page_title: Project Twin Streams
hierarchical_section_title: Project Twin Streams
caption_attribution_description: English: A small stream (Oratia Stream) winding its way through a gully next to Westfield WestCity in Henderson, Waitakere City, New Zealand.
context_page_description: Project Twin Streams is an umbrella name for a number of initiatives centred on two streams in the former Waitakere City Council area of Auckland, New Zealand. It consists of a number of environmental and community initiatives and infrastructure, more or less loosely associated. These include wetland restoration, with a large component of volunteer work, partly to control floodwater effects coming down from the Waitākere Ranges. The intent was also to protect/reclaim the 100 year flood plain from encroaching buildings and infrastructure. The project was achieved successfully, including 156 full and partial property purchases, despite a political decision not to use the legally available option of compulsory property purchases.
  The conservation works, both for the streams and the wider catchment, won second place in the International Thiess Riverprize in 2007.
context_section_description: Project Twin Streams is an umbrella name for a number of initiatives centred on two streams (Opanuku and Oratia) in the former Waitakere City Council area of Auckland, New Zealand. It consists of a number of environmental and community initiatives and infrastructure, more or less loosely associated. These include wetland restoration, with a large component of volunteer work, partly to control floodwater effects coming down from the Waitākere Ranges. The intent was also to protect/reclaim the 100 year flood plain from encroaching buildings and infrastructure. The project was achieved successfully, including 156 full and partial property purchases, despite a political decision not to use the legally available option of compulsory property purchases.
  The conservation works, both for the streams and the wider catchment, won second place in the International Thiess Riverprize in 2007.
caption: The Oratia Stream near the Henderson town centre.
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