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Past Restoration Projects

On this page you can view the historical successes we have had with our restoration planting projects. This includes our successful funding applications and the different projects that have been completed with the grants that were awarded.

2020-2024

In August 2020 the Minister of Conservation announced the results of the 2020 DOC Community Fund Applications. GOPI was awarded the sum of $41,989 for our project on Inlet Planting.

The focus of the project was a three-year plan to restore the poorly vegetated buffers at key sites around the Inlet and to re-establish saltmarsh and other species on the beach margins. Adding more vital saltmarsh (Juncus krausii) to the Inlet ecosystem is critical to Inlet ecosystem health – it fuels some 60% of the food chain.  The saltmarsh and other plants also provide much needed protection to bird-feeding and breeding areas and help reduce some of the pollutants from road traffic and other sources entering the Inlet. 

Porirua City Council was a key supporter, with PCC resources used to implement the project, and we worked with Ngati Toa Rangatira and other community organisations on some of the plantings. Its success was also due to the strong support and help from Porirua City Council, especially Nigel Clarke, former Council Manager – Harbour and Resource Recovery.

The plan covered:

      • Establishing saltmarsh restoration areas;
      • Buffer plantings to protect feeding and breeding sites for coastal birds using key plant species, eg: Apodasmia similis (oioi/jointed wire rush), Plagianthus divaricatus (saltmarsh ribbonwood) and Juncus kraussii (i.e Juncus maritimus — sea rush);
      • Weed control and restoration plantings in ecologically important sites;
      • Predator trapping on the perimeter of planted sites to protect coastal bird species and encourage gecko and skink habitat; predator trap counts to be added to the national database through PredatorFree.org;
      • Monitoring the success of all buffer and restoration plantings, weed control measures and the numbers of predators in the area;
      • Bird monitoring, undertaken by the Ornithological Society (this will supply information on the long-term outcomes of the project).


The project resulted in the following areas being successfully planted:

      • Motukaraka Point 23/1/21
      • Browns Bay 2/7/22
      • Camborne Walkway 2/7/22
      • Ivey Bay 20/11/22
      • Browns Bay 30/09/2023
      • Ivey Bay 24/06/2024

Here you can download a full report on the outcomes of this project.