Pingao workshop in Pirinoa attracts people from across NZ
This workshop brought together about 40 people interested in the restoration, biology, ecology, weaving and pīngao tikanga. Attendees came to the conference from across the north and south Islands for the day.
Knowledge sharing on these aspects occurred during informal discussion, talks, and presentations as well as an afternoon field trip to three sites on the South Wairarapa coast. We visited a natural remnant pīngao population, a restored pīngao population and a site without pīngao that contained rare sand dune vegetation.
New connections were made among local attendees, particularly those interested in restoration and weaving, which will hopefully result in greater local community engagement in pīngao restoration and other dune restoration efforts in the South Wairarapa area.
A South Island Workshop is planned for early September - Contact Hannah.Buckley@lincoln.ac.nz for more information
More information on the project here: http://pingao.wordpress.com/
This article was posted on 11 August 2014 in the News category.
Northland Coastcare Coordinator Laura Shaft said that beaches such a Taipa, Tauranga Bay and Waipu Cove demonstrated that while dune plantings could not prevent erosion in extreme weather, they significantly reduce its impact and are already showing signs of natural recovery with green spinifex shoots springing up.