Trelissick Park Group

This group has restored many areas of native bush along the Kaiwharawhara catchment, including the adjacent leased railway corridor, and they have won an impressive array of awards for this work over the years.

This group is made up of people from a range of different groups with interests in the Park including the Onslow Historical Society, Wellington Forest and Bird, Wellington Botanical Society, Wadestown Residents Association, Private Landowners Group, and the Highland Park Progressive Association, among others.

At a number of different sites along the Kaiwharawhara catchment this group has :

• planted around 100,000 trees by 2011,
• eradicated large areas of blackberry,
• substantially reduced a large number of other weeds including wandering willie, Japanese honeysuckle, montbretia, buddleia, wattle, and sycamore,
• removed large quantities of rubbish,
• built new tracks, bridges, and seats and tables
• maintained possum bait stations and serviced mustelid traps
• run two home based plant nurseries growing eco-sourced native plants for the project
• made submissions on catchment land developments affecting streams in the Park
• advocated for Kaiwharawhara estuary restoration (part of ecological corridor)
• educated park users and locals through interpretive boards, signage, brochures, a web-site, newsletters, guidelines, a Park visitors map and newspaper articles
• and involved a wide range of different people in their activities and their adopt a spot programme including locals, school groups, global volunteers and corporate volunteers.

They hold monthly working bees throughout the year and would love your help. Please click on the link to their website for more information about working bee dates: www.trelissickpark.org.nz.

Photos from left: Working bee, restored bush, nurseries

Contact the Greater Wellington care group faciltator: Robyn Smith on 04 830 4267 or email robyn.smith@gw.govt.nz

Trelissic Park Group contact: Peter Reimann on 04 938 9602 or email sheila.reimann@paradise.net.nz