Become a Waitakere Water Ambassador and we will send you a cool pack with free stuff to help you save water!

Hi Kids! Welcome to the Water Ambassadors Kids Club

This club is for five to ten year olds and is all about children helping our city and our world to be more careful with our precious drinking water supply. Read all about the WAKC characters on this page.

We'll give you information and materials that can help you spread the word on using water wisely. We'll also give you the opportunity to tell us what ways you're trying to use water wisely and put your ideas on the club webpage for the world to see.

This is a place you can have fun, learn heaps of useful stuff to share with others and make a positive difference to our environment.

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What's a water ambassador?

It's someone who cares about using water wisely and can explain this to other people. It's someone who is enthusiastic and cares a lot to help other people to feel the same. If you register to join you'll receive:

A welcome kit of FREE stuff and information.
A collectable badge. They come in five designs.

Note: 1 Welcome Kit and Collectable Badge per person.

You'll also be able to enter competitions with prizes and download things that interest you. How cool would it be if you could have your stories and artwork up on this site? That would make you an author or artist on the Internet.

Note: 1 entry per Water Ambassadors member is allowed per competition, any additional entries will be invalid.

Special Note: Due to the large numbers of members joining the Water Ambassadors Kids Club please allow 20 days for your Welcome Kit and Collectable Badge.

Why does water matter?

Perhaps you've heard about climate change? That's where the world's weather patterns are changing, temperatures are getting warmer and sometimes the rain does not fall where and when it is needed. That's a problem because we all need drinking water to live.

Here in Waitakere it rains quite a bit in winter but not so much in summer. Sometimes our summers get so dry we have to be super careful not to waste our drinking water because the amount of water in our dams gets very low.

And that's where you come in. Lots of you really do care about our environment and you want to protect the life you've got now and for when you're a grown-up.

If people are more careful with their drinking water now, we will all have enough to drink in the future. We do not want to spend millions of dollars building a new dam and all the treatment and pumping stations that go with it. Why? Not only would it be VERY expensive for us, it means we might have to flood part of our environment to make a new dam. A project that big would also create lots of carbon dioxide, which is bad for the health of our planet.

So… we all need to use less drinking water from the taps at home.

How can you help us do this?

Check for leaks around the home – taps, the toilet, the shower
Turn off the tap while you are brushing your teeth
Use the dishwasher only when it has a full load
Use the washing machine only when it has a full load
Have a short shower instead of a bath
Use a watering can or garden hose to water plants
Collect rain in a rainbarrel to use for outdoor activities like watering the garden or cleaning the car.