Coastal Restoration Trust Conference - Kāwhia 2024
Our 2024 conference was held at Maketū marae in Kāwhia on the west Waikato coast. Co-hosted by Onepu Charitable Trust and Te Taiao o Kāwhia Moana, the conference theme was Whatungarongaro te taangata, toituu te whenua/As man disappears from sight, the land remains.
The manākitanga, kai, speakers, workshops, field trips and sunrises were incredible. We had over 140 attendees and 80 stayed in the magnificent wharenui. A real privilege.
Here is our conference booklet. (PDF, 1.07 MB)
Simon Hoyle and Janet Andrews of Southlight Studio have produced a video of the Kāwhia conference.
Presentations
Keynote speakers:
Professor Karin Bryan, Waikato University
The northwest wave climate and sediment process: implications for dune restoration (PDF, 4.37 MB)
Speakers:
Dr Andrew Swales, NIWA Future Coasts Aotearoa (PDF, 3.68 MB)
Dr Phoebe Stewart-Sinclair, NIWA Spatial opportunity for coastal blue carbon in Aotearoa, New Zealand (PDF, 3.27 MB)
Akuhata Bailey-Winiata: Adaptation of pā to climate change: Business as usual (PDF, 3.93 MB) and video
Marama Muru-Lanning, University of Auckland Listening to the Voices of our Harbours (PDF, 875.68 kB) and video and notes (DOCX, 32.48 kB)
Graeme La Cock, CRT Trustee Projects update and project proposals (PDF, 844.96 kB)
Horahaere Daisy Scott, Onepu Charitable Trust (PDF, 8.42 MB)
Cate Ryan, CRT Scholarship Aerial insights to characterise and develop indicators of coastal active dune condition (PDF, 4.66 MB)
Sanne Vaassen, Waikato University Numerical modeling of coastal wetlands (PDF, 3.02 MB)
Zhanchao Shao, Waikato University Satellite and machine learning for monitoring our coastal environments (PDF, 3.15 MB)
Ben Faircloth, Ministry for Primary Industries Sea spurge - a serious threat to our coasts (PDF, 4.28 MB)
Regional Roundup:
Graham and Lyn Pearson, Castlecliff Coast Care (PDF, 4.46 MB)
Arnim Littek, Manawatu Estuary Trust (PDF, 9.08 MB)
Carl Morgan, Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society (PDF, 1.42 MB)
Tansy Bliss, Pūkorokoro Miranda Naturalist Trust (PDF, 12.26 MB)
Graeme La Cock, Two Minute Beach Clean
Betsy Young, Rarawa Beach: The impact of Gabrielle (PDF, 3.56 MB)
David Lourie, Bream Bay Coastal Care Trust (PDF, 2.03 MB)
Niels Leffelaar, Port Waikato Beach Care (PDF, 11.48 MB)
Rusty Knutson, Bay of Plenty Regional Council (PDF, 716.33 kB)
Waipaina Awarua - AgResearch (PDF, 3.59 MB)
Angeline Greensill, Whaingaroa/Raglan Harbour (PDF, 6.43 MB) and Notes (DOCX, 30.26 kB)
Tui Lewis Friends of Petone Beach (PDF, 9.02 MB)