Thirty WOPpers, plus Gill and Kevin, planted 1,500 plants on our planting day at the beautiful Mataia Farm. The weather was kind, just a few showers, the ground soft and muddy.

In 2013 several kiwi were released at Mataia. These kiwi have flourished, with a very successful number of kiwi calls recorded in the recent bird call survey.

Thank you, Gill, Kevin and family for all the hard work you do – fencing, planting and pest control. Thank you too for giving us the opportunity to be a small part of this journey.

Diana H.
Click here for Diana's photos.

Click here for the Mataia Restoration Project's June newsletter with more photos of the WOPs planting day and kiwi news.

All are welcome to join us again on Thursday 27 June for our second planting day, a special occasion for Matariki.