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There are good books available to help you learn more about the special qualities of New Zealand's native plants, and how best to care for them. A few are listed below, but booksellers and nurseries will be able to advise you about others.

Going native - making use of New Zealand native plants. Edited by Ian Spellerburg and David Given, 2004, Canterbury University Press.

Bush vitality - a visual assessment kit. Helmut Jansen 2004 Horizons Regional Council

Native forest monitoring- a guide for forest owners and managers. Peter Handford 2002 Forme Consulting Group Ltd

Plant me instead - plants to use instead of common and invasive environmental weeds in the lower North Island. Department of Conservation, 2005

Nature guide to the New Zealand forest John Dawson and Rob Lucas. 2000, Godwit

Which coastal plant? A Simple Guide to the Identification of New Zealand's Common Coastal Plants. Andrew Crowe, 2003; Viking

Which native forest plant? Andrew Crowe 1999 Viking

The Reed Field Guide to New Zealand native trees. J.T. Salmon, 2004 ; Reed

Growing Native Plants in Kapiti. Isobel Gabites, 1999 available from Kapiti Coast District Council office

Greater Wellington Publications

Managing your bush block- a guide to looking after indigenous forest remnants in the Wellington region.

Mind the Stream- a guide to looking after urban and rural streams in the Wellington region.

A Beginner's Guide to Wetland Restoration -

Understanding the wet in wetland

So you’re thinking about a pond…

Fish friendly culverts and rock ramps in small streams