Annual Conference Ko Te Kawa o Tangaroa, he kawa ora – Living on a dynamic coast

Whanganui 10-12 March 2021 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE | 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Te Awa Tupua information ...... 2 Tāhuna Ora Waiata ...... 3 The Coastal Restoration Trust of ...... 4 Coastal Restoration Trust trustees...... 5 Conference Contact Numbers & Organising Committee ...... 5 The Conference Venue ...... 6 Welcome from the Chair ...... 7 Welcome from Mayor Hamish McDouall...... 8 Welcome from Horizons’ Councillor Sam Ferguson...... 9 Abstract Keynote speaker...... 10 Abstract Alastair Clement...... 11 Abstract Colin Ogle...... 12 Abstract Rudi Schnitzler...... 13

FIELD TRIPS – KEEPING SAFE ...... 14 Field trip map overview...... 15 Field trip Castlecliff and Mole (Wednesday)...... 16 Field trip Waverley & Waipipi (Thursday)...... 17 Field trip River (Friday morning)...... 18 Field trip Koitiata (Friday)...... 19

THE 2021 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Day 1: Wednesday 10 March ...... 20 Day 2: Thursday 11 March ...... 21 Day 3: Friday 12 March ...... 21 Sponsors...... 22 Useful websites...... 23

2 | 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE | 1 Te Awa Tupua Tāhuna Ora Waiata

For more than a century the laws, maintained by our tūpuna and their Tāhuna Ora regulations and actions of the Crown descendants. Tai timu, tai pari have broken the Whanganui River down into parts. The Te Awa Tupua Te Awa Tupua recognises a set of Tai mata tāhuna framework seeks to take a catchment- indigenous values at law that reflect Piri tata, piri tahi wide approach to ensure that all of the innate relationship of the River to Piri kia ora the waterways which together join to the people and the people to the River Mō āpōpō, form the Whanganui River are viewed as guardians and sovereign partners in mō ake, ake tonu rā and managed, not in isolation, but protecting the mana of the river and with reference to the whole River as an leading water policy, management, interconnected ecosystem. and planning. It also represents a move towards restorative justice Furthermore, to Whanganui Iwi, the and sustainable practices for healthy Dunes, strong and vigorous Whanganui River is viewed as a living waterways. Tides that ebb and flow being, Te Awa Tupua; an indivisible Caressing the banks’ brow whole incorporating its tributaries Nō te kawa ora a ‘Tupua te Kawa’ hei and all its physical and metaphysical taura here nā Te Awa Tupua me ōna Stand together and embrace as one elements from the mountains to the tāngata ki te kawa nō tawhito rangi. To ensure survival for tomorrow, sea. And therefore the health and for the future, through the eons of time. wellbeing of one element of the River The natural law and value system of Te is intrinsically connected to the health Awa Tupua, which binds the people to and wellbeing of the whole River, its the River and the River to the people. mouri and its mana.

The enduring concept of Te Awa Tupua – the inseparability of the people To read more: and River – underpins the desire of ww.ngatangatatiaki.co.nz/our-story/ Whanganui Iwi to care for, protect, tupua-te-kawa manage and use the Whanganui River through the kawa and tikanga

2 | 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE | 3 The Coastal Restoration The Coastal Restoration Trust of New Zealand Trust Trustees

The Coastal Restoration Trust is a nationwide organisation that brings together The Coastal Restoration Trust of New Zealand Board comprises up to 15 trustees the knowledge and experience of communities, iwi and hapū, management from a wide range of backgrounds, organisations and locations around the country. authorities, industry, and science agencies to save and restore our sand dunes The trustees have long term experience in a wide range of fields, such as botany, and coastal ecosystems. dune morphology, raranga, governance and community restoration projects.

The Coastal Restoration Trust is an incorporated Charitable Trust formed in Current Trustees 2007 to continue the work of the Coastal Dune Vegetation Network. Our aim is Chair Greg Bennett - North Canterbury David Bergin - Bay of Plenty to support and encourage the development of cost effective practical methods Treasurer Colin Ryder - Laura Shaft - Northland for coastal communities and management authorities to restore natural coastal Administrator Lyneke Onderwater Graeme La Cock - Wellington ecosystems including the natural form and function of coastal dunes. Tim Park - Wellington Lyle Mason - Southland Betsy Young - Far North Jo Bonner - Whakatane Alison Waru - East Cape Jason Maguiness - North Auckland Our goals are: • To provide a network for information exchange on sustainable management of dunes and coastal ecosystems; Conference Contact Numbers • To facilitate research on NZ coastal and dune ecosystems; and For general conference questions: • To promote public awareness of proven methods for protection, restoration, 021 268 2052 (Lyneke Onderwater) conservation and sustainable management of coastal and dune ecosystems. For field trip enquiries phone: 021 227 7189 (Scotty Moore)

To achieve these goals we: Conference Organising • Organise an annual conference and workshops to discuss issues, share information Committee and hear the latest research; • Run a website where information is free and easily accessible and can host Graham Pearson Colin Ogle community coast care web pages; Lyn Pearson Neil Mickleson • Commission research projects and offer a student scholarship; and Scotty Moore Jenny Duncan • Produce technical bulletins and articles detailing best practice methods for Graeme La Cock Lyneke Onderwater dune restoration. Photo by Karina Hunt and Bruce Tonkin

4 | 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE | 5 The Conference Venue Welcome The Grand Hotel, Corner St Hill and Guyton Streets, from the Chair Whanganui

Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou katoa. This will be the venue for the conference until 11am on Thursday, when the field Nau mai, haere mai ki tēnei hui. trips commence and depart from here. Greetings and a warm welcome to the 2021 conference of the Coastal Restoration Trust of New Zealand, Living on a Dynamic Coast - Ko Te Kawa o Tangaroa, he kawa ora.

This is a return to the Trust’s beginnings fauna that live there, and meeting as our first conference as a Charitable the other coasties who are kaitiaki in Trust was in Whanganui in 2008. Back this place. then, I remember the indomitable Ted Frost showing us the dunes and I invite all of you to contribute in the battle Castlecliff Coast Care were making our conference an enjoyable waging on areas of wattle, lupin and and valuable experience. Please ask other weeds. Many thanks to Graham questions, offer advice and enhance and Lyn Pearson for taking Ted’s mahi the collective experience and to new levels and their update at every knowledge of our huihuinga. conference is always inspiring. I am Many thanks to our sponsors, especially looking forward to seeing the results Horizons Regional Council, who are of thousands of hours of volunteer our generous hosts. These sponsors efforts and investment from make it possible for us to hold the community organisations, councils, conference and keep the registration DOC and others. fees affordable. Also a special thanks to The Whanganui-Manawatū Region the conference organising committee can be windy. We all know wind + who have put in the hard mahi to sand + vegetation = sand dunes and produce this event. Parking the sometimes exceptional wind, The Grand Hotel has a limited amount of parking available. Other parking nearby is excess sand and vigorous plants in the mostly paid or limited and parking wardens are active. We recommend that you walk Whanganui-Manawatū build stonking Kia ora, great sand dunes. to the venue if your accommodation is not too far. Greg Bennett I am looking forward to seeing these Tiamana dune systems and all the flora and

6 | 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE | 7 Welcome from Welcome Whanganui from Horizons District Mayor Regional Councillor Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou katoa. Haere mai ki Whanganui

It is my delight to welcome the members of the Coastal Restoration Kia ora, it is a pleasure to welcome pressure on them and the life they Trust of New Zealand to Whanganui for their national conference. you to the Horizons Region and support. As people better appreciate Whanganui. and understand these wild places, they Protecting and restoring our nation’s the strip from Whangaehu to Ototoko. are more likely to respect and coastline is such an important task, and Best wishes for your conference and I As an elected representative in the protect them. often thankless. I want to acknowledge hope you are able to get out and see region I have a passion for the local this debt of gratitude and say to you all: the other things that make Whanganui environment and ensuring it is thriving. I look forward to seeing you in thank you so much for your work. the most beautiful city in New Zealand One of the key aspects to achieving Whanganui, learning more about the Whanganui’s coastline is rugged and - our cafés, the wonderful built this is the support and acceptance from challenges and opportunities of these dynamic. Dunes migrate (indeed heritage, premier parks and of course the local community. Communities ecosystems, and sharing the stories of much of the central city is built on our unique river - Te Awa Tupua. And such as Foxton Beach that are actively our dunes with our local communities. ancient dunes that have come to town maybe take a bit of Whanganui back out there pulling lupin and marram over many centuries), cliffs erode, to your home – perhaps a piece of and vegetation clings fast against the blown glass from one of our incredible to allow plants such maakoako and westerly wind. galleries. slender clubrush to flourish. Sam Ferguson Elected Councillor Having three beaches close to the city I hope you experience Whanganui’s Connecting people with places and means that they become recreational famous manaakitanga, and enjoy your making knowledge easy to consume places and the district needs to balance stay. and explore, helps to give our a variety of users - surfers, anglers, walkers, riders, drivers and those who communities a better appreciation for simply want to enjoy the incredible the role our dune systems play and the Hamish McDouall environment of our coast. importance of protecting them. Mayor of As a major step towards this, the The impact from humans on many of Council is looking to put a Coastal our sensitive ecosystems puts immense Management Plan in place in the near future in order to protect and preserve

8 | 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE | 9 Dunelands of the southwest : Keynote Speaker Driving forces, development, and future scenarios

Professor James Renwick is a leading Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Dunes define the coast of the years. Dune development along the climate scientist with a strong national Change (IPCC) demonstrates his southwestern North Island from Patea coast has been delineated through and international reputation, and four expertise. He has also been involved south to Paekakariki. This coastal detailed soil mapping and the use of decades of experience in weather and in the governance of the World dunefield is the largest in New Zealand dating techniques such as optically climate research. Climate Research Programme for the at around 950 km2 in size, with dunes stimulated luminescence dating which past eight years. He was awarded the transgressing inland as far as 18 km dates the time since dune sand was last His appointment as a Lead Author 2018 Prime Minister’s Prize for from the contemporary coast. The exposed to the sun. and Coordinating Lead Author on Science Communication. size of the dunefield reflects key three Assessment Reports of the controls on dune-building processes: For the future the dunes of the a very high sediment supply; a strong southwest North Island represent a onshore wind and wave regime; and valuable buffer against the effects of along much of the coast a low relief climate and sea-level change driving nearshore, beach, and back-beach erosion of the coast. However, coastal environment that does not restrict inundation remains a threat that dunes dune development. are unlikely to counter.

The dunes of the southwestern North Island have formed semi-continuously over approximately the past 8,000

Dr Alastair Clement Dr Alastair Clement is a senior lecturer in physical geography based in the School of Agriculture and Environment at Massey University in Palmerston North.

Alastair is a coastal geomorphologist who specialises in understanding the evolution of coastal environments in response to fluctuations in relative sea-level, changing climatic conditions, and the impact of tectonics. Alastair also researches how sea-level has changed around the New Zealand coast in the past.

10 | 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE | 11 Vegetation and plants on the dynamic coast Living on a dynamic coast with little, little from Taranaki to Manawatū known insects, monsters and what do we know?

Coastal habitats between South Insect sampling by pitfall traps were predominantly small and Taranaki and Manawatū can be divided along transects in Castlecliff sand inconspicuous, and their ecology of broadly into sea cliffs (mudstone, with dunes has shown a diverse beetle those species is poorly known. Coastal overlying compacted peat, tephra and fauna. Differences in beetle species restoration often focuses only on loess) and dune sands. Within these are composition were observed along plants, birds and maybe some larger gradations of moisture from saturated transects. The differences depend on known invertebrates. to dry. Constructing a picture of the the land inward distances pitfall traps pre-human vegetation of the coastal were set from the sea side edge of the For seaside restoration to be effective strip is made difficult by the present- sand dunes. and all inclusive, it is essential to carry day paucity of indigenous vegetation out research on interactions between and the lack of written records or Accumulation of species richness coastal invertebrates, plants and other evidence. Colin Ogle showed that more sampling needs to other animals. Colin Ogle retired in 2000 from his position be carried out. The species collected In rural areas, pasture mostly extends as Conservancy Advisory Scientist with to the sea clifftops or foredunes where Department of Conservation (DOC) in Whanganui. exotic marram grass (Ammophila arenaria) dominates; coastal plant General ecology, with a leaning towards botany, has always been and continues to communities have been largely be his main interest. Since retiring, most of replaced by plantations and urban his ecological work has been as a volunteer, development; weeds have modified apart from surveying the proposed Waipipi windfarm site and some part-time lecturing almost every natural area. Native plant at Massey University. He has contributed Franz-Rudolf (Rudi) Schnitzler species have become extinct within the thousands of plant specimens to national It has been a lifelong passion for Rudi to study entomology, which herbaria, as well as photos and text to past three decades and many others Rudi accomplished late in his life. Rudi has an MSc in Entomology the NZ Plant Conservation Network and and Taxonomy and a PhD in Insect Ecology and Biodiversity. are regionally or nationally threatened. i-Naturalist; also bird records to e-Bird; public lectures on botanical and travel Rudi has worked for Plant & Food Research, Ministry for Primary themes; worked with local conservation Industries and Landcare Research (New Zealand Arthropod The mainly southwest aspect of the groups, especially at Gordon Park Scenic Collection) of which Rudi is still a research associate. sea cliffs and their freshwater seepages Reserve. provides a refuge for some plants Through his work and volunteer experience Rudi is a generalist Colin is a co-author of recent papers on entomologist. His main passion, however, are flies - particular of the intolerant of drought, as do dune new weeds nationally, and monocot weeds family Tachinidae, whose larvae are parasitic on other insects. Rudi hollows, stream margins, swamps, of the Manawatū Plains Ecological Region. is semi-retired now and lives in Whanganui. This last-named paper featured many lakes and estuaries, but even these wet weeds of the local dune country (Foxton areas are changing rapidly, with losses Ecological District). of native plant biodiversity.

12 | 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE | 13 Field trips/Keeping Safe Field trips/Map Overview

We will visit locations outdoors in environments that require you to be responsible for your own health and safety.

Please ensure that you:

• Have appropriate clothing • Keep within safety barriers, to deal with the very adhere to safety advisory signs variable weather conditions, and instructions, take care from water-proof and warm when crossing roads and keep clothing to hats and a safe distance from hazards sun-block. like steep drop-offs, fast flowing water or other areas • Wear footwear appropriate that might present a safety risk. for walking and providing proper grip on wet, slippery • Inform the conference surfaces. coordinators before you leave of any special medical • Have any medication and/or conditions or needs for which Fieldtrip key food/drink you may need on you may require assistance. a trip of some hours. A 10 March/3:50pm North Mole/river mouth and Castlecliff dunes

B 11 March/11:00am Waverley Coast and Waipipi Wind Farm

If you don’t have the right clothing please ask a conference coordinator C 11 March/6:00pm River trip to Upokongaro on before you leave on the trip, so that assistance can be provided in finding MV Waimarie (Conference Dinner) appropriate gear. D 12 March /9:00am Whanganui River Estuary

E 12 March /11:00am Koitiata Beach Have enjoyable, safe and healthy field trips!

14 | 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE | 15 3:50-6pm Wednesday Castlecliff 10 March Waipipi & 11-5pm Thursday Waverley Beach 11 March

Between 1908 and 1929 moles, (river dunes, where the port, river mouth near Waverley. As we travel west from retaining walls) were built to facilitate and moles are located. In 2017, the Local Coastal Geology Whanganui, we pass an example, better access for coastal shipping. This Whanganui River was recognised as Whanganui’s Coast is an internationally Rotokawau-Virginia Lake, before has resulted in a large triangular area “Te Awa Tupua”, giving it legal rights significant location for studying the turning off SH3 onto Brewer Road of sand accreting on Castlecliff Beach. of a person, a world first. Te Pūwaha climate of the last 5 million years. A then Ihupuku Road. Lake Waiau, a The shoreline has moved seaward up (the river mouth), will be the first quirk of geological history provides DOC-managed reserve, is on the right, to two metres annually. true community-led exercise for a near perfect sequence of exposed followed by the privately-owned Lake management of a project under this sediment layers and coastal terraces Herengawe. Both have swamps in their Field trip participants will pass through new legal status. that have been cleverly interpreted to upper arms. Herengawe drains into large rear dunes predominately illuminate the spectacular rise and fall the multi-armed Ihupuku Swamp, of populated by marram grass and Acacia Graham Pearson, of sea-levels as ice age-interglacial which 39 ha are DOC-managed as a sophorae (coastal wattle) to spinifex- Castlecliff Coast Care Coordinator cycles sent sea levels up and down Wildlife Management Reserve. This was dominated fore dunes. A concrete hundreds of metres. probably a dune lake before closing bunker built in 1946 now sits about in with harakeke, swamp sedges 150m back from the high tide mark, 20,000 years ago you could have and shrubs. All these wetlands are vividly demonstrating the accretion. walked to Nelson from here. The last important for wildlife such as fernbird 10,000 years have been exceptionally and contain nationally and regionally Castlecliff Coast Care (CCC) work stable. How far back do we need to rare flora, including swamp greenhood on the rear and fore dune areas, look to see a climate record like what and lady’s tresses orchids. Some of planting about 600 native plants we are now heading for? the lakes have a significant draw-down every year and doing weed control. of water in summer, exposing mats of Whanganui District Council spends Local science educator and wetland plants. $40-60K annually to remove sand conservationist Keith Beautrais will try from coastal infrastructure, CCC hopes to explain some of this and answer to demonstrate that the successful your questions. retention of sand using native sand binders will encourage the council to Between the dunes of Foxton adopt this approach to sand control. Ecological District and the raised Many schools and community groups terraces of Manawatū Plains Ecological help with planting and watering. District is a line of dune swamps and lakes, impounded against the terraces The field trip will also visit the by sand. We are not exploring any of southern end of the Castlecliff sand these sites but we will pause twice

16 | 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE | 16 to view the wetlands from the buses 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE | 17 Whanganui 9:00am 11:00am Friday Friday 12 March Koitiata River Estuary 12 March

Peter Frost, Ornithologist As Whanganui has expanded, the The Koitiata Wetlands Restoration (ragwort, lupin, willow, poplar, estuary’s margins have been reduced Project is a community initiated agapanthus, gorse) in the areas in The Whanganui River Estuary lies at and extensively modified, undoubtedly scheme focussing on the Koitiata front of the village and investigating a the end of the third longest river in limiting organic matter and nutrient Domain Recreation Reserve, an area change in the water table as a result New Zealand and the longest navigable inputs. Combined with the apparent bordered by the village, Santoft Forest, of land recontouring. We’ve taken a one. Over much of its 290km length, instability of the bottom sediments, the Turakina River and the coast. This project approach including identifying from its headwaters on the northern driven by periodic strong winds and is Crown land held for recreation a project coordinator, developing flank of Mt Tongariro, it flows through floods, its productivity seems limited. purposes under the Reserves Act, an overarching plan, securing seed often narrow, deeply incised sandstone Although around 30 wader and and Rangitikei District Council are funding from the Koitiata Residents and mudstone gorges flanked, in the appointed to control and manage it. Committee, development of resources waterbird species have been middle reaches, by native forests of including weed management recorded, most are transient, using the Whanganui National Park. Much The aim of the project is to improve information sheets, spray diaries and the estuary as a stop-over point on of the remaining 7130 km2 catchment and preserve the ecology of this undertaking regular communication/ their annual migrations. has been converted to open pasture, wetland area so it protects and engagement activities. cultivated land and forestry plantations. supports biodiversity and provides an During 2006–2012, surveys showed Increased erosion of these friable area for residents and visitors to explore Conference attendees will be provided 97% of all 55,000 individuals recorded soils, both on the surface and through and enjoy. This long term project with an overview of the area, the comprised just 10 species, with gulls, extensive landslip over the past century, includes weed removal, minimising project and results of recent vegetation terns and a few waders predominating. has hastened this inflow of sediment sand blow, water management, and bird surveys. Speakers include to the Whanganui Estuary, gradually replanting and improving recreational Chris Shenton (Ngāti Apa), Jo Anson This excursion provides an opportunity infilling it. access to the area. (Project Coordinator), Colin Ogle to consider several questions. How (Botanist) and Graeme La Cock (CRT/ relevant is this estuary for native Along with an active community group DOC). Members of the project group Other forces are also affecting the biodiversity in the wider national we are partnering with Ngāti Apa, and partnering organisations will estuary: water abstraction in the context? Given the prospects of climate Department of Conservation, Rangitīkei then show people around the domain headwaters for hydropower; nutrient change, ongoing development, and the District Council, Horizons Regional and coastal area explaining the and chemical runoff from agricultural, many recreational and other demands Council, Land-based Training and the approaches taken to date, challenges urban and industrial land; and the being placed on it, what is its future? Rangitīkei Environmental Group who encountered and seeking the shared impact of numerous engineering Can it be managed better? have variously contributed advice, wisdom of the group. works—roads, bridges, rock walls in resources and man power. the river, groynes, occasional dredging, We look forward to welcoming you. stabilised embankments and sundry In the 6 months the project has other flood-control measures. been going, 300 man hours have been committed to removing weeds

18 | 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE | 19 Ko Te Kawa o Tangaroa, he kawa ora - Living on a dynamic coast DAY 2 Thursday 11 March 2021 2021 Whanganui Conference Programme 8:30 Trust resources and updates Tim Park

9:00 Regional Roundup Facilitated by Laura Shaft DAY 1 Wednesday 10 March 2021 Simon Hoyle and Janet Andrews on video 10:00 CRT projects update Time Topic Speaker/Facilitator project, and CRT trustees

8:00 Registration desk opens. Tea and coffee available 10:30 Morning tea

Karakia John Maihi (Whanganui Iwi) Colin Ogle (Botanist) 9:00 Significance of the Awa and the Bus travel to Waverley and Waipipi - Ben Potaka (Whanganui Iwi) Keith Beautrais (Science Educator) coast to Whanganui Iwi Dune lakes and terraces, 11:00 Stewart Reid (Waipipi Windfarm) clifftop plant communities, sand Tama Pokai (Landblocks Shareholders/Te kaahui mining history 10:00 Chairman opens conference Greg Bennett o Rauru)

Mayor Hamish McDouall (Whanganui District 5:00pm Return to venue 10:10 Setting the scene for Whanganui Council) and Councillor Sam Ferguson (Horizons Regional Council) Conference dinner and live entertainment on Waimarie Paddle Steamer, while 6:00pm 10:30 Morning tea cruising the Whanganui Awa (at extra cost)

11:00 Session 1 Facilitated by Greg Bennett

Dunelands of the southwest North Alastair Clement (Massey University) 11:00 Island: Driving forces, development, DAY 3 Friday 12 March 2021 and future scenarios A field trip to sites south of Whanganui Vegetation and plants on the Colin Ogle (Botanist) 8:45 Meet for field trip 11:30 dynamic coast from Taranaki to Manawatū Depart to Yacht Club for estuary 9:00 Peter Frost (Ornithologist) Living on a Dynamic Coast viewing 12:00 with little, little known insects, Rudi Schnitzler (Entomologist) monsters and what do we know? 10:00 Travel to Koitiata Beach

12:30 Sponsor Talk Lizzie Daly (Horizons Regional Council) 10:30 Morning tea

Chris Shenton (Ngāti Apa) 12:40 Lunch Koitiata Beach Jo Anson (Koitiata Wetlands Restoration Project) 11:00 History, plants, river movement, Professor James Renwick (Commissioner of the Colin Ogle (Botanist) 1:40pm Keynote speaker residents’ improvement project Climate Change Commission) Graeme La Cock (CRT/DOC)

1:00pm Lunch 2:20pm Regional Roundup Facilitated by Graeme La Cock 2:00pm Depart Koitiata 3:20pm Afternoon tea

Graham Pearson (Castlecliff Coast Care) 2:30pm Arrive at Languard Bluff viewpoint (Near airport) Field trip to North Mole, river mouth 3:50pm Jock Lee (Port Development) and Castlecliff dunes James Barron (Whanganui District Councillor) 3pm Farewell

6pm Return to The Grand/Whanganui 3:30pm Travel to Whanganui airport AKL flights from Whanganui leave at 4:45pm

20 | 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE | 21 Sponsors

The Coastal Restoration Trust of New Zealand would like to thank the following conference sponsors, without whom this conference and the on-going success of the Trust would not be possible.

Gold Sponsor & Host

Silver Sponsor Useful Websites Coastal Restoration Trust: www.coastalrestorationtrust.org.nz

Plant Calculator: www.coastalrestorationtrust.org.nz/resources/planting-calculator

Other Sponsors Coastal Reference Database: https://ref.coastalrestorationtrust.org.nz

Handbook: www.coastalrestorationtrust.org.nz/resources/coastal-restoration-handbook

Monitoring Database: https://monitoring.coastalrestorationtrust.org.nz

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