Community Planting Day

Join us on Saturday 24 June at Swampy Gully at Battle Hill to plant native trees to help make our waterways healthy and restore the mauri of Te Awarua-o-Porirua.
This open event is an opportunity to meet and greet other community member while we do mahi towards restoring our streams.
To register for this event please email streamside.planting@poriruacity.govt.nz with your name and the number of people attending.
Porirua City Council and Ngāti Toa Rangatira are partners on this massive planting project. We are fortunate to have support from Greater Wellington for this event in June.

When: Saturday 24 June 1–4pm planting, followed by a barbecue
Where: Swampy Gully, Battle Hill

You will need to bring:
• Gumboots or sturdy closed-toe shoes that you don’t mind getting muddy
• Warm and waterproof clothing
• Sun hat and sunscreen
• Reusable water bottle

We will provide:
• Plants
• Kai
• Planting Tools and Equipment
• First Aid Trained Staff
• Introduction to planting
• Health and Safety Documentation and Briefing
• Hand Sanitiser
• Sunscreen

About the Riparian Programme
The aim of this programme is to plant the banks of our streams – plants are critical for the health of our waterways and harbour as they can maintain and improve water quality and enhance native biodiversity.

Benefits of streamside planting and fencing:
• Filters and traps nutrients, pathogens, and sediment from surrounding land
• Slows water down and can reduce the force of high flows
• Reduces stock damage to streambanks and streams
• Stabilises banks, reducing erosion
• Shades streams which lowers water temperatures, improving habitat for native fish and invertebrates
• Reduces the growth of nuisance weeds and algae
• Provides habitat where fish can spawn, including whitebait species
• Provides food and habitat for invertebrates, fish, lizards, and birds, and corridors through the landscape