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Melanie Nelson @weavingourworlds.bsky.social
Jul 12, 08:12 PM

The Tararua and Rimutaka forests are places to tramp, recover and reconnect — and they help supply Wellington’s water. What could greater development pressure mean for the forests the region depends on? Watch Nicky Snoyink’s discussion of the Wellington and lower North Island conservation map.

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"flicking it down to the lower North Island here. This is a neat place that Wellingtonians love, the Tararoa and the Rimutaka forest parks. That's this area, this red area and the orange bits from there are ecological areas within the Tararoa forest park. Yeah, I believe many of my Wellington friends spend lots of time in these places tramping and walking around up there. I've never done much tramping in the Tararoa's or the Rimutaka's myself, but I understand it's highly valued by all of Wellington people that's right on their back doorstep. Need to see it protected and of course this area and flowing down towards the Hutt Valley there is the water catchment for Wellington. So yeah, we can't let that go, that needs to be protected because that's where the fresh water comes from. And I do understand that the Greater Wellington Regional Council is doing some awesome efforts in that just below the conservation land to keep out the pest animals and make sure their water catchment is in good health. So yeah, that's the other thing that our conservation land does is protect our fresh water catchments for our communities. Cool, so that's pretty much our Aurengi forest park down here on the bottom right hand corner. I also believe this is a very beautiful area and valued by lots of people in the Wellington area in South, with South East and North Island."

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Melanie Nelson @weavingourworlds.bsky.social · Jul 11, 05:59 AM

The Tararua and Rimutaka forests are places to tramp, recover and reconnect — and they help supply Wellington’s water. What could greater development pressure mean for the forests the region depends on? Watch Nicky Snoyink’s discussion of the Wellington and lower North Island conservation map.