| This winter your help is needed to plant several thousand small native shrubs and trees to rewild the Opoutere Beach Reserve. |
This is the start of a plan to repopulate the beach reserve with natives, as envisioned by the Opoutere/Ohui community under the CCC agreement. DOC has given Ngāti Tara Tokanui a grant to organise planting of two areas of the reserve with community involvement. The area at the northern end will include shrubs and trees, and over time the birds will distribute seeds through the pines. Future generations will benefit from our efforts to preserve this special place. Three planting days are planned to make this regenerated vision of the beach forest a reality. Please put these dates in your diary and round up the family for a fun day planting the future! Planting day #1: Saturday June 21 Matariki w/end 9.30am-12noon Ohui end of the beach, Wahitapu cave Planting day #2: Saturday July 12 time tbc Spit end of the reserve (hot food at the hall after!) rain day July 19 Planting day #3: Saturday August 2 time tbc Spit end of the reserve (more hot food!) PLANTING DAY #1 Saturday June 21 9.30am-12noon Where: The grassed area of the Beach Forest Reserve near the cave in front of Ohui Lodge (formerly Prana) see map. Follow the track through the pines or from the beach and look for red tape to show the way to the meeting place. There is NO VEHICLE ACCESS to the site but there is limited parking available at a nearby address. PLEASE RSVP TO restoreopoutere@gmail.com FOR PARKING DETAILS. From the parking area the planting is a relaxed 500m walk north along the forest track – look for signs and red flagging tape! |
What to bring: gloves, trowels, something to kneel on
Can’t make it? How about donating some baking to feed the troops? We would love your help to make and distribute some food on the day.
TO RSVP (or offers of delicious baking) please get in touch with Louise Furey and Ngāti Tara Tokanui Trust at restoreopoutere@gmail.com
The View From Opoutere 