Your Catchment Group Coordinator
Ginny Kennedy
021914765
ginny@thrivingsouthland.co.nz
Catchment Group Contact
Peter Sim
027 487 5115
About Us
The Between the Domes Catchment Group began in 2017, with a great cross section of people from different backgrounds. The group areas was redefined in 2021 to allow for more specific projects within the smaller catchments.
Our Purpose
Engage, Educate, Enhance. Engaging with the community and all those who live in it, while increasing environmental understanding for positive change.
Our Mission
Positively influencing good management practices community wide to ensure longevity of healthy landscapes, lifestyles and businesses to live and play in.
Our Values
Intergenerational and custodial thinking for living on the land.
Transparency of farming systems and their impacts.
Connecting communities and people.
Pride in our surroundings ad recreational opportunities.
Safe and secure community to live and play in.
Catchment Area
Between the Domes Catchment sits between West and Mid Dome, including the whole of Five Rivers Plain from Eyre Mountains and Jollies Pass in the North, Gorge Hill in the West, Lintley in the East, to just past Josephville in the South.
It is an area of diverse landscapes, from alpine tussock land through beech forest to river flats, with streams, rivers and wetlands.
Recent Events
The group recently came together for a relaxed social evening held in a local woolshed. The gathering brought together farming families and people from the Lumsden community, creating a great space to catch up, share ideas, and enjoy some good conversation. Events like this strengthen community ties and give everyone the chance to connect outside of formal meetings, making it easier to work together on local catchment projects in the future.
Projects
The Between the Domes Catchment Group has been active with a wide range of initiatives aimed at improving land and water health. Past projects have included a Baleage Wrap Recycling Project, a Catchment Survey and Booklet, and a Wetland Project. The group has also run Field Days on topics such as wintering and wetland design, giving members the chance to learn in a practical, hands-on way.
Their efforts haven’t gone unnoticed – in 2022, the group was recognised with the Environmental Action in Water Quality Award at the Environment Southland Community Awards, a reflection of the hard work and commitment of everyone involved.
Thriving Southland is a community-led group with a vision to create a prosperous Southland, healthy people, healthy environment from the mountains to the sea.
CONTACT US
25 Don Street,
Invercargill 9810
