Resources
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101 tips to avoid costly mistakes
Wayne O’Keefe back to share crucial insights and practical tips on the planning, planting and protection phases of reforestation: understanding your site’s specific conditions and weed pressures is crucial before planting begins, and why selecting the right species in the right place with the right protection makes all the difference long-term.
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Riparian buffer design
NIWA’s Riparian Buffers resource explains how vegetated strips of native grasses, shrubs, and trees between farmland and waterways act as natural filters—slowing runoff, trapping sediment, and reducing nitrogen and phosphorus entering water systems
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Managing Riparian Zones
A practical, science-based instructions for planning and implementing riparian management schemes, specifically for New Zealand’s modified and agricultural landscapes
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Revegetation planting template
Discover our comprehensive revegetation plan template and guide, crafted to support land managers in developing effective, site-specific restoration plans.
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The Manuka and Kanuka Plantation Guide
This guideline delivers best-practice instructions for establishing mānuka plantations, covering topics from site selection and eco-sourcing seedlings to planting methods, pest management, and long-term maintenance.
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South Marlborough Planting and Restoration Guide
A comprehensive framework for planning and implementing native planting and ecosystem restoration
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North Marlborough Planting and Restoration Guide
A comprehensive framework for planning and implementing native planting and ecosystem restoration
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Riparian Planting Guide
Step-by-step instructions for the planning and implementing riparian restoration along streams and rivers.
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Timata Method
A low density, economical planting method designed in New Zealand to restore land back to native forest.
