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Stream clean-up, PoriruaTe whakatikatika manga wai, Porirua

Cleaning rubbish from local awa plays an integral role in protecting our ika and other living things in our water.

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Mā te kohikohi para i ngā awa, kei te tiaki tātou i ā tātou ika me ngā koiora katoa kei roto i te wai.

Natone Park School, Porirua proved a great team and . They even removed a whole trolley. This is just one of the programmes run by Mountains to Sea Wellington and local schools.

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This project is part of Te Taiao | Nature at Te Papa.

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