Wai Care

Wai Care is a community environmental education and action program helping to raise awareness of our waterways and the local environment in Papakura.

Using water quality monitoring as a tool, the Wai Care program aims to empower the community to protect the health of our waterways through a network of schools, community groups, and other organisations. The people involved in the program are working together for healthy waterways in our District. 

Wai Care brings the different groups together to regularly monitor the water quality of Papakura’s local streams and where necessary, take action to restore their health. The Council has committed to provide the training and resources needed to monitor streams in the District and to support remedial action to improve stream water quality in our District.

Primarily focusing on taking action with the Wai Care groups,  together the Council and the groups are committed to helping improve our streams and reduce the pollution. It’s not just about testing the water quality, it’s about improving our environment and restoring our streams to health.

If you're interested in joining the Wai Care programme, please contact the Council's Customer Service Centre on 295 1300 or email to register. If you're interested in finding out more about what's happening regionally with Wai Care, click here.