Working together to care for our coast – Kia ngatahi te tiaki takutai

December 2014

Pongakawa School on their way to a dune planting at Dotterel Point “On behalf of the Regional Council, Tauranga City, Western Bay, Whakatāne and District Councils, and the Department of Conservation, I would like to sincerely thank you for your part Hi Coasties in that effort”.

1995 Bryans Beach, Ōpōtiki

Well, another season of Coast land, compared with over 12,000 start the transformation process Care planting and caring for our hectares in pre-European times. by removing Sydney golden beaches has come to an end. That The 25% of dunes that remain wattle and kikuyu. The second makes 20 years of Coast Care are valuable and, like you, we image shows the same place and over one million coastal native recognise the need to keep on late in 2014, after years of weed plants put in by volunteers like you. managing weeds, pests, vehicles, control, planting, fencing and well- On behalf of the Regional Council, pedestrians and development constructed beach accesses. What Tauranga City, Western Bay, pressures. The threat of changes a difference! Whakatāne and Ōpōtiki District to our climate and rising sea Councils, and the Department levels can’t be ignored either. Your Similar success can be seen in of Conservation, I would like to patch of dunes is an asset to your the photo comparisons of Bryan’s sincerely thank you for your part local community and we want to Beach and Coastlands. in that effort. Some of you spend a help you keep that asset in the We hope you have a great summer lot of precious time on the dunes best condition possible. If there’s on our beaches. Look out for each 2014 Bryans Beach, Ōpōtiki. Nearby monitoring site at Ōhiwa shows 175m of dune accretion over 20 years - we’ve heard from at least one anything you think could or should other and our dunes. See you next volunteer who spends nearly 12 be done to improve the state of our year! hours per week! Whether you’re dunes please make contact - our heavily involved or a part-timer, details are on the back page. Cheers we hope you’ll come back next year or even do some work over As an example of what Coast Care summer with your local Coast Care volunteers like you can achieve, contractor to keep those pesky take a look at the photos below Pim de Monchy weeds out of your planted area. and on the next page. The first was Pim de Monchy taken at the Mount (Mauao) Main Coast Care Co-ordinator “Your patch of dunes is an asset to As you know, dune systems and Beach 20 years ago just before Regional Council their plant communities are under Coast Care began. Tauranga Park your local community and we want to threat. Here in the Bay of Plenty Ranger Peter Watson worked help you keep that asset in the best there are just 3,005 hectares with the late Ian Porteous and of undeveloped coastal dune his groups of keen volunteers to condition possible”.

1996 Pacific Parade access at Coastlands, Whakatāne

1995 Main beach at Mount Maunganui 2014 Main beach at Mount Maunganui 2014 Pacific Parade access at Coastlands, Whakatāne Lisa Carrington celebrates our birthday with us! Beach care reminders for summer

In this 20th year edition, we’re delighted to feature two special guests, both award winners in their own right - Ōhope Beach’s very own gold-medal winner (and early With the approach of summer and a higher pedestrian flow through Coast-Carer) Lisa Carrington; and Waiōtahe Valley School. the dunes, here are a few timely reminders for looking after the dunes while enjoying the use of our beaches Lisa won the women’s K1 200m at the 2012 summer Olympics and has a multitude of awards to her name Look for the Coast Care signs including Māori Sportswoman of the Year in 2012 (she is of Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki and Ngati Porou descent) and she was Signs show you the best and fastest way to the beach. made a member of the NZ Order of Merit last year. Respect the fences Lisa’s relationship with Coast Care goes back to her primary school days at Waiōtahe Valley School. In fact, we had this Fences provide boundaries to help protect dune plants. These plants great photo (right) of Lisa in one of our newsletters when Lisa (left) and schoolmates dune planting at Waiōtahe, 2001 maintain natural dune function, to naturally repair dunes after storm she was just 12 years old, planting in the dunes with others erosion. Keep to your side of the fence to let the plants grow. from Waiōtahe Valley School.

We caught up with Surf the waves not the dunes Lisa recently to find “Our beaches are important to us, so we Sandboarding on the dunes destroys plants and loosens the sand, which out what Coast Care need to make sure we look after and allows wind erosion to occur. meant to her when she was younger. protect them”. Keep vehicles off the dunes “From a young age Important plants and creatures live in the dunes. Motorbikes, 4WDs and I was lucky enough quad bikes kill them. to grow up near the beach, with the waves and sand Control your pets as my backyard. Keep your animals under control while on dunes and at the beach. Some While I was at beaches have dog restrictions, while others are designated as Dog Waiōtahe Valley Exercise Areas - check with your local council for the bylaws in place in Primary School, we your area. Riding horses through dunes can contribute to erosion - please spent time planting keep horses off the dune plants. and caring for our beaches to minimize Look after the plants Kids enjoy making sand posters erosion and damage. Feet do kill plants. Coastal native plants hold the sand together. Dunes Our beaches are important to us, so we need to make sure naturally protect our land and houses during storms and provide we look after and protect them.” said Lisa. homes for insects, birds and lizards. Waiōtahe School is still as active in Coast Care as it was Green waste when Lisa was younger – here they are this year planting Excellent parent support for the day at the beach pīngao at Waiōtahe beach. Mowing lawns and weeding or pruning the garden produces large quantities of green waste. It might be easy to dump your green waste Waiōtahe Valley School is an Enviroschool with a Silver in the reserve, but it is illegal and not acceptable. Dumping of green Award. They’ve been involved in beach plantings and clean- waste causes problems such as increased weed invasion, changing ups for many years – at least 20 years with us here at Coast fertility rates and damage to native plants. In extreme cases exotic Care but at least 20 more before then looking after the plants and weeds introduced from garden waste can take over large beach independently. A history of environmental care and areas of dune reserve. Make sure you dispose of your green waste protection to be really proud of! correctly. Look after the dunes Sandy beaches are great places for you to have fun. By following these simple steps you can help to look after the dunes so that you and others can continue to enjoy our fantastic beaches.

Waiōtahe Beach 2014 Artwork by students of Rangitaiki Independent School Coast Care volunteer profile – Western Bay of Plenty Season wrap up – Western Kerry Lay Coastal resident at Mount Maunganui

We would like to thank everybody involved in How long have you been involved What have been the biggest What are your views on predicted this year’s dune restoration. It has been an “It has been an with Coast Care? challenges in getting native plants climate change and sea level rises? awesome effort to plant the 58,900 native dune established? plants on western Bay beaches – at Mount awesome effort to I became involved in beach care Don’t know what to believe. There Maunganui, Pāpāmoa and all the way along to plant the 58,900 about 1992 … so 22 years. In those People removing them, particularly are two schools of thought….which Ōtamarākau. days it was common, after a good from the fore dunes to make sand is correct? But I am inclined to the native dune plants easterly blow, for all of Marine Parade slides and go sand-tobogganing. By thought that quite probably this This planting season, the wind and rain affected on western Bay from Adams Ave to Mt Drury to be removing the plants it created a gap scenario has happened before and some of our 28 working bees but we still had covered in sand blown up off Main in the plantings which then rapidly the world is still here!! more than 300 keen volunteers turn up and beaches.” Beach. It would take several days, increased in size with easterly winds. put in more than 18,400 plants. In addition to BNZ staff lend a helping hand during many men and much equipment What is the most unusual thing this, around 80 coastal residents and other their Closed For Good day to clear it away. After planting the What has been the most rewarding you’ve seen at the beach? individual volunteers worked on a dune of their sand-binding plants along there the aspect of your work? A very large log washed up which choice. These hard-working folk removed large problem virtually disappeared. amounts of weeds and planted 14,100 plants. Seeing the dunes recover and grow was completely covered in gooseneck Why did you get involved? in height, and seeing all the sand- barnacles, all of which were alive Our dune education and planting programme retaining plants thrive. and very active, all swinging and with schools took place at seven beaches Originally we felt it was the right thing swaying around, with many people across the Coast Care western area between to do, helping with dune recovery. Do you have any advice to share wondering just what they were. I May and September. We worked with 20 Then we moved to a beachfront with fellow coast carers about understand they are a delicacy in schools – approximately 1,500 students property in 1994 and saw the extreme dune restoration? some countries. attended these sessions, planting 8,400 dune damage caused by easterlies when plants. there were no plants on the fore and Ignore bureaucrats and office wallahs mid dunes. … listen to practical people who do An exceptional bunch of helpers were from the actual work, whose feet are on Conservation Volunteers NZ. They visited us the ground and understand what is for five days and helped plant at Ocean Beach needed. Theory seldom works in Road sites at the Mount. The keen overseas dunes. Stick with the plantings… volunteers put in 5,700 dune plants - a great it may take a few years but it is well effort. Also deserving a special mention are worth it. the Green ‘S’ Welfare Force- another group of environmental volunteers who travelled all the way from Auckland to the Mount. They visited on two occasions and planted 7,000 plants.

Corrections crews did most of our site preparation where invasive, non-native dune Arataki Girl Guides and Pāpāmoa Brownies vegetation needed to be removed before planting. They also put in 12,300 native dune plants, spending a total of 6,957 hours working (that’s equivalent to one person working full time for three and a half years).

Thanks everyone! Chris & Jayne Coast Care Western representatives, Chris & Jayne Ward

A keen group of volunteers from Cooney Lees Morgan (law firm) spent the afternoon preparing this site for planting by digging out invasive daisies. They returned later in the year to replant the area with native dune plants. Photo of the dunes taken from Kerry’s deck in 1996 (corner). Photo of the dunes taken from Kerry’s deck in 2014. Coast Care volunteer profile – Waihī Beach Season wrap up – Waihī Beach Charlie Johnson Genesis Energy

A big thank you to Coast Care Waihī sand, and keep its unique biodiversity. featured the school children on the How long have you been involved What has been the most rewarding Beach’s local residents, school Successful results can be seen at TV series ‘Mish Mash’, televising their with Coast Care? aspect of your work? groups, Genesis Energy Huntly and the southern end of Waihī Beach, good work at Waihī Beach as well as core Coast Care members, for their Island View Reserve, Coronation the school lifestyle on the coast of the Five years. Seeing the dunes recover and grow support and effort in planting 5,090 Park Reserve, Brighton Reserve, Bay of Plenty. in height, and seeing all the sand- native dune plants this year. Why did you get involved? retaining plants thrive. There wasn’t much fore dune ‘30 minute Beach Clean-up’ to plant this season due to events resumed in November. I had heard through word of mouth Do you have any advice to share the persistent, and in some “Coastal residents that are maintaining their These events are open to that Coast Care were looking for with fellow coast carers about dune places severe, erosion that anybody and are held every volunteers at Waihī Beach and restoration? Waihī Beach is experiencing. adopted dunes are enjoying the positive second Sunday of the month thought this would fit nicely with Patience, because of the reasons Approximately 2.5 metres of from 10.30am. Meet outside Genesis Energy’s community-based effects of naturalised dune gardens.” listed above. fore dune was washed away the Flat White Café. volunteer program. by the wave and wind forces If you’d like some plants, Also, all the team members have What is the most unusual thing of the Pacific Ocean. advice or information on strong ties with this area, so it gives you’ve seen at the beach? and at the north end on the man- Coast Care Waihī Beach please get everyone an opportunity to contribute Eleven public working bees were made dunes where work is on-going. The ten or more containers washed in touch with me. positively to a community where we held this season, from mid-May Coastal residents that are maintaining up on the beach from the Rena. Not to the beginning of September. gain much enjoyment. their adopted dunes are enjoying the Happy summer! a good day, although the clean-up Enhancement planting on the back positive effects of naturalised dune What have been the biggest was quickly undertaken. dunes is challenging, given the exotic gardens. challenges in getting native plants weed species present – a combined established? effort of weeding and planting is Waihī Beach School have taken Kimberly required. The ‘shoring up’ of the ‘guardianship’ of the dunes in front Coast Care Waihi Beach The environment in which these backbone structure of the dunes with of Coronation Park Reserve. They representative, plants are planted is extremely native dune plants is very important, are stars; putting in 500 native dune Kimberly Peters difficult because of weather, sea as it helps to stabilise and hold the plants over two planting bees! TVNZ surges and human foot traffic.

Coast Care Summer Beach Club, Waihī beach. Kids learn about a native fore dune plant spinifex. They recognised Genesis Energy’s community-based volunteer programme. They have been providing ongoing support to the Coast Care programme, and collected the “female seed heads and pulled out the working on the dunes at Waihī Beach. This year, they collected seaweed and driftwood to help establish their plantings of the native Coast Care working bee 2014 viable seeds dune species pōhuehue, wire vine (Muehlenbeckia complexa). Coast Care volunteer profile – Eastern Bay of Plenty Season wrap up – Eastern Priscilla Morrison Kaiako (tutor) from ŌpŌtiki Raranga

From Pikowai to Whangaparaoa (Coast Care Eastern), we are lucky enough Please tell us about your group, programme gives them the Do you have any tikanga to share to work with lots of great individuals and how long you have been opportunity to get involved with the with fellow coast carers about and groups who are passionate about involved with Coast Care: restoration of the dunes and learn planting, harvesting and using looking after their beaches. This year about pīngao: a valued weaving pīngao? saw more than 1,000 volunteers The group that are involved in the resource that almost disappeared from all walks of life descend onto planting are students from Ōpōtiki from our coastal areas. As with most things karakia, respect the eastern Bay beaches to help with Raranga (weaving school). for the mahi and environment, and to planting, weeding and beach clean-ups. What have been the biggest only take what is needed are tikanga More than 20,000 native dune plants During a wānanga workshop in 2006 challenges in getting native plants we observe. went into the ground this winter. A big the kaiako (tutors) were given a established? thank-you to everyone! research assignment and pīngao was What are your views on predicted our chosen subject. I joined the Coast The biggest challenge would be climate change and sea level rise? As well as working with landowners, Care volunteers to plant pīngao at educating the general public about coastal residents, corporate and Pikowai Beach in Matatā. the importance of the planting With climate change and the rise community groups, we continue to programme, and keeping them off the of sea levels, we can work for the This year, a group of 25 students and have a strong focus on working with planted areas. moment to protect coastal areas but, whānau planted 500 pīngao plants school groups to educate students on Wayne with students from Trident High School after a dune planting at Pikowai in the end, mother nature will take at Waiōtahe Beach. We’ve been What has been the most rewarding the importance of sand dunes and the (Photo credit: Kenny McCracken) control. planting pīngao and kōwhangatara in role they play. This year we welcomed part of the work? this area for four years now, and other What’s the most unusual thing several new school groups and kindies areas prior to that. The most rewarding part of this mahi you’ve seen at the beach? to the Coast Care programme. (work) is seeing the golden colour of Why did you get involved? the pīngao spreading over the sand Old tree stumps with pieces of rock Sponsorship of beach events has dunes. I also like getting other people still embedded in the roots. continued this year. We’ve provided As a community project for the involved in the planting programme. spot prizes at two major fishing students. The Coast Care planting Photos supplied by Priscilla competitions in the eastern Bay. This Morrison. partnership between Coast Care, Rotorua Fishing and Casting Club and Ōtamarākau School PTA, is proving very beneficial; there’s been a huge reduction in the number of vehicles driving over the dunes during competitions. We’ve also teamed up with Ōpōtiki Lions who organise the annual Sand Sculpture Competition at Waiōtahe Beach. As well as prize sponsorship for best beach theme, we’ll provide a point for litter collection, and increase public awareness of Coast Care.

We welcome ideas on how we can continue to care for our beaches and sand dunes. Please get in touch with us to see if we could help in some way.

Have a great summer and enjoy the beaches!

Wayne & Mei

Coast Care Eastern representatives, Wayne O’Keefe and Mei Leong Whale stranding at Ōhiwa Bay of birds Contribution by Steve Brightwell of Department of Conservation Article and photographs by Julian Fitter (Bay of Plenty Shorebirds Programme)

When a small pilot whale beached back to sea. Those not working sites along the coast in accordance James Cook called our place the Bay of Plenty for many reasons, itself and dozens more flooded into hands-on with the rescue provided with tikanga which included a one of which must have been the plenitude of seabirds he saw as he Ōhiwa Harbour behind it, in early all manner of other support from process to extract jaw bones and sailed across the bay. Out at sea he would have seen mainly petrels, November, it sparked a community- small boats, food, sheets and towels teeth for use as taonga. shearwaters and albatross, many of which breed on the islands in wide response. to free accommodation for visiting the bay. Had he come ashore, he would have seen huge numbers The mass stranding in Ōhiwa Project Jonah volunteers. Led by of shorebirds that we can still find today - waders which feed on Immediate efforts of locals saw Harbour is the only one of its kind the Department of Conservation, the invertebrates, shags which are fish catchers, gulls which are mainly the initial whale reunited with the in living memory, but other mass four of the harbour; Upokorehe, scavengers, and terns who are also fishers. pod of up to 80 whales inside the Te Whakatōhea, Ngati Awa and strandings on the Bay of Plenty harbour. Many people helped to Ngai Tūhoe through Waimana coastline are recorded - the most Most prominent of the waders is the Tūturiwhatu or shepherd the animals back out to Kaaku, also assisted with rescue recent being at Whangaparaoa in dotterel. There are only 2,200 of these birds, unique to New Zealand, sea. Unfortunately the pod split efforts. mid-October of 2012. with nearly 10% of them found in the Bay of Plenty. Like many other and a large group remained in the native birds, they have been hard hit by a loss of habitat from human Coast Care will assist with confines of the harbour where they Although the 22 whales did reach activities, and the introduction of mammalian pests. Rats, stoats, Important rehabilitation of the whale burial sites became stranded overnight. the sea, they re-beached at Bryan’s weasels, ferrets, hedgehogs, cats and dogs are a pretty formidable army by replanting the dune area with Beach the following night and all to have to deal with. Bird Area The following day, hundreds of ultimately died as had another 28 native coastal species, together with The designation ‘Important people became involved in an effort within the harbour. The deceased Bryans Beach Care Group and local The Coromandel has been at the forefront of dotterel protection for Bird Area’ or ‘IBA’, is one given to refloat and escort 22 live whales whales were disposed of at three iwi. a number of years, but recently a concerted effort has been made in by BirdLife International to the Bay of Plenty. This programme is spearheaded by Department of sites which are particularly Conservation (DOC), but supported by voluntary groups such as Forest important for endangered bird species. In & Bird and the Maketū Ongatoro Wetland Society. The main focus of the mid-2014, they announced a list of 141 programme is to control mammalian predators during the bird breeding Seabird IBAs in New Zealand. Most of season from August through February, while at the same time looking to these are on offshore islands but, of only restore the ecology of the main breeding sites. Other species of native 15 sites on the , one is Maketū. Sand daphne birds, reptiles and invertebrates also benefit from this protection.The This is a significant recognition, as it raises Bay of Plenty Shorebirds Written by Wayne O’Keefe the profile of the area and can make it programme is supported Plant focus easier to obtain support for the protection of Known to the botanically minded as Pimelea villosa, and to the by Bay of Plenty Regional the birds in the area. layperson as autetaranga or sand daphne, this is a low growing Council, and by Western shrub that inhabits sand dunes. Bay, Whakatāne and Ōpōtiki district councils. As with many of our native plants, it would have been widespread at one time. Its current conservation status of ‘At Risk-Declining’ makes it a special plant in need of some help if it’s to survive long term on our beaches. It is rare throughout the Bay.

Sand daphne is a shrub with blue/green hairy leaves. These hairs make it well suited to growing in the harsh coastal environment. Flowering generally occurs in spring. The flowers are white with orange centres and are held on the ends of the Tūturiwhatu or New Zealand dotterel branches. Berries are translucent and range in colour from pale pink to bright red in colour. Little is known about how this plant is In my opinion, the work of Coast Care and pollinated and how seed dispersal occurs, and there are various the Bay of Plenty Shorebirds Programme studies happening around the country to try and determine is essentially the same; if we want to have why this plant is in decline. There are suggestions that native healthy dunes and beaches, and good lizards might play an important part in the plants’ existence, as populations of native birds, then we need pollinators and seed dispersers. to look after them all at the same time. So whether you are interested in plants, birds, Annually, Coast Care plants a small number of Pimelea at select or, for that matter skinks or beetles, your beaches and we are making some progress in establishing support of the ecological restoration of our populations. They are fussy about habitat, so planting spots have coastal areas is important and valued. There to be chosen very carefully. are, of course, additional benefits from We would like to hear from anyone keen to adopt a site and help this work - the dunes are our best coastal with re-establishing these and other rare and endangered plants defence system, protecting us against the on our beaches. threat of tsunamis and storm surges.

Pimelea in flower, Waiōtahe Beach, Ōpōtiki. Tara or white-fronted tern The attributes of seaweed Written by Kimberly Peters Ways to get WaihĪ Beach Mayor Island (Tūhua) involved Modern man is now just beginning to Island View rediscover the benefits of seaweed, which have been known for centuries. In fact seaweed Seaweed and comfrey Pios Shores was used by the ancient Greeks, Chinese Matakana Island Whangaparoa and Vikings to enhance fertility, as well as the liquid fertiliser Matakana Island Bay of Plenty Region health and well-being of their animals. Mount Maunganui Whakaari/White Island Oruaiti Ecklonia radiata. Photo ▪ Use a food-grade plastic drum Waikato Region C Runaway credit Nick Shears with a lid. Rauokore Two-thirds of the earth’s surface is covered Te Tumu MotĪtĪ Island with water, mostly salt water and marine algae, ▪ Fill loosely with seaweed and commonly called seaweed or kelp. Although there numerous species of TAURANGA Pukehina seaweed, only a few are harvested for consumption and agricultural use. In a few bundles of comfrey Thornton Ōhope leaves. the Bay of Plenty, the commonly found seaweed Ecklonia radiata is used for Ōhiwa Pāpāmoa Ōtamarākau agricultural purposes. ▪ Cover with water, filling to the Maketū Coastlands WaiŌtahe top. Seaweed contains over 60 trace elements as well as growth hormones and Moutohorā Island Snell’s – Te Ngaio Region Matatā/Pikowai preventers of fungal attack and other disease. Although the amounts of major ▪ Keep covered and leave until District Tirohanga – Waiaua elements (N, P, K, S) contained in seaweed are small, there are significant liquid is dark in colour. levels of trace elements. Since these micronutrients are derived from plants, WHAKATĀNE they are present in proportions which are conducive to absorption by plants, ▪ Dilute to form a pale liquid and ŌPŌTIKI and assist in regulating growth and development. use as a foliar feed or water Bryans Beach into the soil. Ōpape Fresh seaweed has long been used by coastal gardeners as a soil improver Bay of Plenty Gisborne and plant food. Members of the public may collect beach-cast seaweed for ▪ When liquid is used up, tip domestic use, however, commercial operations are subject to regulations. If sediment onto the compost or you plan to gather seaweed, it is always advisable to check with your local garden beds. council first. Coast Care key contacts Recipe reprinted with kind Coast Care Waihī Beach has been trialling the use of seaweed as a natural permission of Organic NZ fertiliser and mulch on the dunes when the weed is freely washed up on the www.organicnz.org.nz Coast Care Waihī Beach Coast Care West Coast Care Eastern Waihī beach shoreline. Waihī Beach Representative Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty Eastern Bay of Plenty Representative Representatives Kimberly Peters Chris and Jayne Ward Wayne O’Keefe and Mei Leong 0800 884 881 xtn 8805 0800 884 881 xtn 8801 0800 884 881 xtn 8800 Persistent erosion hotspots [email protected]

[email protected] [email protected] Here at Coast Care, we’re sometimes other options available to them before drainage outfalls. Ōhope Spit is a asked what can be done about their houses end up on the beach. geologically young feature and has persistent coastal erosion. There are a history of large scale accretion four areas in the Bay of Plenty which The Pukehina Beach Residents and and erosion depending on the inter- Coast Care Co-ordinator Pim de Monchy 0800 884 881 xtn 8518 [email protected] have been showing trends of ongoing Ratepayers Association are leading decadal climatic conditions in the erosion since monitoring began sand dune renourishment (bringing Pacific Ocean. Ōhiwa Spit has tended in extra sand to build dune volume) in 1990. They are Ōhope Beach, to expand during periods of erosion at Get in touch with us for free assistance with: Pukehina Beach, the southern area of funded through targeted rates. The Ōhope. Find out more Association is in the process of Waihī Beach and the central section ▪ The supply of native dune plants Website links to further dune restoration information:- of Hukuwai Beach. applying for resource consent to do Central Hukuwai Beach in the Ōpōtiki the works at any time and at any District is also in a long term erosion ▪ Advice on coastal restoration projects ▪ About Coast Care Bay of Plenty At Waihī Beach one response has place along the beach, should the phase. This dune system tends to be www.boprc.govt.nz/coastcare been to create the rock revetment right conditions or trigger points exist. dominated by tall dunes and exotic ▪ Education package for schools and pre-schools along Shaw Road and The Loop, and vegetation. ▪ Department of Conservation www.doc.govt.nz > to train the creeks out onto the beach Erosion at Ōhope Beach continues ▪ Advice on the control of invasive coastal weeds, and pest getting-involved > run-a-project > restoration-advice > face with big sand bags. At a second at a rapid rate especially at the The next Coast Care newsletter will animals dune-restoration eastern end of Ocean Road. In some include feature articles on coastal area along Broadway, residents ▪ Access-way design and installation have been using Coast Care’s soft cases the losses exceed one metre erosion hotspots in the Bay of Plenty. ▪ Dunes Restoration Trust www.dunestrust.org.nz engineering approach for years but per year. This has limited the extent It will look at management responses ▪ Community beach clean-ups ▪ Project Crimson www.projectcrimson.org.nz the erosive forces of nature at that of foredune plantings at Ōhope here, around New Zealand, and the for a number of years and created world. If you have any questions you location, which has a ‘rip embayment’ ▪ Great morning and afternoon teas on project days! ▪ Life’s A Beach Kit – a coastal education resource for issues with the management of would like answered in that edition (Google it), are winning the battle. schools www.boprc.govt.nz/lifesabeach Residents are now investigating the beach access points and stormwater please send them in to us. Sign up

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Whether you are a coastal resident, school or community group, we’d love you to join us in caring for our beautiful beaches. To help with beach clean ups, dune care and planting, here are some dates to keep in mind for 2015:

Seaweek Keep New Zealand FEB/ World Oceans Day Beautiful Week 28 February – 8 March 8 SEPT MAR JUNE Mid September

Sustainable Backyards Conservation Week Month Matariki MAR 18 NOV Early November Whole of March JUNE

Coast Care dune 5 Arbour Day MAY – planting season JUNE SEPT May to September annually

Bay of Plenty Regional Council in partnership with Tauranga City Council; Whakatane, Western Bay of Plenty, and Opotiki District Councils; and the Department of Conservation. For more information phone 0800 884 880 Working together to care for our coast – Kia ngatahi te tiaki takutai