Event

Te Wai Ōrea ‘tree rescue’

Te Wai Ōrea Western Springs Lakeside Park needs a little love we’re keen to form a community eco group to provide that aroha. To get the ball rolling we’ll be running a working bee along Waioteao Motions Creek at the foot of the hillside (see map). If you would like to play a part in looking after this jewel in our community, please come along. We have a few activities you can throw yourself into:

• releasing trees from strangling vines such as black nightshade, nasturtium, bindweed, cape ivy and castor bean
• clearing weeds from the streamside
• installing tracking cards and wax tags to collect predator baseline data
• installing rat and possum traps
• creating narrow pathways between traps for easy trapline access

Meet: at the grassy area by the lake at the foot of the hillside, close to where the hillside path crosses Waioteao Motions Creek (see map below)

Wear: something warm and reasonably protective as you’ll be pushing through bushes and stuff, strong footwear (ideally waterproof) as it is likely to be damp underfoot

Bring: gloves (we’ll have spares), water bottle

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