Urgent sites
1
Whangaparāoa — act now
Pilot sites
4
Scoping phase
Contacts mapped
18
Across 6 categories
Open actions
7
This week
Whangaparāoa — window open now
Rockpool harvesting ban active March 2026. Ngāti Manuhiri rāhui in effect.
Community is mobilised and looking for constructive action. This is the strongest public narrative
moment. Position seapods as "building the rockpools of tomorrow."
This week
Coffee with Becky — Mountains to Sea
Goal: confirm interest level + get intro before her contact leaves
Send email to Alex Goad — Reef Design Lab
[email protected] ·
draft ready in Email Drafts tab
Outreach to Revive Our Gulf — Katina Conomos
Two versions ready · lead with Version B (punchier hook)
Connect with Tom Wilde — WSP coastal team
LinkedIn · Tauranga project lead · engineering pathway
In progress
Identify iwi cultural advisor
Required before any site-specific council conversations
Map council infrastructure calendars
Auckland, Tauranga, Northland long-term plans
Define commercial model and fee structure
Critical — define before doing more free origination work
Strategic framing — use these in conversations
"Restoring the Gulf from the seafloor to the seawall" — Revive Our
Gulf below, Restoring Sealife above. The complete Gulf restoration story.
"They protected the rockpools that remain. We're building the rockpools of
tomorrow." — Whangaparāoa framing. Use in media and community contexts.
"Swim the Coast, Restore the Coast" — Jono Ridler campaign concept.
Each km of swim funds 1m² of living seawall habitat.