Auckland Southern Parks
Auckland, Auckland

Location:
Auckland, Auckland
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Departs from:
2nd Floor, Dalmation Society Building, 10 New North Road Eden Terrace 1021 NZ
ph:00 64 9 300 7320
Departure time:
08.00am

Waharau Regional Park

Much of the area that now forms Waharau was cleared of forest at the turn of the 20th century to form farms. Poor soils and steep ground led to their abandonment in the 1930s and gradual reversion to forest. The park was opened in 1979 by the late Maori Queen.

Lower slopes are covered in manuka with high species diversity of the ‘lower’ plants such as mosses, lichens and liverworts. Higher ground holds regenerating mixed kauri and beech forest. Tapapakanga is a 121ha coastal farm park. It holds an excellent example of a Maori stonefield gardens and two pa sites. Large spreading pohutakawa are a feature along the coastline. Steeper ground has now been fenced to remove grazing and allow the understorey to regenerate.

This week we will be helping with track maintenance and predator control at the park to keep pest species out of areas of revegetating forest.

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For more information, or for help with your booking, please contact the Eden Terrace office on 00 64 9 300 7320 or email info@conservationvolunteers.co.nz