A native corridor is being planted instead.
In the next three years, 18 kilometres of riparian margin will be retired and planted out (128,000 native plants). The regional council is working with seven landowners to deliver year one of this project.
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Children plant native trees to help create a native corridor along the Kaimai Range and in the Hauraki Plains.
Te Poi School principal Linda Larsen said the enviroschool has been planting wetlands on the farm since 2013.
“A lot of the kids come from farming families, and they will be the farmers here in the future,” Larson said.
“Supporting any one programme builds movement in the rest of the community, and benefits everyone. The planting we’re doing is normalising that for them.”