Committee Meeting:  Thursday June 12th 2025, 6:30PM, at The Waimate Hotel - upstairs

Stage 1A of the fence was begun and completed in January 2025! (see the gallery tab). 

We have applied for funding to retrofit the Gorge Fence with pest proof wire mesh. If successful we can move onto the next phase of restoring the forest - pest removal!

The whole of the approx. 3.4km north-western aspect of the reserve is now secure from wallaby, and other browsing mammal, incursions.

If you are willing and able, please donate $5, $10 or any sum you wish to help us close the gap and keep those pesky wallaby out of our native forest - see the donation tab above.

Our Problem

Mammalian Browsers - namely wallaby, goats and pigs - are preventing the forest from regenerating and restoring itself.

• Seek and secure funding to build an 9km pest proof fence and ongoing ecological maintenance.

• Eliminate mammalian browsers - namely wallabies, goats and pigs - and manage introduced predators accordingly through a community run trapping program. 

• Restore and enhance natural vegetation communities through community plantings and weed control.

• Promote and facilitate community involvement (kaitiakitanga) in the restoration process and in the wider understanding of the importance of protecting native habitats.

• Connecting people with our aim by facilitating passive recreation that promotes both individual and community wellbeing (hauora).