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Friends of Whatipu

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A beautiful rugged isolated corner of New Zealand. Only 40 mintues drive from Auckland City on the wild west coast.

"Friends of Whatipu" is a group of volunteers who have resolved to act as guardians of the area.

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Friends of Whatipu is a group of about 75 people who have knowledge of and links with the Whatipu area and have resolved to act as guardians of the area, helping to preserve its special character, and where possible assisting the Auckland Regional Council in its management of the area. Tree planting days have been held in concert with the Auckland Regional Council, with the latter supplying trees and the Friends supplying the labour. They have planted nearly 5,000 trees during the last six years.

The Whatipu sands area has now been gazetted as a scientific reserve, and a small number of pairs of the endangered NZ dotterel are nesting there. The ARC has a programme of predator control, which has been operating for some years, but in order to ensure breeding success of the birds, the programme needs to be intensified during the nesting season. The Friends of Whatipu have taken on, as a major project, to raise funds to intensify this effort.

Friends of Whatipu have the following aims:

To act as guardians for the Whatipu area and to protect nurture, preserve and improve its unique natural heritage landscape in conjunction with the Auckland Regional Council.
To provide assistance in the ecological management and conservation of the Whatipu area.
To provide assistance in the control of predators which threaten the environment and ecology and take action to protect any endangered wildlife breeding in the area.
To liase and assist the Auckland Regional Council in their efforts to manage and improve the environment, ecology and heritage of the area.
To help preserve and maintain the special historical and heritage sites such as Whatipu Lodge.
To arrange social events and gatherings to further the goals of the Society and to engender a spirit of guardianship for the area within the West Auckland community and the wider Auckland area.

Friends of Whatipu welcomes new members.

For more information on the Friends of Whatipu email us at: whatipu@googlegroups.com

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