.com/Default.aspx?alias=host.ourporirua.com/keepporiruabeautiful
Keep NZ Beautiful http://www.knzb.org.nz/
Trash Palace http://www.trashpalace.co.nz/
Love Your Coast http://www.loveyourcoast.org/
Sustainable Coastlines http://www.sustainablecoastlines.org/
Community Projects & Events
Creekfest Porirua http://www.ourporirua.com/News/tabid/82/ctl/ArticleView/mid/610/articleId/129/Default.aspx
Te Maara at Cornwall Community Garden- Porirua http://host.ourporirua.com/keepporiruabeautiful/AdoptaSpot/tabid/2494/language/en-US/Default.aspx
ReGeneration http://www.regeneration.org.nz/
Intersect http://we.intersect.org.nz/
Enviroschools http://www.enviroschools.org.nz/
Inspiring Stories http://www.inspiringstories.org.nz/
Information & Resources
Te Ara - Encyclopedia of New Zealand http://www.teara.govt.nz/
New Zealand History Online http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/
New Zealand Film Archive http://www.filmarchive.org.nz/
NZ On Screen http://www.nzonscreen.com/
Greening The Screen http://www.greeningthescreen.co.nz/
Permaculture New Zealand http://www.greeningthescreen.co.nz/
EcoBob http://www.ecobob.co.nz/
Porirua Hospital Museum http://www.poriruahospitalmuseum.org.nz/
Sustainable Business Network http://www.sustainable.org.nz/
Good NZ book on life in estuaries - put out by Canterbury University Press
http://www.cup.canterbury.ac.nz/catalogue/catalogue_author_i-m.shtml
NIWA info pages on estuaries (lots are from Mal Green) and report
http://www.niwa.co.nz/education-and-training/schools/students/estuaries
http://www.niwa.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/51118/riskmap.pdf or http://www.niwa.co.nz/news-and-publications/publications/all/wa/10-4/estuaries
http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/publications/teaching/alpha/114/
http://www.niwa.co.nz/our-science/freshwater/tools/nzestuaries/life
http://www.niwa.co.nz/our-science/freshwater/tools/nzestuaries/ails
http://www.niwa.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/41881/nzestuaries-full.pdf
Seagrass
http://www.niwa.co.nz/news-and-publications/publications/all/wa/15-1/seagrass
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/fish-battling-survive-seagrass-decline-4010226/video - good video.
http://www.niwa.co.nz/news-and-publications/publications/all/wa/15-1/marine
PCC sites
Kiwi Conservation Club http://www.kcc.org.nz/
Landcare Research http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/
QEII National Trust http://www.openspace.org.nz/
Sustainable Living Education Trust http://www.sustainableliving.org.nz/Default.aspx
