Remove and Restore... growing healthy dunes at Waikawa Beach
Our sand dunes protect our homes, our roads, and our coastline. They shelter wildlife, shape our shoreline, and help defend us from storms and erosion.​ But some plants that don’t belong here are spreading through the dunes and weakening this coastal system.
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Over the coming weeks, Waikawa Beach Environment Group is launching our Remove & Restore campaign — helping our community to tiaki our dunes by:
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Recognising harmful dune weeds
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Learning which native plants belong here
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Restoring our dunes for future generations
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From the seashore, the dunes and the wetlands, WBEG works across the whole coastal environment — and all it's flora and fauna. However, for the next while our main focus will be on dune plants and restoring healthy dunes.
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WBEG has been restoring dunes at Waikawa Beach for several years, with great support from the community through planting days and working bees.​ Healthy dunes depend on the right plants in the right places.
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If you’re keen to get involved in dune restoration at Waikawa Beach, click here to go to the WBEG Facebook page. Together, we can grow a stronger, healthier coastline.
Photo kindly provided by Charlie Strivens.​
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