CONNECTING THE

Fonterra Waitoa

‘Riparian Restoration Plan’ - Native Planting - Pest & weed control Tatuanui School supports ‘The Ruru Programme’ Propagate and plant up to 300 native trees yearly Friends of Hawes Bush

McIntyre Kahikatea

Forest Restoration (Plantings and pest control)

Hawes Bush

Wallace Corp ‘The Ruru Programme’ Riparian and native forest restoration Harold Catlin

Reserve

Te Kura o Waharoa

‘Unlocking curious Open Country Dairy minds’ Future: other School Projects Future projects being considered

Use Hawes Bush as a catalyst for social, economic, and cultural outcomes. Schools, community groups, at risk youth, etc.

Te Kura o Waharoa CONTEXT FOCUS

The Piako Catchment Forum (PCF) is a • Create ecological corridors to enhance biodiversity through community group in the heart of protecting and enhancing kahikatea and totara remnants. Piako and Hauraki Plains. The Forum is • Riparian planting and wetland restoration to connect fragments. focused on the restoration of the Piako • Connect with landowners, community, iwi hapu and marae, schools, Catchment and its local communities. Figure 1: industry, etc, to help protect and restore these rare habitats and We are interested in developing and This is LJ planting trees in Hawes Bush also to reconnect them. maintaining open communication, networking with his whanau on and education which supports the restoration a recent visit. He of our whole catchment and communities. named the trees he planted and gets CONTRIBUTION TO COLLECTIVE IMPACT In 2018, we initiated a project called his grandmother to check on them Collective impact is only as good as implementation and budget. “Connecting the Waitoa” alongside NZ regularly. Landcare Trust and Regional Council. What can Matamata Piako District Council do next to enhance natural The project seeks to reconnect the remaining heritage within reserves? lowland forest remnants and wetlands linked by the Waitoa River between Waharoa and Waitoa. Continue the steps towards restoring these sites:

1. Legal protection initiated  Thank you! ECOLOGICAL CONTEXT 2. Develop management plans  The remnants provide the best examples of the formerly extensive lowland forest 3. Commit funding to restoration work  ecosystems of the Hauraki Plains and which 4. Share community days on MPDC social media  are now extremely rare (around 98% of kahikatea forests have already been lost). 5. Engage Iwi Liason and Community  Development to widen the reach and create Hawes Bush connection

Piako Catchment Forum Contacts: Anita Richmond 027 3155 142 [email protected] Jude Tisdall 021 974 815 [email protected] Facebook: LINK https://www.facebook.com/PiakoCatchmentForum/