Nga Uruora Kapiti Project
Paekakariki
Nga Uruora works on a wide range of sites between Paekakariki and Pukerua Bay, three of which are receiving Care funding:
The escarpment
- The Paekakariki dune area stretches from the Fisherman’s Table restaurant in the south to just north of the Wainui stream in the north
- Ames St Reserve is located behind the Paekakariki dune area, between the foredune and SH1.
- Sanderson’s Reserve is a small pocket of vegetation opposite Ames St Reserve between SH1 and the railway track.
At Paekakariki Nga Uruora is restoring dunes vulnerable to erosion by planting native sand-binding grasses such as pingao and spinifex that catch wind blown sand and can help to build stable dune profiles.
Ames St Reserve has a notable mahoe dune forest 20-30m above the steep dune face. It also has a number of significant weeds that the group is currently targeting including boneseed, wattle, boxthorn, germen and cape ivy and tradescantia. These will be eradicated and replaced with suitable native species.
Sanderson’s Reserve was the site of an early Forest and Bird planting of cabbage trees by founder Ernest Valentine Sanderson and is an ideal site for the establishment of larger forest trees as a seed source for Nga Uruora’s flagship coastal escarpment project.
Contact information
Joe Clarkson is the field officer for this group, ph: 04 9054473 or 021 039 3019, fieldofficer-nukp@paradise.net.nz
Greater Wellington contact
Harley Spence, ph: 04 830 4083, Harley.Spence@gw.govt.nz