We began with a district-wide review of potential planting sites. So far, 26 sites have been planted creating an additional 15 hectares, with many more exciting locations in the pipeline.
| Year first planted | Location | Hectares planted | Groups involved |
|
2021/22 |
Te Rewa Rewa reserve - Waiwhakaiho Riparian - Fitzroy, New Plymouth |
1.2 |
Ngāti Tāwhirikura Hapū Charitable Trust |
|
2021/22 |
Kaipi A1 Mangapouri Cemetery – Waiwhakaiho Riparian - Egmont Village |
1 |
Ngāti Tāwhirikura Hapū Charitable Trust |
|
2021/22 |
New Plymouth Netball Courts – Waiwhakaiho Riparian - Fitzroy, New Plymouth |
0.3 |
Ngāti Tāwhirikura Hapū Charitable Trust |
|
2021/22 |
Rimu Street #1 - Waiwhakaiho Riparian - Strandon, New Plymouth |
0.4 |
Ngāti Tāwhirikura Hapū Charitable Trust |
|
2021/22 |
Combined Rotary of North Taranaki - Mangapouri Cemetery – Egmont Village |
1.1 |
Combined Rotary of North Taranaki, multiple schools |
|
2021/22 |
Gordon Street - Waiwhakaiho Esplanade Reserve – Glen Avon, New Plymouth |
0.5 |
Planting Our Place contract |
|
2021/22 |
Tukapa Flood Detention area – Hurdon, New Plymouth |
0.1 |
Planting Our Place contract |
|
2022/23 |
Kaipi A2 Mangapouri Cemetery – Waiwhakaiho Riparian - Egmont Village |
0.5 |
Ngāti Tāwhirikura Hapū Charitable Trust |
|
2022/23 |
Meeting of Waters Scenic Reserve – Waiwhakaiho Riparian - Egmont Village |
0.5 |
Ngāti Tāwhirikura Hapū Charitable Trust |
|
2022/23 |
Paritutu-Centennial Park #1 - Spotswood, New Plymouth |
0.25 |
Ngā hapū |
|
2022/23 |
Peringa Park A - Fitzroy, New Plymouth |
0.85 |
Ngāti Tāwhirikura Hapū Charitable Trust, community planting |
|
2022/23 |
Kaipi B1 – Waiwhakaiho Riparian - Egmont Village. |
0.55 |
Ngāti Tāwhirikura Hapū Charitable Trust |
|
2022/23 |
Tarata Esplanade Reserve – Waitara River Riparian – next to Tarata Marae. |
0.22 |
Ngāti Maru Iwi |
|
2023/24 |
Rimu Street Extension - Waiwhakaiho Riparian - Strandon, New Plymouth |
0.13 |
Ngāti Tāwhirikura Hapū Charitable Trust |
|
2023/24 |
Audrey Gale Reserve - Waiwhakaiho Riparian - Merrilands, New Plymouth |
0.2 |
Ngāti Tāwhirikura Hapū Charitable Trust |
|
2023/24 |
Paritutu-Centennial Park #2 - Spotswood, New Plymouth |
0.25 |
Nga hapū |
|
2023/24 |
Hākuturi Open Space – Upper Wetland margins - Inglewood |
0.25 |
Rural schools, community planting, Pukerangiora Hapū, East Taranaki Environment Collective |
|
2023/24 |
Peringa Park B - Fitzroy, New Plymouth |
0.95 |
Community planting |
|
2023/24 |
Rimu Street #2 - Waiwhakaiho Riparian - Strandon, New Plymouth |
0.05 |
Ngāti Tāwhirikura Hapū Charitable Trust |
|
2023/24 |
Hākuturi Open Space – Stream Gully - Inglewood |
0.6 |
Planting Our Place contract |
|
2024/25 |
Kaipi B2 – Waiwhakaiho Riparian - Egmont Village |
0.65 |
Planting Our Place contract, Ngāti Tāwhirikura Hapū Charitable Trust |
|
2024/25 |
Awanui Cemetery, Merrilands, New Plymouth |
0.5 |
New Plymouth Boys' High School, Sacred Heart Girls' College |
|
2024/25 |
Paritutu-Centennial Park #1 - Spotswood, New Plymouth |
0.25 |
Ngā Hapū |
|
2024/25 |
Greening State Highway North – Symons Frontage |
0.2 |
New Plymouth Boys' High School |
|
2024/25 |
Peringa Park C - Fitzroy |
0.3 |
Scouts |
|
2025/26 |
Mangaotuku Stream Esp Res Riparian - Marfell, New Plymouth |
0.3 |
Sustainable Taranaki, Te Ara Taiao, multiple schools |
|
2025/26 |
Mangaotuku Stream Esp Res Hillslope - Marfell, New Plymouth |
0.45 |
Sustainable Taranaki, community planting |
|
2025/26 |
Upper Mangati Stream Esp Res – Riparian – Bell Block |
0.45 |
Puketapu Hapū, Te Ihowai |
|
2025/26 |
Waiwhakaiho Esplanade, Alfred Road |
0.17 |
Te Ihowai |
|
2025/26 |
Manutahi Park, Lepperton |
0.2 |
Leppterton community, Clifton Community Board |
|
2025/26 |
Joe Gibbs Reserve, Inglewood |
2.1 |
Pukerangiora Hapū, Waitoriki School, Inglewood Primary School, Norfolk School, community |
|
2025/26 |
Te Pukenga Paritutu - Centennial Park, Centennial Drive, New Plymouth |
1.0 |
Ngāti Tairi, Omata School, Sustainable Taranaki - Te Ara Taiao |
|
TOTAL |
|
16.22 |
|
We will continue to prioritise and add new sites for planting, while there will be some emphasis on totalling New Plymouth City to 10 per cent cover and beyond.
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