August 23 2016
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Planting for the future by Ayla Miller
The planting of a targeted 16,000 trees in a major project to protect and preserve the waters of the Kaipara harbour gained new impetus with a recent celebrity arrival to the district pitching in to help.
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New Kaipara resident, media personality Paul Henry, by his own admission a man known for being ‘mean when he is hungry’ also sweetened up his new neighbours during a planting day with Otamatea HarbourCare last Saturday. He joined a group of around 24 community members as they planted 2,050 trees on the Cocking’s farm in Whakapirau and dished out chocolate bars to volunteers. “I get paid to do a lot of things which have an immediate impact but a short shelf life,” Mr Henry said. “What we are doing today is much more about the long term — we could be speeding up the restoration process by 200 years.” HarbourCare secretary and organiser, Mark Vincent, said a total of 4,150 trees were planted last week during four working bees. “This almost completes the community planting projects for the year. We have a couple more smaller jobs to finish off before the season ends but they are relatively small scale. “Altogether this season we have planted 15,350 trees and hope to reach our target of 16,000 by September.” Mr Vincent said inviting Mr Henry to join in was part of his aim to provide an enjoyable and memorable experience for people taking part in the planting project. “For me a really important dimension to this whole business is the community
Mark Vincent of Otamatea HarbourCare chats with media personality and new Kaipara resident Paul Henry during the planting day
and social aspect because there are new people coming into the area all the time and this is a good way to ease them into the community. “It was an opportunity for people to make new connections and to catch up with friends. “I was also keen for Paul to see what a rural community can be like and how people, out of a sense of community, will take the time out of their day to get involved.” Last week’s planting days included one at the Lupton property
where 750 trees were planted on Monday. This was followed by one at the Cullen’s dairy farm which was attended by 27 staff from Fonterra, who saw 850 new trees planted alongside a waterway. A third day was held at Rae and Rex Roadley’s property at Batley where a group of eight people from UDC Finance helped out. Mr Vincent says he is looking forward to continuing this work next year when the group intend to increase the scale of the planting operation.
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