Waitaki Biodiversity Fund Grants Awarded

Published on 06 December 2024

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In September the Waitaki Biodiversity Fund committee met to award grants to landowners in the Waitaki District who are taking practical steps to enhance and protect indigenous biodiversity in the Waitaki District, on private land.

Projects awarded include supporting the native planting around the Pleasant River, trapping at forestry sites and eradicating pest plant species in the Benmore area.

Priorities are:

  • Protection of native habitat through fencing and other measures.
  • Long term legal protection of native habitat through covenants (i.e. QEII).
  • Management of threats to biodiversity such as pest animals and weeds.

To be eligible for funding a project should either:

  • Be protected by a formal covenant (i.e. QEII), OR:
  • Be recognised as a Significant Natural Area, OR:
  • Meet the Significant Natural Area criteria Applicant

More details can be found here: Waitaki Biodiversity Fund

Applicant Project Granted
Port Blakely Ltd Port Blakely Trapping $6,359.60
Paradise Hills Ltd Pleasant River estuary fencing $8,143.77
Paradise Hills Ltd Pleasant River estuary planting $5,000
Glencairn Station Ltd Glencairn old man's beard eradication $3,472.04
Neighbours of Hikaroroa Mt Watkin (NHMW) Hikaroroa Reserve Private Land Mustelid Trapping Buffer $3,513.83

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