Coast Care Events Coming Up…
Dear volunteers
Thanks again for all of your Coast Caring actions this year. We have been heartened by the level of interest in Coast
Care events and are now in the enviable position of having more keen people than we do plants available to put in the
ground!
This year there has been a lot of storm erosion over much of the region. This has been caused by a combination of
north and easterly winds and waves delivered by the strongest La Nina conditions since 1989, including some very
high king tides coinciding with onshore swells. This is a normal coastal process and will be followed by a period of
dune recovery at some stage, hopefully not too far into the future! Foredunes that are healthy with pingao and
Spinifex should recover quickest as roots, stolons and remaining foliage can trap wind-borne sand.
The biggest project this year is the re-planting of previously weeded areas along both Mōtītī and Taylor Roads in
Pāpāmoa. Between all of the working bees since May we have managed to plant about 75% of the 30,000 plants
earmarked for the area, and with your help we’ll complete the rest before it warms up or dries out too much.
If you haven’t already, go and have a look along Karewa Parade to see the great results of your restoration efforts
from 2010. It is looking very good. We have made a few changes to plant selection and location thanks to feedback
from residents in the area.
We’d love to see you at another event soon. Come and join us even if you only have an hour or so up your sleeve –
you don’t have to stay for the whole time. For all of the events below please bring covered shoes, warm clothes, a
drink and a spade if you have one. We’ll supply morning tea. Check out the website for more information
www.boprc.govt.nz and search for “Coast Care”.
Pāpāmoa East
We are working northwest along the beach in front of Taylor Road and will finish this year with two events at Taylor
Reserve. Look for the Coast Care sign on Taylor Road and then walk down the beach access to join us. Morning or
afternoon teas will be available to all participants.
Sunday 31 July, 9:30am – 12:00 noon
Saturday 13 August, 9:30am – 12:00 noon
Sunday 14 August, 9:30am – 12:00 noon
Sunday 28 August, 9:30am – 12:00 noon
Mount Maunganui, Tay St beach
Sunday 7 August, 9:30am – 12:00 noon
Meet opposite Tay St to help fill in some gaps left from our 2009 plantings. There will also be some hand weeding
and replanting on the seaward side of the new boardwalk.
Te Tumu Kaituna 7B2
Sunday 11 September, 9:30am – 12:00 noon
Meet at the very end of Pāpāmoa Beach Rd (closest to Maketū) at 9:30am sharp so we can take you through the
locked gate and onto a very special dune area which has recently been fenced to exclude rabbits. We’ll be working
with the owners to start replanting 2,000 pingao.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chris Ward, Coast Care Contractor
Phone 0800 884 881 extn: 8801
Email coastcare.west@boprc.govt.nz
Pukehina,
2 July, 10:00am –
12:30pm
Meet
Surf Club
to help
the dunes at Dotterel Point. Contact Kevin Barugh on 07 888 8664 or
Pim at
dethe
Monchy,
Coast
Care replant
Coordinator
Chris
Ward.
Phone
0800 884 881 extn: 8518
Email coastcare@boprc.govt.nz
Te Tumu (east of Pāpāmoa), 1 August, 9:00am – 4:00pm
We will be poisoning rabbits on land between Pāpāmoa and the Kaituna River. Contact Pim de Monchy as
this event will be weather dependant.