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
Covenant Fencing
Find out about effective fence designs that provide QEII covenant protection.
Allowing access to a covenant by a stile or kissing gate.
Factors to consider when bulldozing fencelines.
Tips on how to combat corrosion on coastal fences.
A guide to relative costs for effective fence designs that provide QEII covenant protection.
Maintenance and stock training are the keys to success with electric fences.
A joint project constructed a difficult fence by hand around a totara gully protected by a QEII covenant.
Some tips for fencing bush margins
There is a wide range of fencing styles, individual farmer preferences, regional variations and costs in New Zealand.
QEII Trust has two key principles for fencing of forest remnants.
Deer, cattle, sheep and pigs were threatening the recovery of regenerating primary forest on Waingakia Station.
How to stop goats climbing fence stays.
Hand-made Farm Fence ... #852 gives detailed instructions on building farm fences.
An old style rabbit netting fence built in the 1950s has been retained as part of a covenant fence.
How to turn pine trees into fence posts and battens.
When covenants are alongside streams, an added benefit resulting from fencing is the improvement of water quality in catchment areas.
Permanent fencing was needed to stop stock damaging the understorey and groundcover in two primary forest remnants.
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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.
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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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