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Mussel rescue project underway u by Paul Campbell
A Kaipara Harbour mussel restoration project is off to a fine start with a rāhui ceremony at Tinopai Hall to cement in place controls to protect five fledgling mussel sites along the local coastline.
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The gathering placed a tapu over mussels, prohibiting anyone from harvesting them from the intertidal zone around Tinopai, from Bushy point on the Wairoa river to Te Kopua point on the Arapaoa river. “The tapu shall remain until mana whenua come together to determine when to remove it,” said Tinopai Resource Management Unit kaumātua, Mikaera Miru from Waiaotea marae. “Rāhui is an important tool to manage the protection of mussels into the future.” More than 70 locals and visitors attended the event and enjoyed a hāngī meal reception. Mina Henare from Tinopai RMU talked about the establishment of the mussel restoration programme and the establishment of five sites known as Kiita, Komiti, Torewa, Waipuna and Tou o Maruwhata currently being monitored. “Forty years ago Tinopai was renowned for mussels, but now they have almost disappeared. Several thousand small mussels scraped off the Tinopai wharf pylons during a Kaipara District Council inspection provided the mussels for the monitoring sites. After relocating them, most mussels have attached themselves to rocks and appear to be healthy. Two octopus and two eels have been discovered at one of the monitoring sites, together with mussel shells, indicating marine life is already attracted. Interim Tinopai primary school principal Kristeen Peters said school children are being involved with one of the monitoring sites and have made rāhui signage, and some have already started to alert people not to harvest mussels. ¢
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