Our aim is to support landowners to better manage the quality of the environment and restore the health of the Waimatā Catchment. This includes reducing loss of soils, controlling riverbank erosion, improving biodiversity on the farms and in the riparian environment of the river and its tributaries, restore wetlands and support the expansion of threatened species in their habitats in the catchment. We do this through implementing stock exclusion fencing, planting native species along the Waimatā River, its tributaries and in and around wetlands, planting poplar and willow in areas where stock exclusion is not practical or whether it will support erosion management and a transition to native species in the longer term. We aim to partner with local hapū on this work and to better understand the relationship between hapū cultural values and the catchment area. We support research into better understanding the values of the catchment and how land management decisions can support those values. We also aim to support the community and its spirit within the catchment so that we are well placed to face the environmental challenges of the future.