For over 20 years, we’ve been restoring the Pūharakekenui | Styx River catchment.

The Styx Living Laboratory Trust leads environmental restoration and research through partnerships with volunteers, schools, and scientists.

Project Kotare: Reviving a River. One Tree at a Time.

Our largest restoration project topped 200,000 native trees along the Pūharakekenui.

Community planting, research, and story-sharing events.

Supporting native species through predator control and monitoring.

Collaborate on science and sustainability through our newsletter.

Join community planting days and citizen science events.

Collaborate on science, restoration, and education initiatives.

Contribute to bird counts, fish surveys, and vegetation monitoring.

Working with community and partners to restore native habitats across the catchment.

Active in ecological restoration, research, and community engagement since 2001.

Long-term science programmes observing birds, fish, and water health.