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Their droppings carried diseases including avian botulism, campylobacter,
e. coli, and salmonella, which posed a risk to park users, especially children, and lowered the quality of the lagoon. Dever-Tod said they also ate the wetland plants installed by the council to help improve water quality in the lagoon. “For those reasons, culling of the Canada geese is generally supported by residents.” The previous culling methods included shooting, trapping and killing the geese on-site, planting a grass species that is thought to make them sick, and taking them off-site to be killed. Council investigations found the grass species only made the birds unwell, which was inhumane, as was taking the birds off-site to cull them. Trapping and killing on-site manually was also considered cruel.
But with collaboration between Horizons Regional Council, Gordon Consulting and Palmerston North City Council, strides have been made to protect and encourage the growth of tuna in Rangitāne s rohe. Te Ao Turoa environmental officer for Te Mauri o Rangitāne o Manawatū Tanenuiarangi Manawatū Incorporated Paul Horton said it had been an overwhelming success. The eel s presence was encouraging more tuna to thrive in the stream, as well as enticing visitors to the area.
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Kathy Dever-Tod, Fiona Gordon and Paul Horton check out tuna in the Urban Eels Sanctuary on He Ara Kotahi. Rangitāne were known as eel people, with a large population of tuna thriving in their waters, drawing in neighbouring iwi to fish their rohe.
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Rangitāne descendants Wiremu Kingi Te Awe Awe, Peter Te Rangi and Warren Warbrick on what Te Motu o Poutoa means to Rangitāne.
Everyone knows Pork Chop Hill, it’s as Palmy as you can get, with a trip up to its peak almost a rite of passage for locals. But not so many are aware of its significance to Māori – its 500-year history as a fortified pā, named after Poutoa, the Rangitāne chief who founded it for his people. Maxine Jacobs reports. Te Motu o Poutoa, the Island of Poutoa, is the most sacred yet almost forgotten pā in Palmerston North.
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