Recreation, aquatic and terrestrial habitat enhancement and water quality improvement
Activities: Weed control, fencing planting and silt traps
Parties involved: Local landowners, Waikato District Council, iwi, Recreation users and Fish and Game, Waikato Regional Council
Restore the lake into a healthy wetland lake environment
Activities: Weed control, pest control, fencing and planting
Parties involved: Landowners, DOC and Waikato Regional Council
Re-vegetate the entrance of the Kauaeranga Valley with native trees.
Activities: Weed control and planting
Parties involved: Landowners
To protect and enhance the ngahere-awa-moana and all living creatures that live within it from pests and apply matauranga Maori to the kaitiaki of the whenua awa and moana
Activities: Weed control pest control fencing and planting
Parties involved: Schools iwi, local landowners researchers
Plant kowhai trees around the area and develop the Te Otamanui Walkway in the Te Otamanui lagoon west of Te Kowhai
Activities: Weed control, fencing planting, easements and legal protection and board walks
Parties involved: Landowners
Riparian planting of lake margins and weeding Huihuitaha wetland
Activities: Riparian planting and weed control
Parties involved: Trustees, Businesses and Schools who attend working bees
To enhance the wetland as a habitat for birdlife
Activities: Weed control, animal pest control and planting
Parties involved: Fish and Game, shooters and DOC
Project Mohua
“Working towards the ecological restoration of Golden Bay”
Wild for Taranaki is the identity of the Taranaki Biodiversity Trust. The Taranaki Biodiversity Trust was established in 2015 by 19 groups and organisations involved in the protection of native plants, animals and ecosystems in Taranaki. The Trust's goals are to: Raise the profile of biodiversity in our community. Support the work already being done by individuals, community groups and organisations. Engage with all groups with an interest in protecting the environment of Taranaki. Encourage people to get involved. Foster collaboration. Develop new projects.
To return lake and margins to natural state and provide public access to the site
Activities: Weed control, pest control, planting, silt traps
Parties involved: Waipa District Council , Hamilton Fish and Game
