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Funding recipients 2013/2014
ORGANISATION
APPROVED
MAXIMUM
PROJECT
Waikato-Tainui College
$851,500.00
Waikato-Tainui College, NIWA and WRRT are funded to undertake a
major tuna restoration project in the lower Waikato River catchment.
A three year project including development of a tuna restoration
plan for the Waikato River, habitat restoration, eel transfers, and
improvements in fish passage. Collating Waikato-Tainui maatauranga
o te tuna.
Willow and alder management
New Zealand Landcare Trust &
WRRT
$49,800.00 Development of a guideline for willow and alder management within
the catchment, agreed across interested parties.
Mangapu River restoration
Waikato Regional Council &
Maniapoto Maori Trust Board
$46,428.00 Undertaking riparian retoration on the Mangapu River.
Kaniwhaniwha Stream
Waikato Regional Council & Nga
Uri a Maahanga
$48,877.00 Kaniwhaniwha Stream Riparian Restoration.
Mangaonua Stream restoration
Ngaati Haua Mahi Trust
$184,000.00 Mangaonua Stream Gully System Restoration – pest plant
removal and replanting.
Lower Mangapiko Stream Care
$42,766.00 Mangapiko Stream Restoration – stock exclusion and
riparian restoration.
Maniapoto Stream Hillcrest
Ngaati Haua Mahi Trust
$165,380.00 Mangaone Stream Riparian Restoration – plant pest removal
and replanting.
Wetland restoration Te Toke
Te Toke Ahu Whenua Trust
$131,675.00 Restoration of a major wetland within the Te Toke Forest.
Provision of trees for planting
South Waikato Environmental
Initiatives
$17,569.20 Provision of trees to supply riparian margin restorations
in the South Waikato District.
Lower Waipa River riparian
project
Whaingaroa Harbourcare
$233,460.00 Fencing and planting of riparian areas in the Lower Waipa River.
Evaluation of koura in hydro
lakes NIWA
$98,540.00
Strategic evaluation of koura populations in the upper Waikato –
gaining an understanding of what impacts are causing much reduced
koura populations in the hydro lakes.
Maniapoto Fisheries Plan
Maniapoto Maori Trust Board
$83,260.00 Development of the Maniapoto Fisheries Plan.
Restoration fromWillows
Opus International Consultants
$49,300.00
Trialling restoration methods to move riparian vegetation
from willows to indigenous plants using Western science and
Maatauranga Maori.
Lake Ngaroto planting and pest
fish removal
Waipa District Council
$131,890.40 Lake Ngaroto – undertaking riparian planting & pest fish
reduction programmes.
GIS toolbox
GHD Limited
$71,760.00 Providing the WRA with a GIS Toolbox to allow evaluation of proposed
and ongoing projects, and impacts on the catchment.
Mangati Stream restoration
Stuart Muir
$49,130.00 Restoration of inanga spawning habitat on the Mangati Stream,
lower Waikato.
River ride and planting
Ngaruawahia south
Waikato Rivercare
$160,383.95
Riverride-Rivercare – restoration through plant pest removal and
replanting of a 1400m length of riparian area alongside the Te Awa
River Ride at Ngaruawhia
Hamilton Gully Restoration
Hamilton City Council
$50,000.00
Suppoprting restoration of Hamilton City streams and gullys through,
provision of eco-sourced plants, providing seminars and information
to landowners, and promotion of restoration activities.
Cambridge Meadow Walk
Cambridge Tree Trust
$15,000.00 Supporting the Cambridge Tree Trust in ongoing riverside planting
activities at Cambridge.
Restoring and protecting the health and wellbeing of the Waikato River
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