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Focus on High Country and Auckland North | Lizard Habitat | Native Vines Open space $7.50 MAGAZINE OF THE QUEEN ELIZABETH II NATIONAL TRUST ISSUE 75 | MARCH 2009 Focus on High Country and Auckland North | Lizard Habitat | Native Vines Regional Representatives Contents Far North Greg Blunden Ph 09 407 1119 [email protected] 3 News and Events Kaipara Nick Matich 9 Ph 09 439 8932 [email protected] 4 Focus: High Country Whangarei Nan Pullman 7 Focus: Auckland North Ph/Fax 09 434 3457 [email protected] Northwest Auckland Dan Godoy 11 Research: Lizard diversity and abundance Ph 09 529 2474 [email protected] South Auckland Lynda Fleming 12 Protecting the habitat of skinks and geckos Ph 09 238 5739 [email protected] 15 Research: Forest remnant resilience Coromandel – Hauraki Hamish Kendal Ph 07 866 0770 [email protected] 12 16 Waikato tawa forest covenants Waikato Rex Webby Ph 07 853 2504 [email protected] 17 Fencing: Historic Southland fence East Waikato Hamish Dean 18 Know your natives: Vines Ph 021 741 222 [email protected] Waitomo – Otorohanga Malcolm Mackenzie 21 Dairy farms: Protecting bush remnants Ph 07 873 7728 [email protected] Bay of Plenty Hamish Dean 22 Recording ecological changes Ph 021 741 222 [email protected] 25 Fragments 18 Gisborne Malcolm Piper Ph/Fax 06 867 0255 [email protected] 26 Archaeological sites: Hawke’s Bay kumara pits Hawke’s Bay Troy Duncan Ph 06 844 3838 [email protected] 27 Covenants update Taranaki Neil Phillips 29 Trust people Ph 06 753 6433 [email protected] Taupo-Ruapehu Hamish Dean 30 About QEII Trust Ph 021 741 222 [email protected] 32 Rangitikei – Manawatu – Wanganui 32 In the community: Ruahine School Bush John Williamson Ph 06 328 6851 [email protected] Tararua Bill Wallace Helping you protect the special nature of your land Ph 06 376 7796 [email protected] QEII Trust helps landowners to protect significant natural and cultural features on Wairarapa Trevor Thompson their land. Features include: Ph 06 372 5870 [email protected] • Landscapes • Forests and bush remnants Wellington Maitland Manning • Wetlands • Tussock grasslands Ph 0800 467 367 [email protected] • Cultural sites • Streams Nelson – Tasman Philip Lissaman • Coastlines • Geological features Ph 03 526 6114 [email protected] • Archaeological sites • Wildlife habitats Marlborough Tom Stein Landowners throughout New Zealand voluntarily protect over 89,000 hectares of Ph 03 574 2978 [email protected] land through QEII registered covenants (or protection agreements). QEII Trust also North Canterbury Miles Giller helps by contributing funds for covenant projects and advising landowners on Ph/Fax 03 313 5315 [email protected] managing their covenants. South Canterbury Rob Smith QEII Trust also owns 28 properties, which collectively protect 1,608 hectares of Ph 03 689 7735 [email protected] significant habitat.M ost of these have been gifted to the Trust. Effective stewardship of these properties is greatly assisted by local communities and management committees. West Coast Mike Copeland Ph 03 789 7709 [email protected] Coastal Otago Rob Campbell COVER PHOTO The Queen Elizabeth II National Trust (QEII Trust) Ph 03 439 4333 [email protected] At the historic Cockayne Plot 12 on Northburn is a statutory organisation independent from Station near Cromwell: Sir Brian Lochore, QEII Government and managed by a Board of Directors. High Country Dr Brian Molloy Chairperson, Tom Pinckney, owner of the QEII Trust is a registered charitable entity under the Ph 03 348 1077 [email protected] station, and Dr Brian Molloy, QEII High Country Charities Act 2005. Registration number: CC28488. Regional Representative. Waiau Catchment Mark Sutton Photo: Tim Hawkins Board of Directors Ph 021 540 814 [email protected] Chairperson: Sir Brian Lochore, Masterton Deputy Chairperson: Yvonne Sharp, Kerikeri Southland Gay Munro Open Space™ is published by the Queen Elizabeth II National Trust, Bernard Card, Porirua Ph/Fax 03 239 5827 [email protected] PO Box 3341, Wellington 6140, New Zealand. Edward Ellison, Otakou For details of the QEII Trust Regions, Level 4, FX Networks House, 138 The Terrace, Wellington James Hunter, Porangahau see Contact US on Phone 04 472 6626 Fax 04 472 5578 Jo Ritchie, Helensville www.openspace.org.nz From outside Wellington 0800 4 OPENSPACE (0800 467 367) Chief Executive: Margaret McKee Design Toolbox Creative Editor Loralee Hyde Phone 04 472 6626 Email [email protected] www.openspace.org.nz Email [email protected] 2 Magazine of the Queen Elizabeth II National Trust Issue 75 | March 2009 Issue 75 | March 2009 Magazine of the Queen Elizabeth II National Trust 3 News and Events High Country farmers recognised by Sir Brian Lochore for their commitment to protecting our natural heritage In the early 1920s, Dr Leonard Cockayne, one of New Zealand’s foremost plant research scientists, set up a number of fenced experimental plots on Northburn Station in the Dunstan Mountains near Cromwell. Tom Pinckney, who now owns Northburn Station, protected ten of the historic Cockayne Plots in 2001 with a QEII open space covenant totalling 1.3 hectares. Dr Cockayne was appointed by the Right and below: Department of Agriculture in 1918 to At a gathering in undertake an economic investigation of the woolshed on montane tussock-grassland. In 2001, Northburn Station, Sir Brian Lochore, Dr Brian Molloy, QEII High Country Regional QEII Trust Representative, compiled Dr Cockayne’s Chairperson, and Tom reports from 1918-1922 into a publication. Pinckney, owner of the station, explained Much of what Dr Cockayne wrote is as the protection of the relevant today as it was nearly ninety years historic Cockayne ago. Perhaps his most enduring legacy Plots to QEII was his demonstration on the Northburn covenantors and Station plots, which range in altitude from others involved with 250 to 800 metres, that depleted semi-arid the Trust. land could be revegetated productively with pasture species and trees, provided certain initiatives were taken. awkins H im T Photos: 2 Magazine of the Queen Elizabeth II National Trust Issue 75 | March 2009 Issue 75 | March 2009 Magazine of the Queen Elizabeth II National Trust 3 Focus on High Country On 19 November, Sir Brian Lochore, QEII Chairperson, recognised over fifty local landowners who protect natural features with QEII covenants for their commitment to preserving our unique heritage for future generations to enjoy. Along with QEII representatives from throughout the South Island, Department of Conservation staff and others involved with the Trust, the covenantors were invited to Northburn Station for lunch with the QEII Board and a tour of the Cockayne Plots. Northburn Station is a 12,000ha high country station running 10,000 merinos and 100 cattle over three properties: 8,500ha freehold; 2,200ha leased from Contact Energy; and the balance yde H under the Leaning Rock pastoral lease. Tom and Jan Pinckney have oralee L diversified from traditional grazing by integrating farming with conservation and by developing both a 23ha vineyard producing Photo: Above: The new rabbit-proof fences protecting the Cockayne Plots pinot noir and a function centre. were constructed with contributions from QEII and the landowner. ‘Covenantors in Central Otago, Waitaki, Queenstown-Lakes and Landcorp Farming also contributed to the covenanting process. the Mackenzie Country now protect over 13,000 hectares with Below: Brian Patrick examines an unnamed and undescribed tussock 42 covenants,’ said Sir Brian. with Neill and Barbara Simpson. ‘A key to the success of the Trust in protecting natural features on private land is that we work in a true partnership with the landowner. ‘QEII covenants are voluntary but once in place they protect these special areas forever. Private property rights are not jeopardised by a covenant as the landowner retains ownership of the land and continues to control access. ‘I am amazed at the generosity of those who care about the future of our country and can never thank our covenantors enough.’ Tom Pinckney recounted the history of Northburn Station and the awkins H im location of the Cockayne Plots. The original fences constructed from T 1919-1921 around the plots remain to this day although one Photo: or two were opened in the 1930s. As part of the QEII covenanting process, each plot was surveyed and then enclosed with a new rabbit-proof fence. ‘Areas in the High Country protected by landowners with QEII covenants include tussock grasslands, herbfields, salt pans, forests and geological landscapes,’ said Brian Molloy. ‘It’s my personal pleasure to work with the covenantors who are protecting our dryland habitats. ‘This gathering of the Trust family is to celebrate both the work of our covenantors and Dr Cockayne who spent all of his life working with plants.’ Left: Dr Brian Molloy with the compiled reports of Dr Cockayne, published as An Economic Investigation of the Montane Tussock-Grassland of New Zealand (1918-1922). ‘The last plant survey on the Cockayne Plots was done in 1995,’ said Dr Molloy. ‘It would be useful to mount another survey and publish the results.’ For a copy of the publication, contact QEII Trust on 04 472 6626, email [email protected] awkins H or write to PO Box 3341, Wellington 6140. im T Payment of $5 per copy is required to cover packaging and posting. Photo: 4 Magazine of the Queen Elizabeth II National Trust Issue 75 | March 2009 Issue 75 | March 2009 Magazine of the Queen Elizabeth II National Trust 5 Focus on High Country eid R Photo: W.D. Above: A party of inspection at Cockayne’s Plot 12 at 800m on Northburn Station on 2 November 1922. Dr Cockayne is at the extreme right.
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