The Kaikōura Blue Fish Treasure Hunt

The Kaikōura Water Zone Committee and Kaikōura District Council were delighted to receive 21 individual and class entries. To enter, children needed to record how many guardians they spotted and tell us what kind of pollutants we need to keep out of our stormwater drains.

Big congratulations to our winners!

• Individual Winner – Billy Dewhirst 
• Class Winner – St Joseph’s School Pohutakawa Class 

Our winning class will receive a pizza shout from Black Rabbit, and our individual winner, a voucher to grab some fun goodies from PaperPlus Kaikōura. 

Local Council Community Development Worker Sarah Wright said they were delighted with the uptake.

It’s easy to forget that what washes down our stormwater drain flows directly, unfiltered into our streams, rivers and the ocean.

The Kaikōura Water Zone Committee and Kaikōura District Council chose to put in the blue aquatic icons above our stormwater drains as a visual reminder that what goes down them has immediate impacts on local aquatic life.

When contaminants like litter, dirt or chemicals are allowed to wash off hard surfaces like pavements and roads and into our stormwater drains, it can cause serious illness or even death for the wildlife that live in our waterways and the ocean.

During Seaweek, the Kaikōura community celebrated its precious aquatic life and beautiful marine environments. Our new blue stormwater guardians will remind us to keep their homes clean.