To register for this event please email streamside.planting@poriruacity.govt.nz with your name and the number of people attending.

Join us on Saturday 27 May at Belmont Regional Park, Waitangira (behind Waihora Park) to plant native trees along the stream to restore the mauri of Te Awarua-o-Porirua.

This open event is an opportunity to meet and greet other community member while we do mahi towards restoring out streams.

Porirua City Council and Ngāti Toa Rangatira are partners on this massive planting project. We are fortunate that the planting event in May is also supported by Greater Wellington Regional Council and Ngahere Korowai Collective.

Where: Belmont Regional Park, Waitangirua, behind Waihora Park

We will provide:

• Plants

• Kai

• Planting Tools and Equipment

• First Aid Trained Staff

• Introduction to planting

• Health and Safety Documentation and Briefing

• Hand Sanitiser

• Sunscreen

You will need to bring:

• Gumboots or sturdy closed-toe shoes that you don’t mind getting muddy

• Warm and waterproof clothing

• Sun hat and sunscreen

• Reusable water bottle

Event Info:

9.45–10am: Event sign-in begins at Porirua City Gazebo – Waihora Park
10–10.15am: Guest speakers
10.20–10.25am: Health and safety briefing and outline of the day
10.25–10.35am: Go to planting site and demonstration
10.35am–12.30pm: Planting
12.30–1pm: Kai available
1–2pm: Planting

Getting there:

Bus 220 stops on Warspite Avenue

Limited carparking available on site but free on-street parking is also available.

About the Riparian Programme

The aim of this programme is to plant the banks of our streams – plants are critical for the health of our waterways and harbour as they can maintain and improve water quality and enhance native biodiversity.

Benefits of streamside planting and fencing:

• Filters and traps nutrients, pathogens, and sediment from surrounding land

• Slows water down and can reduce the force of high flows

• Reduces stock damage to streambanks and streams

• Stabilises banks, reducing erosion

• Shades streams which lowers water temperatures, improving habitat for native fish and invertebrates

• Reduces the growth of nuisance weeds and algae

• Provides habitat where fish can spawn, including whitebait species

Provides food and habitat for invertebrates, fish, lizards, and birds, and corridors through the landscape