Trust asks the community for financial support
Allan Turner Bridge. Tamahere.
Map shows the Tamahere gully networks.
Tamahere Reserve on Tauwhare Road, Allan Turner Reserve off the end of Woodcock Road and Bilsthorpe Lane off Matangi Road.
Our gullies need your help!
We want to restore Tamahere’s gullies and create 13km of walkways for you to enjoy.
Many of our gullies are chocked with invasive plants, which need to be cleared before tracks can be made and native species planted.
The Tamahere Mangaone Restoration Trust is a group of local volunteers working in the Tamahere and Matangi gully networks.
The aims of the Trust are:
· Gully ecological restoration, this means removing all the invasive species and clearing the way to plant native species.
· To develop walking tracks through the gullies and allow public access to enjoy the peace and solitude of natural and regenerating bush.
The Trust ecological restoration work started 12 years ago in the Tamahere Reserve and has now progressed over to the Allan Turner Bridge Reserve. From there the Trust has opened up a new restoration area on Council land off Bilsthorpe Lane.
As well as the ongoing commitment of caring for these areas, the Trust will expand the ecological restoration to more of Tamahere’s gullies, and continue to develop connected public walkways, provide educational and advisory support for gully owners and community involvement. To do this, we need ongoing income. As a community, you have had personal experience of the Trust’s work and are very supportive of the Trust’s projects. The Trust is asking the community for financial support through a targeted rate.
The Tamahere Community Committee, on behalf of the Trust requested a targeted rate be put in place for the local community to fund the restoration works.
A targeted annual rate of $1.00 per week for an initial period of five years is being proposed to help fund ongoing a future ecological restoration in the Mangaone, Mangaharakeke and Mangaonua gullies.
The money collected would be used to fund the Trust’s restoration works within Council land and reserves, and on land with public accessibility.
The Trust has been supported by the Waikato District Council with a Memorandum of Understanding and has an agreed programme of work in place. The Trust has also secured funding through the Long-Term Plan for building the walking tracks, boardwalks and bridges necessary to provide safe and secure walkways for the community.
The Tamahere Mangaone Restoration Trust and the Waikato District Council is asking for feedback on the proposed target rate for $1.00 per week per property for the pre 2022 Tamahere Ward see this map over a five year period, from the Tamahere Community.
