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The gems in our backyard u by Ayla Miller
The Pouto dune lakes are about to receive some special attention and stakeholders are calling for support from the community to help protect what they are calling ‘hidden gems.’
Park progress sails ahead
Those wanting to make the most of the Mangawhai Activity Zone can now do so whatever …
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Annual plan adopted Ratepayers will be seeing a 2.94 per cent increase as projected…
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A night at the zoo
Year five and six students from Ruawai Primary School experienced an overnight stay …
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Northland Regional Council, Kaipara District Council and the Department of Conservation are working together with the Dargaville Community Development Board, Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust and landowners to promote these areas of national and international significance. There are about 50 dune lakes over one hectare in size on the Pouto peninsula and have high cultural, ecological, environmental, recreational and intrinsic values but range in their current water quality and ecological condition. Northland Regional Council Dargaville area manager Gary Treadgold says conservation work in this area has been happening sporadically for around 10 years p Gary Treadgold, Northland Regional Council Dargaville area manager, with a map showing the area that is and they are hoping to have more about to get some community attention community involvement from This will be used to purchase native they can treat them with care all over volunteers in the near future to assist with planting on council land next to plants such as pittosporum, manuka, the country. kanuka and pseudopanax that have It’s more about developing community the lakes. “Volunteers will get to go over private been ecologically sourced from the area. pride as well so the community KDC parks and reserves officer Mike realise what gems they have in their land and see things they wouldn’t normally get to see. We have a real Collins says there are two main driving own backyard. “It will be a good feeling to be able treasure in terms of the Pouto dune forces behind why council is supporting to say, as a district, we have left our lakes and we need to look after them.” this project. “We are dealing with very unique eco environment in better condition than Land around Lake Kahuparere is owned by the KDC and the council have systems with the dune lakes. There are when we found it.” If you are fit and able and would like provided the Pouto Catchment Group flora and fauna there that don’t exist to volunteer some time to plant trees with a community grant of $5,000 for anywhere else in New Zealand. “The point of promoting these dune around the Pouto lakes contact Mike about 2,000 native trees to plant in this area as the first stage of the initiative lakes is to make people appreciate how Collins at the KDC or Gary Treadgold rare and unique these places are so at NRC. ¢ gets underway.
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