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Harbour restoration forges ahead u by Paul Campbell
With $4.67 million invested last year in a long-term $300 million project to reduce sediment flowing into the Kaipara Harbour, more than 500,000 native plants and 250km of fencing are planned for the next year.
Council grills Three Waters ambassador
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Tip fight counters critics
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Olympic level skate park plan
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“The Kaipara Moana Remediation Programme (KMR) is New Zealand’s largest catchment restoration programme and one of the most intensive afforestation efforts globally,” says programme leader Justine Daw. During its first full year of operations, KMR worked with 285 landowners to deliver 205 new Sediment Reduction Plans (SRPs) covering more than 40,000 hectares of land. Landowners committed to an additional 380,000 plants and 238 kilometres of fencing — more than the distance from Whangārei to Auckland. “Millions of local native plants are being grown in 17 accredited nurseries across Kaipara in preparation for the 2023 planting season and beyond to reduce sediment flowing into the waterway,” Justine said. The Ministry for the Environment, Northland Regional Council and Auckland Council signed a memorandum of agreement with Ngā Maunga Whakahii o Kaipara, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua, and Te Uri o Hau to form KMR in October 2020 after government funding was announced. “Less than two years later, efforts to revitalise the mauri of the Kaipara Moana are scaling up rapidly,” said Justine as designated Pou Tātaki. “The KMR kaupapa is to invest in local people to develop and sustain meaningful, naturebased employment and support people who whakapapa to the Kaipara returning home to work on the project. “This inclusive approach helps ensure that KMR can effectively support
p Justine Daw (bottom left) with the KMR programme team
community-led environmental action. Over a 6,000km² catchment, genuine partnership is key to achieving our goal of planting 20 million trees in the catchment over 10 years. We now work with, and through, a diverse set of delivery partners. By investing in communities, KMR is growing social equity and more sustainable, long-term relationships with the whenua.” Kaipara is the largest natural harbour in the Southern Hemisphere, is home to rare and threatened species, including migratory birds from the northern hemisphere. It contains some of the rarest ecosystems in New Zealand, including sand dune, sea grass, freshwater and estuarine wetland ecosystems. It is the breeding ground for New Zealand’s valuable snapper fishery. Today, less than
10% of the original native forest cover and just five per cent of wetlands remain, leading to a seven-fold increase in soil erosion and associated sediment washing into rivers and the harbour. “As a Jobs for Nature investment, KMR has a dual focus on growing people into new ‘green economy’ jobs,” says Justine. “In fact, it has developed training courses to upskill over 50 local KMR field advisers, to work alongside landowners and generated more than 60,000 hours of work, bringing tangible benefits to local communities.” Farmers, iwi/hapū and community groups interested in fencing off riparian and wetland areas and preparing land for planting during spring and summer are invited to complete an expression of interest at the KMR website. ¢
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