Kiwi Coast has now provided a decade of support, working on the ground to help enable and sustain community, hapū and iwi-led conservation and kaitiakitanga across Northland.
Over the last ten years, Kiwi Coast has provided a raft of support, training and practical workshops to help build the skills and capacity of the groups and projects involved.
The solid base of support for community, hapū and iwi-led projects across Northland has assisted groups to share their knowledge, stories, successes, lessons and innovations. It has been backed by a multi-pronged communications network and an array of community events, wānanga and hui, ensuring Northland projects are able to grow and learn together.
Highlights, results and achievements over the last decade have been summarized in the ‘Kiwi Coast Ten Year Report’, including:
- The number of projects linked into Kiwi Coast has increased beyond expectation – from 32 to 225.
- The collective area managed by these entities has likewise increased to over 251,300 hectares.
- A record number of 116,952 animal pests were trapped across the Kiwi Coast last year, taking the ten year grand tally to 708,536.
- On average, approximately 2,250 animal pests are now trapped across the Kiwi Coast network every week.
- A further 22 skill building workshops were held in 2023 taking the ten-year total to 121.
- 23,267 people have attended Kiwi Coast supported events and capacity-building workshops
- 156,515 people visited the Kiwi Coast website over the decade
- 12 novel pest control and monitoring tools have been field tested
- Monitoring results have shown that tāonga species such as kiwi and pāteke are now stable or increasing at most Northland sites where the full complement of long-term predator control and good dog control is in place.
The report notes that the task ahead for the Kiwi Coast over the next ten years is to maintain momentum and strategic direction to ensure the continued wise use of resources that will most benefit Northland’s native forests and wildlife and ensure communities, iwi and hapū are firmly in the driving seat of New Zealand’s first kiwi corridor.
