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Kauri tree Te Matua Ngahere (Father of the Forest) at Waipoua Forest (Northland, New Zealand).

Waipoua Forest Trust is a community-based environmental organisation in New Zealand which was set up in 1999 to protect the kauri forests in the Waipoua area.[1] The Trust is a joint partnership between the Native Forest Restoration Trust and Te Roroa, the Māori guardians of Waipoua.[2] The two organizations help guide the New Zealand Department of Conservation in its management role.[3]

Forest

Main article: Waipoua forest

The Waipoua forest holds the largest remaining stand of ancient kauri trees.[4] It contains Te Matua Ngahere, a notable kauri tree that is the largest in New Zealand by girth and the second largest by volume, and is estimated to be from 2,000 to 3,000 years old.[5] The trees are threatened by the fungus Phytophthora taxon Agathis.[6][7] The trust has called for urgent action by the government to find a cure for the problem.[8] The Waipoua forest sanctuary is bordered to the south by the 350ha Professor W.R McGregor Reserve, named after W.R. McGregor (1894-1977).[9] In the 1940s, McGregor successfully campaigned to end logging of the Waipoua kauri forest and to have the forest dedicated as a sanctuary in 1952.[10][11]

Property

In March 2000 the New Zealand Minister of Internal Affairs, Mark Burton, launched the Millennium Kauri Forest to the south of the Waipoua Forest in Northland, giving a $1.4 million lottery grant and a gift of land title to the Waipoua Forest Trust.[12] Most of the money went towards further purchases of land to protect the southern boundaries of the forest.[13] The Trust co-operates with the Native Forest Restoration Trust, which operates the Professor McGregor Reserve. It has bought farmland to the north of the McGregor Reserve, helping preserve the southern boundary of the Waipoua catchment.[14] Through a Queen Elizabeth II National Trust covenant, the trust administers about 16 ha of the Marlborough Road forest to the south of the Waipoua reserve.[15]

Activities

The trust is attempting to save the last of the ancient kauri trees, and to assist the wildlife in the park to recover.[4] Stephen King is the driving force behind the trust, which is actively engaged in reseeding and converting previously logged land to its original forested state. The trust is also working on establishing a kiwi hatchery.[16] King has helped raise awareness through a photographic display at the Kauri Museum at Matakohe.[17] The ASB Community Trust granted the Waipoua Forest Trust $810,000 in 2007.[18]

Volunteers engage in weeding previously planted areas, maintaining the ground, collecting flax seed, and monitoring and eradicating pests such as rats and possums.[19] As of June 2007 the trust had invested more than NZ $4 million in land protection and restoration.[20] The trust has been supported by Kaipara District council in its application to the Ministry for the Environment for funding to replant areas within the Domain with indigenous vegetation.[21] In November 2007 the trust raised an outcry over a decision by the department of conservation to cut down a 600-year-old kauri tree as part of a road widening project.[22]

In April 2009, Alex Nathan, who is chairman of both Te Roroa Whatu Ora and Waipoua Forest trust, met with his counterpart from the Yakushima community in Japan, which has similar concerns about preserving ancient giant trees. The two leaders launched the "Family of Ancient Trees" project to raise mutual awareness and encourage eco-tourism.[23] The agreement followed a series of visits and talks between members of the trust and other concerned New Zealand groups and their opposite numbers in Japan.[24][25] In May 2009 the trust was one of the sponsors of the Waipoua Forest run, in which many Japanese visitors participated.[26][27]

References

  1. ^ DANIELA DWERSTEG. "Recreation of pristine kauri forest (Agathis australis) and present forest management in Northland, New Zealand" (PDF). TU Bergakademie Freiberg. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
  2. ^ "Protecting kauri". Ministry for Culture and Heritage / Te Manatū Taonga. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
  3. ^ "Footprints Waipoua & Crossings Hokianga Newsletter #19" (PDF). Footprints Waipoua. January – March 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ a b "Waipoua Forest". Travel-enz. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
  5. ^ Alanah May Eriksen (Jul 13, 2007). "Storm takes heart of forest king". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
  6. ^ "Deadly kauri tree disease found close to Tane Mahuta". 28 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
  7. ^ Debora Vrana (October 2007). "A Pox Upon the Kauri". Smithsonian magazine. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
  8. ^ "Funding sought for research into dying kauri". Radio New Zealand. 21 October 2009. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
  9. ^ "Professor W.R. McGregor". NZ Native Forests Restoration Trust. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
  10. ^ Robert Cecil Cooper, R. C. Cambie (1991). New Zealand's economic native plants. Oxford University Press. p. 64. ISBN 0195582292.
  11. ^ William Roy McGregor (1948). The waipoua kauri forest: the last virgin kauri forest of new zealand. Abel Dykes Ltd.
  12. ^ Mark Burton (28 MARCH, 2000). "Minister launches Millennium Forest". Government of New Zealand. Retrieved 2010-12-08. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. ^ Angela Gregory (Mar 29, 2000). "New life from ancient kauri giant". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
  14. ^ "Canopy #30, Autumn 2000". New Zealand Native Forests Restoration Trust. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
  15. ^ "MARLBOROUGH ROAD FOREST" (PDF). Protected Natural Areas Programme (New Zealand). Retrieved 2010-12-08.
  16. ^ Jim Eagles (Jul 18, 2004). "Where kauri is king". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
  17. ^ "OTHER DISPLAYS AT THE KAURI MUSEUM". Kauri Museum. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
  18. ^ "2007 grants O to Z". ASB Community Trust. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
  19. ^ "ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES PROGRAMME: Community Involvement". NORTHTEC TAI TOKERAU WANANGA. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
  20. ^ "New Zealand Parliamentary Debate: Te Roroa Claims Settlement Bill [10086]". New Zealand Hansard. June 20, 2007. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
  21. ^ "Planting of grassed area beside Lake Waikere up to proposed lease boundary of Kai Iwi Lakes Water Ski Club" (PDF). Kaipara District Council. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
  22. ^ "Row erupts over Kauri tree felling". TVNZ. November 05, 2007. Retrieved 2010-12-08. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  23. ^ "Iconic New Zealand and Japanese trees unite". New Zealand Tourism Board. 20 Apr 2009. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
  24. ^ Hononga Rakau. "Union of Ancient Trees" (PDF). Kauri Museum. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
  25. ^ Paul Campbell. "Giant Trees Forge Friendship". Kaipar Lifestyler. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
  26. ^ "Forest run an eco boost". Northern News. 27/05/2009. Retrieved 2010-12-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  27. ^ "Events: Waipoua Forest Fun Run & Walk 2009". Footprints Waipoua. Retrieved 2010-12-08.

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