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July 2019
ONE BILLION TREES FOR NZ
SEVENTY THOUSAND FOR THE WAIMEA INLET
It was raining on Wednesday 3 July but that didn’t dampen the celebrations as Minister for Forestry Shane Jones announced his support for a significant planting project based around the Waimea Inlet.
Tasman Environmental Trust (TET) applied to the One Billion Trees fund for support to plant over 70,000 native trees on freshwater, island and estuary margin sites around the Waimea Inlet over the coming 3 years.
The motivation and momentum within the community to restore the native habitat values of the Waimea Inlet has grown considerably over recent years. There are many individuals, groups and organisations leading and delivering restoration projects, from private landowners, councils, and conservation entities like TET, who support large landscape projects e.g. Battle for the Banded Rail.
This programme is about developing a “whole of estuary“ approach that enables these projects to connect and scale up the restoration of the Waimea Inlet. TET looks forward to working with all sectors of the community on this programme, including whanau, hapu and iwi.
The announcement was well attended despite the rain and both Agriculture Minister and West Coast-Tasman MP Damien O'Connor, and Forestry Minister Shane Jones planted trees at the Hoddy Estuary Park site.
ONE BILLION TREES FOR NZ
SEVENTY THOUSAND FOR THE WAIMEA INLET
It was raining on Wednesday 3 July but that didn’t dampen the celebrations as Minister for Forestry Shane Jones announced his support for a significant planting project based around the Waimea Inlet.
Tasman Environmental Trust (TET) applied to the One Billion Trees fund for support to plant over 70,000 native trees on freshwater, island and estuary margin sites around the Waimea Inlet over the coming 3 years.
The motivation and momentum within the community to restore the native habitat values of the Waimea Inlet has grown considerably over recent years. There are many individuals, groups and organisations leading and delivering restoration projects, from private landowners, councils, and conservation entities like TET, who support large landscape projects e.g. Battle for the Banded Rail.
This programme is about developing a “whole of estuary“ approach that enables these projects to connect and scale up the restoration of the Waimea Inlet. TET looks forward to working with all sectors of the community on this programme, including whanau, hapu and iwi.
The announcement was well attended despite the rain and both Agriculture Minister and West Coast-Tasman MP Damien O'Connor, and Forestry Minister Shane Jones planted trees at the Hoddy Estuary Park site.
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July 2019
Two other mentions in the news this month... Great article about New Zealand's work towards Predator Free 2050. Sky and Tracey were interviewed for this article and the work being done by TET and the Battle for the Banded Rail gets a nice highlight. Thanks BBC News! And Backyard Trapping in the News with a mention for TET supported Mapua Dawn Chorus. Thanks to Mapua local Tom Fillary for sharing his trapping experience. |
March 2019
Nina Fowler who is one of our younger volunteers has been filmed by TVNZ about her involvement with the Battle for the Banded Rail for the children's programme Fanimals in the 'My Big Backyard' section, (Episode 170, 27th March 2019) This is well worth a watch as she is a fantastic ambassador for this project and an inspiration. Great work Nina. Congratulations!
Nina Fowler who is one of our younger volunteers has been filmed by TVNZ about her involvement with the Battle for the Banded Rail for the children's programme Fanimals in the 'My Big Backyard' section, (Episode 170, 27th March 2019) This is well worth a watch as she is a fantastic ambassador for this project and an inspiration. Great work Nina. Congratulations!
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December 2018
The Tasman Environment Trust is helping mobilise the community to donate and volunteer towards significantly reducing invasive wasp populations in Nelson and Tasman at the region’s favourite recreational and tourism spots. You can read more here.
The Tasman Environment Trust is helping mobilise the community to donate and volunteer towards significantly reducing invasive wasp populations in Nelson and Tasman at the region’s favourite recreational and tourism spots. You can read more here.
15 August 2018
An elusive wetland bird with distinctive features has been spotted in Mapua for the first time in five years. Since 2014, members of the Battle for the Banded rail project have been working at several sites in the Waimea Inlet to restore the habitat of the estuarine-dwelling native bird. Read more in The Nelson Mail
An elusive wetland bird with distinctive features has been spotted in Mapua for the first time in five years. Since 2014, members of the Battle for the Banded rail project have been working at several sites in the Waimea Inlet to restore the habitat of the estuarine-dwelling native bird. Read more in The Nelson Mail
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Or watch this video of Sky Davies and Kathryn Brownlie, members of Battle for the Banded Rail show plantings in Research Orchard Rd, Appleby and explain the project.
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23rd June 2017
The Waimea Inlet community is making massive progress in its mission to restore the habitat of an at-risk bird. Read more in The Nelson Mail
The Waimea Inlet community is making massive progress in its mission to restore the habitat of an at-risk bird. Read more in The Nelson Mail