Progressing conservation, carbon sinks and society in Paekakariki
Project Kakariki
Project Kakariki requested
the Minister of Conservation to step in and keep this
land in public ownership by Reserving the land to protect; the
regenerating hills and native forest, the improving Wainui Stream
freshwater ecosystem and iwi mahinga kai values, and village water supply resilience, from the harm of current District Plan
enabled housing and subdivision and roading development adverse effects,
while providing spade-ready and shovel-ready employment for iwi and the
community as part of its COVID-19 recovery plan and Jobs for Nature
employment support. This employment includes building a new lookout above the village where we can
all take in the grand views of our paradise, a new wetland along the naturally realigned
Wainui Stream, and an extension to the Te Ara o Whareroa cycleway. -
July 2020
Wainuiwhenua
group supports
the Project Kakariki benefits of protecting and restoring the Wainui
Stream and whenua ecosystems, protecting our unique scarp landscape,
building community resilience to climate change and natural hazards,
protecting historic heritage, building a neighbourhood
park and community garden in the Tilley Triangle, and building
walking and cycling trails as a recreation destination. - Dec 2019
Minister of Conservation supports investigation in 2020 of Reserves
management of the Project Kakariki land by Kapiti Coast District
Council - This follows the same process as has been used to
establish a
new park managed by Wellington City Council on Watts Peninsula -
May 2019
Establishing a Trust to help Kapiti Coast District Council manage the
Kakariki Lands transferred to DOC - Friends
Of Kakariki draft Trust Deed
Support
from the Friends of Queen Elizabeth Park for our application to
transfer the land to DOC, to secure these lands as a vital part of a
“sea to sky” park on the Kapiti Coast,
for recreational and ecological use and carbon-sink purposes.
Project Kakariki application
to the Minister of Conservation
Project Kakariki Description
- March 2018
Paekakariki Community Board support for the GROW PAEKAKARIKI foundation
of Project Kakariki
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