Matakohe Island Reserve
AFTER FOUR YEARS of lobbying, Forest and Bird’s Northern branch has succeeded in its aim of seeing Matakohe (Limestone Island) in the middle of Whangarei Harbour created a reserve. The Northland Harbour Board recently gifted the island to the people of Whangarei and the branch’s management plan has been adopted. Once the island has been cleared of possums, Forest and Bird members and other community groups plan to plant pohutukawa and other coastal species on it. Kereru and tui are just two of the species which should be encouraged to return to the 37-ha island. Matakohe Island is an important wildlife refuge for wading birds including the threatened New Zealand dotterel. An historic Maori midden and pa site is also sited there. Once an island quarried for its lime, hopes are high that it will in time become an important open sanctuary.
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Forest and Bird, Volume 21, Issue 4, 1 November 1990, Page 7
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145Matakohe Island Reserve Forest and Bird, Volume 21, Issue 4, 1 November 1990, Page 7
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