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Nau mai, haere mai, welcome to our 2024 conference which will be held at Maketū marae in Kāwhia from 20 to 22 March and is co-hosted by Te Taiao o Kāwhia Moana and Onepu Charitable Trust.
This conference is a unique opportunity to experience a range of coastal ecosystems on the western Waikato coast. We will hear from Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr (Tainui) about the history of Kāwhia and Waikato Tainui iwi and how the effects of climate change are impacting on the Kāwhia and Aotea communities.
We will hear from invasive species experts about coastal weeds and how we can control them. Our workshops will cover how to choose the right plant, controlling pest animals that impact on our restoration sites and how to monitor our progress. We have several field trips around Kāwhia so you can see how the local community is restoring their coastal ecosystems.
A beautiful BBQ conference dinner will be provided to attendees on our first evening and on the following evening we will present a selection of videos from our short video series and provide a public forum for discussion on the impacts of vehicles on beaches and how these can be managed. Come and join us for three days of coastal restoration information sharing.
The Coastal Restoration Trust is a nationwide organisation that brings together the knowledge and experience of communities, iwi and hapū, management authorities, industry, and science agencies to save and restore our sand dunes and coastal ecosystems.