North Canterbury News: May 12, 2022

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OUR TOWN KAIAPOI 10 The North Canterbury News, May 12, 2022 Zone committee visits The Pines Wetland Heavy rain since Christmas has been amixed blessing for the The Pines Wetland in the Tuhaitara Coastal Park. The Waimakariri Zone Committee recently held afield trip to The Pines with Te Kohaka oTuhaitara Trust general manager Greg Byrnes to discuss summer rain, the work of the trust and projects planned for the future. ‘‘We’ve had 300ml of rain in the area since Christmas and although this has helped some of our budding plants to grow, it has also meant that the weeds are flourishing too,’’ Greg says. The park covers around 700 hectares of land along the coastline from the Waimakariri River mouth, north to the settlement of Waikuku Beach. It stretches along the coast for 10.5km and comprises many natural features of local, regional and national importance. The Pines Wetland is around 44 hectares of the park and is a priority for the trust, which is planning to carry out weed control in the area, to remove the unwanted growth. This will make way for new plants which are set to be installed. Trees That Count has agreed to donate 10,000 trees, including Ribbonwood and cabbage trees / ti kouka to the trust over the next five years. The first 2000 of these are set to be planted by acontractor in the coming weeks. The trust has brought in a contractor due to Covid19 Aerial view ... The Tuhaitara Coastal Park covers anarrow stretch of Waimakariri coastline. PHOTOS: ENVIRONMENT CANTERBURY restrictions making it difficult to organise volunteer planting days. In January last year afire broke out in aproperty next to the wetland and quickly spread, causing the destruction of many trees, including pines, which were in the wetland. Despite these circumstances, Greg is looking at the positives. ‘‘The fire gave us afresh approach to how we want the wetland to look going forward,’’ he says. Afire break is now being planned for aspace between the wetland and neighbouring properties to provide added protection should another incident occur. ‘‘Interestingly, we’ve seen an increase in the number of whitefaced heron occupying the wetland since the fire, now that the area’s much more open,’’ Greg says. One small part of the wetland, off Batten Grove, has been replanted by Kaiapoi North School children as part of their Feast for Flight programme. ‘‘It’s been planted with species which will attract birds, like ones with berries and nectar,’’ Greg says. Waimakariri Zone Committee is keen to support the trust’s work in the wetland, committee member Carolyne Latham says. Field trip ... Te Kohaka oTuhaitara Trust general manager Greg Byrnes shows Waimakariri Zone Committee members around the wetland. ‘‘It was awesome to see what has been done and what can be done with alittle extra support,’’ she says. The zone committee has recommended the project receive close to $15,000 for the weed control work /mahi this year. It comes 10 years after the committee first supported the park, when it pitched to help help fund work in the Tutaepatu Lagoon, near Woodend. The committee previously recommended around $200,000 over five years in Immediate Steps Funding for the restoration of the 49 hectare freshwater lagoon. The funding supported weed control and planting of more than 4000 native plants including kahikatea, New Zealand’s tallest forest tree. After 2015, the trust received further Immediate Steps Funding which supported other projects in the park including The Pines Wetland. Greg says the trust is grateful for the committee’s support and hopes it will spark further collaboration. ‘‘I hope the committee considers reconnecting with the park. ‘‘Its previous support was vital to the restoration of the Tutaepatu Lagoon,’’ he says.
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