Planting days, June 14 & 21 and July 19

Since the formation of the Park in 1975, annual planting has greatly extended the original areas of native bush. Steeper gully areas have been fenced off and the current planting plan aims to fill gradually these, this year focusing on areas between Pink Beach and the Campground.

Public planting days for 2105 are as above, with an extra day on 6th June organised by the Chinese community. Please feel free to come on this day if you cannot make the others. We also need help on each Friday prior to the planting days to help lay the plants out on site.

Planting is from 10am to 1pm, and followed by a free BBQ. Follow signs at park entrance to planting site. Dress for the weather and wear suitable closed boots. Gloves and spades are provided but feel free to bring your own.

Woolly Nightshade

ByPeter Jackson April 26, 2014June 15, 2014

This month’s pest plant is Woolly Nightshade, also known as tobacco plant or flannel plant because its leaves have a velvety texture . It has dense clusters of purple flowers, green or yellow berries about 1cm in size and oval, grey-green leaves. It is a major problem because its seeds are spread by birds, it colonises readily and it…

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Planting 2018 all done

ByPeter Jackson October 26, 2018October 26, 2018

The planned planting site for 2018 was changed after the storm in May 2017 which caused a major slip adjacent to the Lookout Track. This massive rainfall neared 200mm and this slip at the end of the airstrip was the major site of damage in the park. It is hoped that the plants will help…

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Watch out for Myrtle Rust

ByPeter Jackson June 9, 2014July 10, 2014

This serious fungal disease is well established in Australia and affects plants of the myrtle family. Unfortunately this includes some common natives like rata, pohutukawa and manuka, and since the spores could be carried here by wind a biosecurity alert has been issued to watch out for it. It can also attack fruit like feijoas…

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Uncommon orchid found

ByPeter Jackson May 18, 2013June 15, 2014

In a recent visit members of the Auckland Botanical Society identified a native orchid growing in the Park. Corunastylis pumila is a tiny orchid which is described as being naturally uncommon and easily overlooked because of its small size and autumn flowering.It is most often recorded from Northern North Island south to about Kawhia, East…

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Pampas Grass

ByPeter Jackson May 23, 2014June 15, 2014

Pampas grass is our featured pest plant this month, because right now its seed heads are evident everywhere in our district. The plants form large grassy clumps with a dead leaf base. Its erect and bushy flower heads are quite attractive and easily recognised, emerging January to March, but unfortunately they are prolific producers of seeds which then blow…

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SOSSI is growing

ByPeter Jackson February 1, 2013June 15, 2014

SOSSI and Tuesday volunteers have completed a major upgrade of the Sossi nursery, with financial support from Auckland Council and Pub Charity. This has created a more efficient production unit for pricking out and bagging on new young seedlings as they arrive from the Botanic Gardens who are doing the seed propagation work for us….

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