by Kimberley Collins | Apr 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
Ahikā Consulting has become Whirika Consulting. In 2011, we started our business with strong objectives to enhance the natural world, assist businesses to lower carbon emissions, and support the resilience of communities. The meaning of Ahikā resonated with our mahi...
by Niki Bould | Apr 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) has announced the recipients of its fourth round of industrial de-carbonisation investment from the GIDI fund. This funding supports businesses to reduce carbon emissions by providing investment capital for...
by Liz Sherwood | Feb 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
In the heart of our cities, amid the concrete and cars, more and more people are thinking about how they can bring nature — and biodiversity — into their backyards. But does planting natives, trapping introduced predators, and creating good habitat for birds, bugs,...
by Liz Sherwood | Dec 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
Here at Whirika, we’re leading a multi-stakeholder project team developing case studies of two Māori Land Trusts with the aim of identifying a pathway to engage a new generation of kaitiaki to protect historically and culturally significant sites. You can read...
by Liz Sherwood | Oct 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
We’re excited to share the release of New Zealand’s first Regional Energy Transition Accelerator (RETA) report. The report was developed in partnership between EECA and Southland economic development agency Great South. It is focussed on Southland’s moderate to...
by Mike Thorsen | May 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
It was a great day today with the announcement of funding from Predator Free 2050 for the proposed pest eradication programme on Farewell Spit to Whanganui inlet. The HealthPost Nature Trust and the Tasman Environmental Trust are delighted to receive the news that...