Project Parore is all about practical ecological restoration, enabling improvements in water quality, soil health, native habitats and biodiversity across the eight catchments of the northern Tauranga Harbour. We are striving for an engaged community that cares for and has a sense of pride in the environment in which they live. Landowners manage the ecosystems that provide livelihoods in a sustain
able way. Collaborative take action to restore and maintain the health of the land, water and native wildlife in their own backyards and shared public spaces. Parore is a native fish that used to be found in abundance around the estuaries within the harbour. Unfortunately, land development and the damage to waterways and water quality, has led to the progressive destruction of their home. Parore are vegetarians, and their grazing habits helped keep algal plants in check. The re-establishment of Parore habitat, and perhaps with it the natural control of sea lettuce, is one measure of the project’s eventual success.
