Gisborne District Council Natural Heritage Fund has been
boosted from $40k to $100k for this funding
round.
Applications for the Natural Heritage Fund are
now open for private landowners in the district, who can
apply for assistance to protect or enhance indigenous
biodiversity on their land.
Any privately owned land
within the district is eligible for the funding, which is
made available instead of rates remissions on a limited
number of properties.
Biodiversity protection and
enhancement is a core activity of regional and unitary
councils. Since its establishment in 2013, the Natural
Heritage Fund has helped fund 46 projects and allocated more
Over 190 submissions have been received so far on the Tairāwhiti representation review, which seeks feedback on how the community is represented around the council table. Mayor Rehette Stoltz says the inclusion of Māori Wards for the next two elections .
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I patch my sweatersâ elbows and shine my own shoes. But every once in a while, I get to live like Midas because, well⦠people enjoy reading about the lifestyles of the rich, and Iâm happy to be on occasion proxy to their fantasies.
This is how I came to be jumping â my harpsichord a few feet away beyond my suiteâs library â on the oversized bed in Mollies, an uber-elegant boutique-hotel in Auckland, New Zealand. And how I later got to have a sumptuous six-course dinner at Ridge Country Retreat where â were I paying the tab for the Indulgence Package â the night would have cost more than $2000, and how even later ⦠but you get the point.
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Eastwoodhill in Ngatapa, is the brainchild of William Douglas Cook. Blinded in his right eye and missing the end of a finger, William Douglas Cook recuperated in England, where he fell in love with the autumnal colours of Northern Hemisphere trees. On his return to his ballot farm, 35 kilometres inland from Gisborne, he began his life’s mission, to plant 135 hectares of trees. Eastwoodhill now holds about 15,000 trees, including 103 threatened species.
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Douglas Cook s property in 1911 after early plantings. It is the largest collection of Northern Hemisphere trees, south of the equator and with 25 kilometres of walking tracks, it’s well worth a walk in the park.