Southland Ecological Restoration Network

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Project

June • Rakatu Wetlands

Omaui Reserve Restoration Project

Location:
Mokomoko Road, Omaui
Region:
Invercargill
District:
ICC
Commenced:
2013
Access:
Public
Area (ha):
230
Contact:
John Collins
Phone:
022 635 1224
Email:
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Description

Public conservation and city council land managed by the Omaui Landcare Charitable Trust - Currently, the major focus of the project is pest control covering over 200 ha of native bush to improve forest condition for New Zealand's native flora and fauna. There's easy public access to the ICC reserve and a longer walking track is under construction that stretches throughout the larger DOC scenic reserve.

Historic involvement

Omaui Landcare Charitable Trust, Environment Southland, Invercargill City Council

Current involvement

Omaui Landcare Charitable Trust and volunteers, Omaui Tracks Trust, Environment Southland, Invercargill City Council, Department of Conservation, Remarkables Sweet Shop, ILT Foundation, Top Cars and Commercials Invercargill, Waka Gallery Queenstown, Progressive Engineering Invercargill, Stresscrete Invercargill, Murray West Whanau, Brian and Voreen Midgley

The Omaui Reserve lies in the full blast of the prevailing sou'westers over Foveaux Strait and the low canopy reflects that fact.
The Omaui Landcare Group volunteers who maintain the pest control in the DoC and ICC reserves. January 2015
Traps are found at regular intervals around the reserve boundary. December 2015
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Other projects in Invercargill

  • Anderson Park, Invercargill
  • Big Lagoon
  • Bluff Hill / Motopohue Environmental Restoration Project
  • Bowmans Bush, Otatara
  • Bushy Point Gambles, Otatara
  • Bushy Point OLG Restoration Project, Otatara
  • Bushy Point, Rances, Otatara
  • Invercargill Estuary Walkway
  • Kerr Bush, Myross Bush
  • Kew Bush, Invercargill
  • Kingswood Bush Weedbusters
  • Oreti Totara Dune Forest
  • Otatara Scenic Reserve
  • Phillips St Reserve, Invercargill
  • Sandy Point Domain, Invercargill
  • Southland Community Nursery
  • Thomsons Bush, Invercargill
  • Waihopai Dam Wetlands, Invercargill

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