Open SpaceTM magazine
Check out the QEII Open Space magazine, March 2010 (PDF 2.5MB)
Download March 2010 articles:
Gisborne: Fencing a water catchment
Tararua: Replacing ineffective fencing
Covenants protecting Olearia shrubland and moths dependent on Olearia shrubs
Forest fragments: Objectives of restoration and management
Kaharoa Kokako: Amplifying New Zealand's original song
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Next issue: Late July 2010
In the community
Helping to protect our special areas
Find out about communities undertaking projects and activities to revegetate, restore or develop QEII covenants:
A coastal forest sequence from sea level to 500m at Port Charles on the Coromandel Peninsula is protected by neighbouring covenants.
Creating a young local interest in the future of the prominent landscape of the Tatarahake Cliffs.
Limehills School students have assisted with enhancing a kowhai reserve including planting native species.
A group of volunteers is dedicated to protecting kokako that live in the Kaharoa Conservation Area near Rotorua.
With a vision of sustainable farming, Greg and Rachel Hart are protecting bush and wetlands and restoring the hills on Mangarara Station.
The local community has assisted with enhancing a wetland covenant near Opunake by planting 6,500 native plants.
Volunteers are transforming a weed covered hill at Ocean Beach back to coastal forest.
Students at Ruahine School near Dannevirke have access to a small remnant of protected bush for their projects.
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What's New
- Sir Brian Lochore thanks Nelson and Tasman covenantors
- 2010 QEII Athol Patterson Bursary awarded
- Landcare Research - your input requested on pest management
- New brochure: Protecting wetlands with QEII covenants
- Carbon credits
Kiwi at Tui Glen

Looking after kiwi at Tui Glen farm near Whangarei.
Find out more about this covenant.
Brochures
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Frequently asked questions about open space covenants |
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Assisting landowners to protect special features on their land Download PDF, 222KB |
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QEII covenants: Protecting and enhancing wetlands on private land |





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