The amazing team at Tāhuna Beach Holiday Park organised this fantastic community event, with many local organisations bringing their team along to help on the day. He mihi nui, a massive THANK YOU to the 200+ participants who showed up with aroha and energy for this beach clean-up at Tahunanui Beach this weekend!
Together, we picked up just over 700kg of paru (rubbish) including bottles, plastic, cans, styrofoam … and even a couch! We’re so proud of our hapori (community) for showing such manaakitanga (care and respect) for our beautiful takutai (coastline). Events like this show the power of kotahitanga,unity in action. Let’s continue to care for our moana and whenua, one cleanup at a time!
Who was involved?
A massive shout out to Tāhuna Beach Holiday Park team, for organising and pulling off such a successful event. Our Tasman Bay Guardians team helped to weigh the mountain of rubbish! Nelson Surf life Saving Club were amazing, collecting the heavier items with their ATV. Mitre 10 MEGA Nelson Helping Hands supplied the BBQ and sizzling sausages for all the hungry volunteers (240 well earned sausages all eaten by 11:30!). Enviro NZ provided bins, skips, and disposed the collected waste. Night ‘n Day Tāhunanui brought along some great spot prizes and refreshing cold beverages, and all these local businesses and organisations who supported with spot prizes or by showing up in person: Moana SUP & Surf, Natureland Wildlife Trust Nelson Classic Car Museum Pic’s Peanut Butter, The Gentle Cycling Company, The Deck Cafe Tahuna, Nelson Airport New Zealand, What’s On Tahunanui Nelson, Coastguard New Zealand and Whakatū Rotary. What an amazing turnout and very generous contributions and community spirit!
