Naylor Love Leads the Way in Protecting Urban Waterways with Awhi Awa
- Natalie Jessup
- Sep 12
- 2 min read
At Sylvia Park in Auckland, Naylor Love has taken a simple but effective step for our waterways. Their team adopted the stormwater drain closest to the busy site entrance as part of the Awhi Awa | Embrace a Stream project, showing that even in high-traffic urban areas, small actions can protect endangered species.
“The Endangered Species Foundation sent a great resource pack and a tuna (native longfin eel) sign to mark the drain with a lasting reminder that whatever goes down stormwater drains flows into our precious waterways.” — Naylor Love
The team at Naylor Love received an Awhi Awa kete - a resource pack filled with practical tools: a tuna drain sign made from scrap stainless steel, information about native freshwater fish species, and tips for reducing stormwater pollution. The kete makes it easy for businesses and communities to see how everyday choices affect the health of our rivers and streams and every business who buys a pack also recieves link to more online resources including workshops and presentations that can be shared with their team.
We know every workplace and community is different. That’s why we’re happy to share these resources widely and adapt Awhi Awa workshops to suit staff teams, client events, or business needs - whether that’s a quick lunchtime session or a hands-on stream visit.
Partnerships like this are what Awhi Awa is all about: connecting people where they live and work to the health of their local awa. By embracing a single drain or stream, businesses, their teams, and their clients can help restore habitats for vulnerable species.
If your organisation would like to get involved, we’d love to connect - because thriving ecosystems start with everyday care from all of us.
