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Issue 26 1992 Queen Elizabeth D newsletter National Trust No. 26 AUGUST 1992 500th Covenant Celebrated n spite of the discouraging cold was represented by Directors, Dr Brian winds, thunder and lightning and Molloy and Arthur Cowan, Trust torrential rain, over 100 covenantors, Manager, Tim Porteous and the Auckland Trust members and supporters, as well as Representative, Walter Willis. local authorities and allied conservation The 500th covenant covers an area of bodies, celebrated the registration of the 37 hectares of native forest on Arthur and National Trust’s 500th open space Val Dunn’s 340 hectare sheep and cattle covenant on Sunday, 14 June. The Trust farm in the upper Puhoi Valley, about 60 Visitors gathering at the Dunn property. IN THIS ISSUE New Directors 4 Open Space Covenants 10 Bowman’s Bush 5 Pollock Covenant 16 Protected Mountain Areas 8 New Regional Reps 18 2 QEH NATIONAL TRUST NEWSLETTER km north of Auckland. It is contiguous with an earlier covenant entered into by Mr and Mrs Dunn, which was registered in 1987. Thus a total continuous stretch of nearly 90ha of beautiful native forest is now protected on the farm. The forest includes some fine stands of kauri, kahikatea and many large rimu, totara, miro, puriri and rata, including the comparatively rare carmine rata. Several rare native ferns, orchids and shrubs are * m also present. ' -T-'-ufl1 The Dunn covenant is an excellent Mk example of the community response Dunn covenant, Puhoi engendered by the concept of voluntary protection and the event was an opportunity to acknowledge the range of He also thanked the members of other individuals and organisations who had conservation organisations and individuals contributed to the protection of this for the considerable physical and financial valuable area. assistance they had given towards The list includes: The Auckland completion of the very extensive fencing Natural History Club, Maruia Society, which had been necessary to protect the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society, covenants. Whangarei Native Forest and Bird Diane Lucas, who chairs the Committee Protection Society Inc, NZ Native Forest for the Forest Heritage Fund, and Ross Restoration Trust Inc, NZ Lottery Grants Miller, representing the New Zealand Board, Forest Heritage Fund and, of Lottery Grants Board, spoke about the course, the owners. financial assistance which their respective The occasion began at the head of the bodies were able to offer the National valley within sight of both covenant areas. Trust in its valuable work of protecting Because of the unpleasant weather some of New Zealand’s natural heritage. conditions, this stage was limited to a The occasion concluded with afternoon brief welcome and introduction by Walter tea provided by the local branch of the Willis followed by a quick look at the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society. covenants. Walter Willis The rest of the proceedings were then Auckland Representative transferred to a warmer and dryer venue in the Dunn’s woolshed. Dr Molloy deputised for the Trust’s Chairman, Sir Peter Elworthy, who was overseas. He told the visitors about the The work of the Trust’s work and achievements and Queen Elizabeth II thanked them for their support. He then presented Arthur and Val Dunn with J T National Trust Salmon’s book Native Flowers of New is supported by Zealand, and a cheque for the balance of the Trust’s contribution to the cost of fencing the covenant. In reply, Arthur Dunn thanked the Trust for its special recognition of the covenant and its assistance in making Lottery Grants Board protection of the bush possible. QEII NATIONAL TRUST NEWSLETTER 3 Further Lottery Grants Board Assistance he Trust has been fortunate in three packages (word processing, successfully securing additional membership, and accounting) now fully T funding from the Lottery Grants operational and the fourth and largest Board. (covenant information) rapidly The latest grant is made up of the approaching this stage, an upgrade of following: the Trust’s computer network was ^|$90,000 for the establishment and required to achieve maximum benefit. management of open space covenants This included improving the response over wetlands. The need for wetland time of the network, extra protection is well known and this grant workstations and an extra printer. enables the Trust to respond to This work is now complete. landowner requests for assistance to Without this valuable support from the protect these vulnerable ecosystems. Lottery Grants Board the efficiencies (b) $16,875 to allow the completion of the possible with a computerised information entry of data into the covenant system would not have been fully information system. This is the final achieved. phase in establishing the Trust’s In addition, the wetlands grant will computer-based information system. assist the Trust in being able to protect a The grant has enabled the Trust to full range of land with open space values. employ two people on a part-time basis The National Trust is very grateful for the continued significant support of the to complete this task. Lottery Grants Board. (c) $16,875 for the upgrading of the Trust’s computer system. With the From the Trust Manager /■ t two recent National Trust when dealing with weed and pest control, events (the 500th covenant revegetation etc. commemoration - see page 1 and These gatherings generate a Tne Northland Field Day - see next issue) tremendous exchange of ideas not only attended by Directors Arthur Cowan and between covenantors themselves but Brian Molloy, and by the Trust Manager, between the Trust and covenantors. It is we met over 140 covenantors, landholders particularly important for members of the and supporters of the Trust. Board of Directors to meet and talk over This, in itself, is very enjoyable given issues of mutual interest and concern the range of ages, backgrounds and with landholders. interests represented by these people. The We hope to hold field days regularly considerable efforts in the interests of around the country from now on. The conservation undertaken quietly and next one will be held in the Wairarapa in cost-effectively, can only be admired. Also mid August. impressive is the landholders’ Tim Porteous commitment to managing these areas. Trust Manager Many of them adopt innovative techniques 4 QEII NATIONAL TRUST NEWSLETTER New Directors wo new directors appointed by the Minister of Conservation last Maui Pomare November have been welcomed to Maui Pomare, OBE, from Plimmerton, T near Wellington has been a member of the the Trust Board. National Trust’s Komiti Whenua Toitu since 1987. He is a leader in the Wellington (Ngati Maggie Bayfield Awa) Maori community and descended from the original tangata whenua of Wellington and has many tribal affiliations. | He received a Diploma of Agriculture from Massey University and farms his property ‘Hongoeka’ at Plimmerton, with his wife Louise. Their two children are studying at Victoria University. He has been involved in a very wide range of community areas including marae, agricultural organisations, charities, environmental groups and education. He is also a Justice of the Peace and Maggie Bayfield from Inglewood, served as President to the Royal Taranaki is a plant ecologist and does a Federation of Justices of the Peace from variety of consulting work in this area. As 1985-90. well as being the Chairperson of the Taranaki-Wanganui Conservation Board she is an executive member of her local branch of the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society. Maggie has worked for a range of agencies including the Department of Lands and Survey, the Taranaki Catchment Commission, Biological Resources Centre and the Department of Conservation. Maui was a member of the New She has worked on a botanical survey Zealand Historic Places Trust Council of scenic reserves in eastern Taranaki. from 1975-80, having previously chaired This was followed by Protected Natural the Maori Buildings and Advisory Area surveys and reports for the Egmont Committee of the Trust. Ecological Region and the North Taranaki He has been a trustee of the National District. She was also involved in the Art Gallery, National Museum and War initial implementation of the Egmont Memorial since 1977 and of the National Report which entailed liaising with Museum Council since 1978. He has landholders about mechanisms available chaired the Council since 1981. His most for protecting natural areas on private outstanding work has been in the area of land. conservation, repatriation of Maori Maggie is married with two young artefacts and the return of Mokomokai children. She enjoys landscape gardening from overseas, as well as his contribution in her leisure time. to the new Museum of New Zealand. QEII NATIONAL TRUST NEWSLETTER 5 Bowman’s Bush he National Trust formally recognised a significant T contribution to conservation in Southland on March 23. Chairman, Sir Peter Elworthy presented Mrs Majorie Bowman with a National Trust Benefactor Certificate at the 1.2 hectare reserve that bears her name. This marked the Trust’s appreciation of Mrs ^wman’s generosity, the faith she has ^Aced in the Trust and the Trust’s long term commitment to honour that. The area has never been logged and the larger native trees are thought to be 300 to 500 years old. Trust Southland Representative, Roger Sutton, says the reserve is probably the best example of modified indigenous podocarp forest in the Southland coastal strip. The bush was purchased by Mrs Bowman’s father, the late Dr John MacDonald of Invercargill in 1920. He bought it for its natural values and fenced and maintained it until his death. Mrs Bowman then became the owner, continuing to maintain and protect the bush, in accordance with her father’s wishes. In February 1986, after moving from her home adjoining the bush to Lake Hayes, Mrs Bowman sold the area to the National Trust as one lot.
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