On the last Friday of Term 2 the Stream blessing took place down at our local Reserve (Taiaotea Stream aka Sherwood Reserve) in Browns Bay. Members from Healthy Waters, Glasgow Construction, Kaumatua: Reverend Papa Fred Holloway, guest speakers, teachers, our Kapa haka group, Hayley Barrowcliffe and Mark Jensen participated as well as members from the local board including Julia Parfit who initially helped to get the restoration project underway.
This was a way of celebrating and acknowledging all involved in this valuable ongoing restoration project of the stream and catchment area. Various students from Northcross Intermediate, Sherwood and Browns Bay Primary have been involved with this Daylighting Restoration project over the last 5 years by helping to undertake water testing, native and exotic bird counts, species identification, pest and rodent trapping, native tree identification and care, removing environmental weeds within their neighbouring reserve, as well as seed propagation in a nursery onsite.
Hayley Barrowcliffe
Biotechnology Specialist
Northcross Intermediate
For more information about this project
Project Description: https://millionmetres.org.nz/open-project/taiaotea-rothesay-bay-catchment-custodians/
The Taiaotea–Rothesay Bay Catchment Custodians Project is part of the wider Restore Hibiscus & Bays Stream Restoration Programme , which aims to restore waterways throughout the 34 catchments within the Hibiscus & Bays Local Board area, connecting native biodiversity across our significant ecological areas (SEAs) and other fragmented native ecosystems and contributing to the protection of the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park – Tīkapa Moana/Te Moana-nui-ā-Toi.
