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Pukeiti Rhododendron Trust Inc.
NEWSLETTER
June 2018 VOLUME 67 NO.2
www.pukeiti.org.nz
Autumn has been and gone
R. ‘Beverly McConnell’
This week winter officially begins – a
warm wet one was promised, just a little
different from the autumn of mixed
fortune which was unsettled with warm
days, interspersed with heavy rain and
thunderstorms over much of the country,
and even the occasional cyclone in
places. As a result a flush of anticipated
autumn colour was
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• Advanced knowledge of farm, best management practices.
• Advanced knowledge of native plants and exotic poplars and willows used
for soil conservation.
• Advanced knowledge of internal software products including Esker, Ozone
web, Ozone Live, Taranaki Regional Council nursery database and IRIS.
• Advanced knowledge of GPS and Garmin technology for working in remote
areas.
Personal
attributes
• Self-motivated
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Urban Timetable
New Plymouth, Bell Block and Waitara bus services
Routes 1-9, 19, 20 Mon-Fri
Routes 10 and 11 Saturday
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bush and 22 hectares of gully-head scrub to minimise the
potential for erosion, and planted 700 poplar poles on
erosion-prone slopes and in shelterbelts. Another 3.3 hectares
of erosion-prone slopes have been planted in exotic forestry.
Most of these steps were laid out in a comprehensive farm
plan prepared in conjunction with the Taranaki Regional
Council in 2004. A riparian management plan was drawn up
more recently and the Blackwells have already implemented
85% of it,
is unlikely to suffice; it must
be supplemented by drainage.
Figure 8. Shallow earthflow stabilised by space-planted
poplars and willows in pasture
Spaced planting, supplemented by drainage where
needed:
• Does not totally prevent future movement, but
reduces its area by 50 to 80% compared to an
unplanted paddock,
• Has minimal impact on dry matter production,
because any lost through canopy shading (about
20% beneath the trees) is more than
compensated by avoiding the dry matter loss
… responsible environmental stewardship can
be achieved with the right balance of farming activities.
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Fences, poplars and bees… these all help Roger Pearce to
make a successful living while not bringing nature's anger
on himself, or on anyone downstream. He's ensuring soil
from his 2000ha Waitōtara Valley property does not erode
into waterways, where it would degrade water quality and
heighten flood risk. Roger's put up nearly 9km of fences to
retire steep land,
available to assist with the implementation of these measures
(see details overleaf):
Forestry establishment
Soil conservation planting
Fencing-off retired and reverting land
Land use change
Over the previous nine years of the STRESS programme, planholders have planted
over 46,000 poplar poles, established 818 hectares of forestry and erected 219 km
of fencing to retire 53,000 hectares of marginal land.
Marginal land suitable for reversion.
Operations and Regulatory Committee Agenda 11 June 2024
to join the fun of one of the garden
fairs. The three gardens are all looking
stunning, and some exciting developments
are unfolding at Pukeiti.
See you in 2016!
David MacLeod - CHAIRMAN
Dawne Morton
- Bird Rescue
Big effort on recovery
from June floods, slips
Thousands of riparian plants and poplar poles
have been planted on Taranaki farms in the
aftermath of the widespread flooding and slips
in June.
The Taranaki Regional Council’s $500,000
Storm Recovery