A restoration programme on Moutohora (Whale Island) off Whakatane is specially aimed at restoring populations of New Zealand’s threatened plants. Moutohora has been pest free since 1987, and 400 plants from nine threatened coastal species were transplanted onto the island this spring. The species transferred were sand tussock, sea spurge, sand pimelea, native cucumber, New Zealand cress, tawapou, parapara, and pingao. Further threatened plants will be translocated to the island in future years. The restoration of Moutohora involves several community groups, Ngati Awa, and the Department of Conservation.
PENNY HURLSTONE, DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
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Forest and Bird, Issue 294, 1 November 1999, Page 7
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93A restoration programme on Moutohora (Whale Island) off Whakatane is specially aimed at restoring populations of New Zealand’s threatened plants. Moutohora has been pest free since 1987, and 400 plants from nine threatened coastal species were transplanted onto the island this spring. The species transferred were sand tussock, sea spurge, sand pimelea, native cucumber, New Zealand cress, tawapou, parapara, and pingao. Further threatened plants will be translocated to the island in future years. The restoration of Moutohora involves several community groups, Ngati Awa, and the Department of Conservation. PENNY HURLSTONE, DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Forest and Bird, Issue 294, 1 November 1999, Page 7
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