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Wetland planting guide

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Waikato landowners have developed a keen interest in creating, restoring and managing wetlands on their land. Use our wetland planting guide and restoration plan to guide your wetland restoration and management.

Our Wetland Restoration Plan is a blank template which you can use to design your wetland management and restoration plan.

Tips on creating your plan

  • Read through the plan headings first to get a good feel for what needs to be done.
  • Don't feel you have to complete the template in one go, or from start to finish. Fill in the easy sections as you gather information.
  • Use our wetland restoration information to help you decide what to do and where to start. 
  • Talk to a range of people to get the advice you need for the different sections, for example:
    • district and regional councils (to check if you need a consent, identify legal/social issues, and find out about plant pests and pest control methods)
    • local native plant nurseries (for suitable plants for your area, identifying plants in your site and an idea of costs involved in purchasing plants)
    • Fish and Game Council (to find out about wildlife and wildlife needs)
    • local earthworks contractors (for information on costs, feasibility of works and access issues)
    • neighbours who have undertaken similar work (for tips on good contractors and sources of seeds for growing plants)
  • Use pencil or type into the editable version so that you can make changes as you go along. Situations and plans often need altering as you learn along the way.
  • The total cost of the project in the completed example would be much lower if the owners did the labour. Note also that the costs are broken up over a number of years - not everything has to be done at once.
  • For more in-depth information on restoring wetlands see the Wetland Restoration Handbook and Te Reo o Te Repo which highlights a range of projects undertaken by iwi and hapū to increase the health and wellbeing of their repo (wetlands).