It is supported by funding from the Freshwater Improvement Fund, Ministry for the Environment and is based out of Colville. Our project is one of nineteen projects across Aotearoa which was awarded funding in 2021 by the Ministry for Environment’s Freshwater Improvement Fund. We are fortunate to be supported by our many partners including local iwi (including the Hauraki Collective), landowners, C
olville Harbour Care Nursery, Waikato Regional Council and World Wildlife Fund for Nature. Our Project includes the protection of 12.8 ha of native wetland from grazing, and stock exclusions from over 16km of rivers and streams. The protection of native wetlands means the valuable services, such as flood protection and water quality improvements, they provide will be safeguarded for the future. A minimum of 75,000 native plants will be planted over the next five years through the project. Fencing and planting the lower reaches of the streams flowing into the Tīkapa Moana/Hauraki Gulf not only improves our local catchment’s health but also benefits the entire Gulf and the ecosystems and species it sustains.
