On Friday the 2nd of September, members of Whakauae participated in a community planting day on the banks of the Pourewa Stream at Rātā. The planting day officially recognised the launch of the Ngā Puna Rau Rangitīkei Project, aimed at preserving and enhancing the mauri of the Rangitīkei River and its catchment. The project seeks to engage communities with the Rangitīkei Catchment and undertake waterway restoration works in a number of areas. In the area around the Pourewa Stream the focus is on removing willows, removing stock from waterways, and planting native trees.
Following a pōwhiri at Rātā Marae at for project representatives, local government officials and community stakeholders associated with Ngā Puna Rau Rangitīkei, the group made their way down to the Pourewa Stream for an official blessing and a planting session. Members of Ngā Pae o Rangitīkei, the Ministry for the Environment, the Department of Conservation, Horizons Regional Council, Rāngitīkei District Council, local landowners, and community members were joined by children from Hunterville School, Rangitikei MP Ian McKelvie, Horizons Councillor Gordon McKellar, and Rāngitīkei District Council staff to help plant 1200 native trees during the day's celebration.
Neville Lomax, the Chair of Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Hauiti observed that the planting of native trees and shrubs along tributaries of the Rangitīkei, such as the Pourewa Stream, will go a long way to satisfying the wishes of all people with an interest in the future of the waterways who want to see the remediation of damage that has been done to our rivers in recent times.
The project has been made possible by a grant from Te Mana o Te Wai national funding, as well as funding from Horizons Regional Council and the Rangitīkei District Council. The purpose of the Te Mana o Te Wai Fund is to help Māori improve the water quality of freshwater bodies that are of importance to them by:
Te Mana o Te Wai reflects the recognition of fresh water as a natural resource whose health is integral to the social, cultural, economic and environmental well-being of communities.
Dr Gifford and MP Ian McKelvie
On Friday the 2nd of September, members of Whakauae participated in a community planting day on the banks of the Pourewa Stream at Rātā. The planting day officially recognised the launch of the Ngā Puna Rau Rangitīkei Project, aimed at preserving and enhancing the mauri of the Rangitīkei River and its catchment. The project seeks to engage communities with the Rangitīkei Catchment and undertake waterway restoration works in a number of areas. In the area around the Pourewa Stream the focus is on removing willows, removing stock from waterways, and planting native trees.
Following a pōwhiri at Rātā Marae at for project representatives, local government officials and community stakeholders associated with Ngā Puna Rau Rangitīkei, the group made their way down to the Pourewa Stream for an official blessing and a planting session. Members of Ngā Pae o Rangitīkei, the Ministry for the Environment, the Department of Conservation, Horizons Regional Council, Rāngitīkei District Council, local landowners, and community members were joined by children from Hunterville School, Rangitikei MP Ian McKelvie, Horizons Councillor Gordon McKellar, and Rāngitīkei District Council staff to help plant 1200 native trees during the day's celebration.
Neville Lomax, the Chair of Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Hauiti observed that the planting of native trees and shrubs along tributaries of the Rangitīkei, such as the Pourewa Stream, will go a long way to satisfying the wishes of all people with an interest in the future of the waterways who want to see the remediation of damage that has been done to our rivers in recent times.
The project has been made possible by a grant from Te Mana o Te Wai national funding, as well as funding from Horizons Regional Council and the Rangitīkei District Council. The purpose of the Te Mana o Te Wai Fund is to help Māori improve the water quality of freshwater bodies that are of importance to them by:
Te Mana o Te Wai reflects the recognition of fresh water as a natural resource whose health is integral to the social, cultural, economic and environmental well-being of communities.
Dr Gifford and MP Ian McKelvie
