Our Program's Vision of Wellbeing (Where we want to be) drives all our project activities:
We list each project under the outcome area (what we want to be in place at the end of the project) that we think it contributes most to. All outcomes and all projects are highly interdependent, but since we understand the indicators (what will show us we are getting close to an outcome), with our project leadership style we can normally resolve any ambiguity that arises. Our program roadmap Powerpoint shows how these are interrelated.
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GUARDIANSHIP Outcome
Kaitiakitanga - responsibility for guardianship is accepted and in place, not just for the forest but also for the community’s culture and the values that support it. Indicators are:
- Others will see Ngatiwhare (the tangata whenua) caring for the forest and sharing its taonga. [treasure / wealth / wisdom / culture / values] for the betterment of all.
- Wahi tapu (sacred places) will be treasured with their mana kept intact
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1.1 |
* Gather in indigenous Maori values and conservation processes and relate them to today’s world |
Research done at school for Webchallenge project - ongoing information being collected. A library resource collection being established at Kura and also many links to Kaitiakitanga info on website |
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1.1.1 |
*Visit Whaingaroa Environment Groups in Raglan to learn about some of the Kaitiakitanga projects in their community and to share |
COMPLETE
see WEC website for more info |
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1.1.2 |
Held Kaitiakitanga Retreat on Murumurunga Marae, Te Whaiti, 19-20-21 Mar 2004
Other retreats have been run when appropriate |
This took the form of a Tipu Ake retreat with the theme of Kaitiakitanga inviting a wide range of participants. |
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1.2 |
* Take responsible for local environmental / social activity in the valley in partnership with DOC, Env BOP, WDC and others |
Links established at an informal level see partners |
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1.3 |
* Identify sacred / historical places and establish protocols for accessing and sharing them |
Much of this is available from Iwi, DOC and other records |
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Build Punga Whare of the style used by Marangaranga and do energy efficiency test on it over all seasons |
Inspired by suggestion by Meriana Taputu to build a whare on river flat below track in Forest. Started March 08 with school weatherstation |
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* Research and produce a historical / cultural drama production with multimedia components |
Draft research done. Drama / film school student mentors and probable funding avail for later in 04. - Suspended until school ready |
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1.5 |
Produce videos on the Kaitiakitanga theme based on our learnings from others |
Three 3 hour Videos have been produced on the Kaitiakitanga theme from interviews and activities at Raglan, Northland and Te Whaiti |
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1.6 |
DOC / Ngati Whare Partnership |
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1.6.1 |
Information Kiosk at Highway 38 Turnoff |
Mar 08 - DOC has arranged funding to allow the community / Iwi to build an information kiosk display to direct travelers to the Forest Park and to other facilities and services they offer. |
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1.6.2 |
Mangamate Waterfall |
Members of the Whirinaki community are carrying out the re-development of this area including better facilities for campers and day visitors. |
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1.6.3 |
The Sanctuary |
An area that the community and its kura wishes to adopt, providing all interpetation in Te Reo and looking after it in partnership with DOC. |
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AWARENESS Outcome
High public awareness of the richness, uniqueness and fragility of the Whirinaki Forest and its culture. Indicators are:
- Local people of all ages will be able to interpret for visitors
- Visitors will treat the area as sacred and relish the rich experience of visiting it.
- Many volunteers will put their time and resources behind the projects that preserve and restore it.
- The area, people and project will be well known and appreciated.
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2.1 |
Create much richer interpretation, signage, protocols and experiences |
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2.1.1 |
Kura working with DOC to create new signage and logos. |
Logo for WEMZ (Whirinaki Environmental Management Zone) complete |
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* Build on Whirinaki Forest’s reputation as an internationally unique natural heritage area |
www.whirinaki-forest.info website -
David Bellamy is back on board in support.
Children inviting a high profile patron
PR programme around Kaitiakitanga underway |
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* Establish a website e-visits and video material that will allow people ( eg old and sick) anywhere to visit and experience its richness – with no environmental impact |
Some video clips are now available on www.whirinakirainforest.info |
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Create Whirinaki Portal and websites
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Prototype well adv anced - AUT students working on site enhancements most semesters with other volunteers. Ready to pass ongoing site development to the community. Needing to establish a local commercial web development enterprise in the valley to support this.
See www.whirinaki.org.nz |
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Create Video / CD
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Video material is being progressively captured by school students and our communications team ready to produce these later. Negotiating to produce material for Maori Television. |
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2.4 |
* Grow a “Friends of Whirinaki” support network, run volunteer projects for river restoration, re vegetation etc. |
Invited Save the Forest protesters to Tipu Ake / Kaitiakitanga Retreat 19-21Mar but none able to attend. Some may attend next one |
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2.4.1 |
Andrée Mathieu will write web journal and book in French on her experience / reaction on visiting Te Whaiti / Aotearoa. |
She is a Tipu Ake / Kaitiakitanga volunteer from Quebec, Canada in NZ from Feb - Apr 2004. She has researched and written on Kaitiakitanga and helps us link into international sustainability networks and thinking. |
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2.5 |
*Publish a colourful calendar each year at the school to share over the web ( School students to provide content) |
Request to AUT for a student IT project to make calendars as background or screensaver images for PC's. Free and updated monthly with our program news / photos AUT students starting March 2005 |
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2.6 |
Have our Kura children develop an environmental plan for the Whirinaki basin for Environment BOP |
Interface with Beverly Hughes 0800 318267 set up for this, but waiting for right opportunity at the Kura |
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LEARNING COMMUNITY Outcome
The love of Whirinaki and its culture, and the privilege / responsibility to care for and share it, will be passed by each generation to its (and all) mokopuna [grandchildren’s]
- The forest and things related to it will again become a vocation and the lifeforce for people in the valley
- Our school / community will be an incubator; helping to build a well environment and a rich sustainable world
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3.1 |
* Establish Whirinaki as a place of learning - for people seeking to better understand indigenous Maori values and wisdom in relation to nature, community, learning. |
The Kura and Tipu Ake have started this. Three North American people attended the March Retreat
Connecting into The Natural Step group and international sustainability community with Tipu Ake and Kaitiakitanga |
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3.1.1 |
Opening of Te Kura Toitu o Te Whaiti Nui-a-Toi, merging Te Whaiti and Minginui schools on two sites. |
Community team arrange opening 31 Jan 2003 with MP's Horomia and Mallard plus MoE staff.
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3.1.2 |
Extend School Facilities |
Major building program underway Jan 2005 on Te Whaiti (senior site) to provide classroom, science, technology and gym facilities. |
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3.2 |
*Link in Maori, govt, academic, environmentalist and international support |
Andree Canadian env writer here Feb-Apr 04 and 05
Web links to sustainability networks sites underway
NZ publicity awareness growing- Kura opening
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Connect, share and learn from Maori Networks in other areas of Aotearoa |
Strong connections formed with Whaingaroa, Whirinaki in Hokianga, Waitaha in the South Island and many individuals elsewhere. |
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Connect, share and learn from International Indigenous networks re wisdom, education, development, rights. |
Three community members presented Tipu Ake at the "Sharing Indigenous Wisdom" conference in Wisconson USA, 6-10 June 04 www.sharing indigenouswisdom.org Presentation planned at Indigenous knowledges conference, Victoria University,Wellington 22-25 June 2005 |
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Connect and share with International Sustainability and environmental restoration / education networks |
Kaitiakiatanga is being demonstrated as a Value adding component to conventional sustainability thinking and Tipu Ake a tool that can help people and organisations make a change.
Community presented Kaitiakitanga and Tipu Ake at the Sustainable Resources Conference, Boulder Colorado 1 Oct 04. Organised Hunter Lovins Public Forums June 2006. Our members participated in Youth Voice Learning Journey to San Francisco and US in March 2007. Attended Paul Stamets Mycorestoration Seminar in US June 2008. Partnered with Nexus in Youth Forum "Redesigning our Future" with Michael Braungart (Cradle to Cradle) Aug 2008 , Maori Youth Hikoi to Bioneers 08 |
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Connect, and share with international Leadership, Project Management and Learning Organisation networks-Tipu Ake |
Tipu Ake ki te Ora - A leadership model for innovative organisations. See www.tipuake.org.nz Community presenting Tipu Ake at the PMI Global Forum, Anaheim 26 Oct 2004. Also presented International Seminars on Tools for Growing Living Organisations August 2005. Shared Tipu Ake on Excelerator Community Leadership Development Program in Kaipara in Apr 2007. |
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Connect and share with Government networks to pilot new models for community learning and development |
Establishing a working relationship with potential government partners and other supporters. Connected with Transition Towns Aotearoa in July 08 |
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* Run more tertiary student projects with our school and the Runanga to help them learn and share their treasure with other schools, young people, the public and the world |
-More projects with AUT in web development in 2005
-UNITEC Architecture school worked with community 2004 |
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*Work with and learn from the local whanau that is developing permaculture on its land. |
School started visiting regularly in 2003 on horticulture programmes and to build a pizza oven. |
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3.5 |
Kura run adult education programmes |
Courses underway in 2004 Te Reo and Computing Technology approx 22 adult students attend NCEA night classes 04 |
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Kaumatua run Wananga on Marae to pass on wisdom and culture to whanau |
Regularly being run (e.g all weekend 8-9 May 04 following visit of the Minister of Treaty settlements on 7 May 2004) |
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3.7 |
Kohanga Reo - Minginui |
Pre School language nest operating |
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3.8 |
Kohunga Reo - Te Whaiti |
Pre school language nest operating |
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3.9 |
Whanau Support |
Holiday and other programmes run for school children and youth development. |
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3.10.a |
Tramping trip |
Dec 2004 Bob (a teacher seconded to DOC on Sabbatical) with Andy Blick took 6 youth on a tramping trip in Whirinaki. |
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Taiaha Training at Mokoia |
Whanau Support Holiday programme retreat 2005 onwards |
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3.11 |
Kura Professional Development |
Jan 2005 - Two week program for Kura teachers on planning science course modules using nature - run by local person Timoti McMannus. |
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PEST CONTROL Outcome
The destructive pests and weeds (including mankind, forestry etc) will be under control. Indicators are:
- Bird, plant and diverse species populations will again be plentiful
- Whirinaki will become known internationally for the innovative methods of environmental protection pioneered, practiced and shared here.
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* Study ways of establishing an ever-widening pest control buffer zone around the Whirinaki area. |
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Pilot new control methods, combining control of stoats, cats and other pests |
Some community members are engaged on DOC contracts. Earl Rewi recently tutored the pest control programmes with Tairawhiti Polytechnic |
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Consider monitoring and incursion response plans for all pests / weeds. |
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Examine ways to prevent smuggling of fauna and species (ref NZ Herald headline 20/1/04 on orchids) |
Local monitoring of suspicious actions and a response plan with Police, DOC and others |
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Implement non destructive rubbish control, tourism, farming and forestry practices in the valley. |
Community group (kaumatua and students) visited Raglan in Jan to get ideas and support |
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Recycling and waste disposal in the valley |
Youth Group, Minginui Council and Runanga picking up following project work / trials done by a Polytechnic student |
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Encourage sustainable forestry practices in the Whirinaki catchment |
Try to make this a place where new practices are researched and piloted re erosion, chemical use, visual impacts, effect on native species etc. (Cutting rights for the forests in our area have been purchased by the Harvard University Endowment Fund). We have networks to access some Canadian and US practices |
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ENTERPRISE Outcomes
New, sustainable and very appropriate business enterprises will be established to help our community maintain this initiative. Indicators are:
- Other knowledge economy income streams will be feeding the valley
- Visitors will receive a holistic learning experience and a meeting of minds rather than just day walks
- All cultural Harvesting in the region will ensure sustainability
- All local intellectual property will be protected under the provisions of the draft UN declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples. It is assigned for all time at Te Whaiti Nui-a-Toi.
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5.1 |
* Network with others internationally to develop new environmental protection processes and sustainability enterprises |
Attended The Sustainable Resources Conference, Boulder Colorado, Oct 04 from which wide networks were formed
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* Enhance local trapper skills etc to maximise return on current activities |
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* Feasibility study for a high value possum fur brand and pilot natural tanning methods to support this programme and promote markets / enterprise |
Initial ideas established in classroom SWOT at our Kura March 2003. Links being established with potential high value Fur markets and with other indigenous peoples and organic tanners to make this possible |
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Establish "Whirinaki Furs" Brand |
Informal research and networking going on.- Contacts in Paris and Zurich |
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Establish Organic Fur Processing Process |
Some contacts made. AUT Science and Engineering Faculty may be available to undertake a research project with Kura students in 2005/6 |
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* Continue to promote, share and grow Tipu Ake thinking www.tipuake.org.nz |
www.tipuake.org.nz The model is being picked up by people around the world via the web. Extensions to it for organisational visioning and program management that we are piloting on the Kaitiakitanga program are described at http://www.tipuake.org.nz/stories/program_management.pdf |
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* Run marae based experiential retreats in education, environment, culture, leadership, business |
Ran Tipu Ake / Kaitiakitanga Hui on 19-21 March with international delegates
Next Tipu Ake retreat early 2004 |
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Provide challenging “education outside the classroom” opportunities for schools etc |
Encouraging all external school and tourist group trips to start with a Powhiri on Murumurunga marae and then a visit to the Whirinaki Centre and Nursery operations when they are established. |
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Assess and exploit other enterprise opportunities e.g. arts, crafts, carving, museum, accommodation, outdoor, tourism, history, deer products, scents, plant nursery. |
Some ideas after trip to Raglan Jan 2004
and Kaitiakitanga retreat. The Whirinaki Enterprise Centre will be a base to nurture these. More ideas are flowing.
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5.7.1 |
Establish Maori Experiential Tour Network |
Informally underway - reinforced after partners from Raglan and Hokianga attended Sustainable Resources conference in USA |
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Establish Whirinaki Interactive a Website design, Multimedia, video filming enterprise in the valley |
Skills being developed by program activities - plan to start with Media student mentors working with on video work in holiday programme. Need funding to cover the accommodation and transport costs |
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Establish Whirinaki Centre |
Restore old forestry building to provide an Information, Education and Enterprise Centre in Minginui Village. Suspended - possible toxin hazard |
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CAPABILITY Enablers (required to support the above)
Our community will be recognised for its innovative capability. Indicators are:
- The confidence to grow many more new ideas / ventures in the future
- Exploiting technology and the web to be world players in the knowledge economy
- Retention and sharing of traditional values and strengths
- Strong Community, Housing and Health Services will be in place.
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6.1 |
Run community courses in project leadership and business management to support enterprises |
Learning resource Videos/ CD's /DVD's available at the Minginui Kokiri Centre. Some will help more people understand use and share our Tipu Ake Model and Kaitiakitanga Program. |
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Run community courses in computing and technology to support enterprises |
Being run as evening programmes at the Kura |
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Run community courses in Te Reo and culture to support long term retention. |
Tuhoe Education Authority Programmes are being run on our Marae in conjunction with the Kura |
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Open Health and Kokiri Centre |
Established by Runanga in 2003 with free health service and a community facilitator. |
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Establish Healthy Housing |
Runanga study now underway led by Pene Olsen. . Housing NZ to carry out stage 1 "Emergency maintenance" starting with the first 20 houses from Nov 15th, then later improvement stages. |
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Establish Maintenance Team |
Runanga establishing a maintenance team with skills and tools to look after local housing and facilities. |
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6.5.2 |
Affordable Housing Project |
After a visit from our friends in Lopez Island, our partners in Raglan have picked this up and share it as part of the Kaitiakitanga network. |
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Community Concept Plan |
The Village Council,Whanau Support Group and Runanga completed a study with UNITEC Architecture students to create ideas /plans for the future and started some building recycling /restoration Oct 2004. |
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Develop Community Centre |
The Whanau Support Group have plans and are are fundraising to create new community facilities for the future. |
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Community On Line / Broadband services |
Wideband due at Kura completed in 2005 with some access for community as well. See Whirinaki Interactive for next stages |
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Upgrade water supply infrastructure |
Project starting with MOH March 2007 |
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Upgrade sewerage infrastructure |
Starting to gather in ideas March 2007 |
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6.10 |
Government Support for Minginui Village Issues |
Following issues raised in Treaty negotiations the Minginui Official Group (MOG) established in Wellington who commissioned a report on Minginui and have now disbanded passing responsibility to the Minginui Regional Agency Forum (MRAF) coordinated by TPK. |
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RESTORATIVE projects
Our community will be doing things to recover what has been lost by past activity or inaction. Indicators are:
- Species lost to the region will be restored from elsewhere and protected.
- Dangerous or inappropriate debris left by past activities will be made safe
- Reforestation using native plants in some areas.
- Historical buildings and sites will be restored for future generations
- Progress Treaty of Waitangi entitlements
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7.1 |
Whirinaki Forest Park joint projects |
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7.1.0 |
WEMZ
The Whirinaki Ecological Management Zone
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1000 hectares of podocarp forest nestled within the Whirinaki Forest Park, has been intensively managed by DOC and the community since 2004. Intensive pest management throughout this area targeting possums, rats, stoats and ferrets has seen an increase in bird and insect numbers.
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7.1.1 |
Reintroduce species in protected areas |
DOC has built a conservation enclosure and pest protected areas to protect Kiwi and other species. Our School and Community "adopt" and help guard and monitor these new residents |
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7.1.1a |
Kiwi Recovery |
Andy Blick, Minginui is contracted by DOC to do this |
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7.1.1b |
Robin Recovery |
Claude August, Minginui is employed by DOC to do this |
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7.1.1c |
Kaka Recovery |
Claude August, Minginui is employed by DOC to do this |
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7.1.1d |
Weka Re-introduction |
Coming soon |
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7.1.2 |
Local dog training programme |
DOC arranging training for local pig dogs and their owners. Hunting permits in protected regions (close to village) given to to certified local hunters and dogs |
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7.2 |
Clean up from past bad practices
eg Mill site toxins, rubbish dump, forest on wahi tapu, self seeding pines in native. |
Yet to be scoped. Some possible new techniques for toxic decontamination obtained following the Sustainable Resources Conference in USA |
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7.2.1 |
Clean up old rubbish tip |
Minginui Village Council had car crushing company remove old cars from tip and tidy tip face in August 2004 , then roading companies clearing road slips in Sept used spoil to cover old operations. See recycling project 4.4.1 underway see also recycling and waste |
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Chemical Toxin Decontamination |
Past sawmilling, timber treatment, forestry and DOC industrial operations in the valley leave old sites that may leave a legacy of toxin danger and asbestos which is being investigated. |
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7.2.3 |
Research Natural restoration processes |
Following the sustainable resources conference with our partners in other areas we are looking at new processes for stream restoration, water purification and detoxification to help us address our particular local issues. Looking to arrange a workshop with international active researchers and get some local experiments going |
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7.3 |
Whirinaki Catchment / valley projects |
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7.3.1 |
Establish Native Plant Nursery in the valley |
UNITEC Project establishing Nursery and Whirinaki Enterprise Centre in old forestry compound. Ready to propagate local species and create a commercial enterprise aiming to employ four people ready to start in 2005 Temp suspended - awaiting possible toxin hazard tests. |
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Restore Whirinaki River banks in native trees |
School project done in conjunction with Fish and Game at entry to Te Whaiti in 2003/4. A locally initiated project needed to continue this. Env BOP and other funding needs investigating ?. |
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Start Rivercare project on farm streams |
Possible contract opportunities in the wider region for Central North Island lake protection planting. |
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7.3.4 |
Planting streams and reserves in Village |
Plant streambeds and reserves in village to restore water quality, reduce safety health dangers from septic tank outfalls and beautify areas. |
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7.4 |
Restoration of heritage sites and buildings eg Marae,
Restore Old land court house, and possibly Urewera Supply Stores as a colonial era museum, tourist info /centre craft outlet / refreshment stop. |
Not on short term plan, but the Nursery / Whirinaki Information / Enterprise Centre converted from Forestry buildings in Minginui goes some way towards this |
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7.5 |
Mycorestoration Research |
With other members of Kaitiakitanga Network, research use of fungi / mushrooms from our ngahere for repairing environmental damage. Follows on from research / book of Paul Stamets "Mycelium Running" |
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7.6 |
Progress Ngati Whare Treaty of Waitangi entitlements. |
Started with Powhiri on Murumurunga held on 07 May 2004 for Minister and Treaty Office Staff to sign terms of negotiation |
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