Aukaha’s planting team carried out the majority of the planting, with landowners also rolling up their sleeves and planting a large number of natives on their land. There have also been several community and school planting days held to give locals and those with an environmental passion an opportunity to assist with plantings of natives around waterways in the catchment.
The plants have been grown and supplied by Kāti Huirapa Rūnaka ki Puketeraki’s community nursery and Ribbonwood Nurseries in Dunedin and include such species as coprosma spp., carex spp., harakeke/flax and tī kōuka/cabbage tree.
Toitū Te Hakapupu project required completion of 20 km fencing of water ways as part of its KPIs agreed to in the funding deed.
To estimate how much of the main stems of the river was available to fence, the ORC project team developed a map showing the length of the main stem of the river.
Waterway (land use)
as per the map above
Hakapupu / Pleasant River (forestry) | 10 km |
Hakapupu / Pleasant River (pastoral) | 12 km |
Owhakaoho / Trotters Creek (forestry) | 14 km |
Owhakaoho / Trotters Creek (pastoral) | 6 km |
Tumai (pastoral) | 2 km |
Watkin Creek (forestry) | 5 km |
Watkin Creek (pastoral) | 7 km |