Here, you’ll find restoration planting guides, lizard information and links to useful documents, such as national biodiversity strategies. We’ll keep adding to this space with educational information and more!
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Resources
Wai Connection Resources
Waipara Webinar Series – understanding and solving sediment issues
Wild for Taranaki and Te Kaahui o Rauru are pleased to share the Wai Connection webinar series Waipara – understanding and solving sediment issues in Taranaki with a special focus on the Waitootara river.
This webinar series brings together a range of Taranaki voices from across the environmental sector — kaupapa Māori specialists, regional scientists, and land management experts. Our line-up of speakers includes Hana Rainforth, a kaupapa Taiao specialist at Kahū Environmental working at the intersection of iwi-based and Western science addressing what sediment is and why it is an issue; Fern Kumeroa and Romy van der Boom from the Taranaki Regional Council (TRC), bringing insights into the monitoring programmes and modelling of TRC for the Waitōtara catchment; Don Shearman, Land Services Manager at Taranaki Regional Council sharing the sustainable land management programme in the Waitōtara catchment ; and Dr. Brian Levine, whose soil science research and field-based projects focus on mitigation strategies in agricultural landscapes.
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Wai Connection Webinar Hana Rainforth
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Wai Connection Webinar Fern Kumeroa, Romy van der Boom, Don Shearman
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Wai Connection Webinar Brian Levine
Restoration Planting Guides
These guides, published by Wild for Taranaki, provide information on restoring and enhancing the indigenous vegetation cover.
The guides are designed to enable landowners, community groups and practitioners to restore ecosystems by planting native species.
Each guide relates to a specific area of Taranaki. Use the map below to work out which one you need. If you need any help choosing a guide feel free to email [email protected]
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Taranaki Restoration Planting Guide – Foxton
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Taranaki Restoration Planting Guide – Manawatu-Wanganui
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Taranaki Restoration Planting Guide – Matemateonga
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Taranaki Restoration Planting Guide – Egmont
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Taranaki Restoration Planting Guide – North Taranaki
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A well deserved rest