Funding Allocated: $161,215
Hours of Restoration Work Funded: 3,588
Individuals Employed: 4
With over 7,000 acres of whenua and over 1000 beneficiaries, Te Orewai hapū, of Ngāti Hine are well invested in the sustainable future of our whenua. This funding will enable four paid kaitaki to help care for the 25,000 riparian plants planted last year and assist in the annual survey of 6 water monitoring sites. They will assist in propagating and growing plants for future forests, from seed collected from ancient ngāhere, caring for those seedlings and plants until they are ready for planting. Having recently started a pest eradication programme with a 100ha CPCA trapline, they will also be involved in clearing and resetting traps with local trappers.