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Local Matters - Local board thanks volunteers

Local board thanks volunteers Hibiscus and Bays Local Board members with some of the volunteers who received awards for their contributions to the community. Photos, Gino Demeer A total of 13 volunteers from the region were honoured with awards by the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board last month. The local board awards are held every second year, but were interrupted last year by Covid-19 lockdowns, so the presentation held at Estuary Arts Centre on June 29 was the first since 2018. The recipients are nominated by the groups they work with and come from a range of sectors, such as arts, environment, residents and ratepayer groups and education.

Local Matters - Pest control impact monitored

Pest control impact monitored Volunteer Derek Kelsey with a tracking tunnel. In May Forest & Bird’s Pest Free Hibiscus Coast Project carried out a second round of pest animal monitoring in parks and on private land where they manage predator control. Staff and volunteers used 238 tracking tunnels and wax tags to detect pest animals, with a focus on rats and possums. The wooden tunnels were specially made by the Hibiscus Men’s Shed. This year, geography students from Ōrewa College also learned about pest animal monitoring from project manager Jenny Hanwell, and installed two monitoring lines. In May, only 18 percent of the monitoring devices showed evidence of rats and just one percent indicated possums were present.

Local Matters - New birds on the block

Local Matters - Wetland causes stink in Stanmore

Wetland causes stink in Stanmore BEFORE, 2018, Below, AFTER, 2021 A wetland created by Auckland Council three years ago on D’Oyly Reserve has fallen far short of what was promised, according to neighbours and park users, with some describing it online as “a rat-infested, weedy mess”. By contrast, Hibiscus Coast Forest & Bird, which first pushed for the creation of the wetland 10 years ago, claims it is “a major environmental success story” – a view that a number of residents agree with, saying it might not be beautiful, but it has more beneficial life in it than mown grass. The wetland, in Stanmore Bay, is the result of Council turning a piped stream into a more environmentally sustainable wetland. Previously the reserve was mown grass that got boggy in winter when a stormwater pipe frequently overflowed.

Local Matters - Increased funding available for community weed control

Increased funding available for community weed control If invasive weeds are a problem in your neighbourhood, there is a bunch of funding to help tackle the problem – double the amount available last year. Local not-for-profit organisation Restore Hibiscus & Bays is on a mission to bring together, support and grow the network of community groups working in environmental conservation throughout the area. This includes obtaining funding, which it passes on to groups and individuals who want to carry out pest plant control in a place that is special to them. Last year a total of $20,000 funding was allocated to the region for small projects. It went to two projects locally – $2400 to support Hibiscus Coast Forest & Bird’s Pest Free programme, and $3000 for a contractor to control invasive weeds in Fairhaven walkway.