Land management

Greater Wellington promotes responsible land-use practices

Greater Wellington is responsible for protecting the productive capacity of land in the region and encouraging and promoting sustainable land management practices.

This means promoting responsible land-use practices.

We do this by encouraging landowners to recognise the economic and social value of managing land in a way that will protect the resource and meet the needs of this and future generations.

Greater Wellington encourages good practice by working with landowners to develop sustainability and property conservation plans, and by working with rural community groups to promote soil conservation.

Greater Wellington’s soil conservation role helps to promote sustainable use of the region's land.

Soil conservation promotes appropriate protection of the region's soils from uses which result in erosion or degradation, thereby retaining the sustainable productive capacity of soils.

In the Wairarapa, extensive and long-term work in areas such as the Tinui district proves the value of soil conservation programmes in sustainable land management.

Greater Wellington's Akura Conservation Centre in Masterton grows and sells trees for conservation and provides advice on a range of related topics.

Greater Wellington's Streams Alive programme offers financial assistance to landowners in 12 catchments around the region that have a high ecological value.

If you are a landowner in a Streams alive catchment with a stream on your property, you may qualify for free native plants, planting and weed control for two years after planting.

To find out more about Streams Alive or for advice about streamside care, email riparian@gw.govt.nz, or phone Anna Burrows on 04 526 5323 or 0800 496 734.

If you have a stream on your property but it is not in one of the Streams alive catchments, you can still get advice about stream restoration from Greater Wellington staff.