More Than Just a Little Island
By G.M (Tim) Clark, 120pp limpbound, Friends of Matakohe/Limestone Island Society, PO Box 10-206, Te Mai, Whangarei, RRP$29.95. Northern Forest and Bird has played a pivotal role in the establishment of ‘Friends of Matakohe’ and its restoration activities. Their inspirational work
features largely in this handsome local history of an island in Whangarei Harbour. During the nineteenth and early twentieth century Matakohe was the site of a great cement works, and the book records its development, and family life there. The later chapters recount how local conservationists began to restore the island as a ‘scenic reserve. More than 100 different species have been planted in an effort to establish a new coastal forest on the once-bare island. That includes 14,000 trees established in one day to mark the year 2000. This is a local book, but it’s interesting to learn of Forest and Bird people so active in local conservation.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 309, 1 August 2003, Page 44
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