Bypass planting day a great success
More than 1,200 plants have been placed in the ground as part of the Te Ara o Te Ata: Mt Messenger Bypass project – leaving around 218,800 to go.
The project's first community planting day was held in mid October and saw about 90 adults and children arrive in their gumboots, with spades in hand.
The group - including a large turnout from Ngāti Tama (mana whenua and the project's iwi partner), plus local landowners and community members - placed riparian plants along a stream near the southern entrance of Mt Messenger.
Waka Kotahi's Chris Nally, Owner Interface Manager for the Te Ara o Te Ata Alliance that will deliver the new bypass, said: "We enjoyed perfect weather and the spirit among our team of planters, young and old, was just fantastic."
The Alliance intends to plant around 220,000 native species over the course of the project.
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