Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 17, 2018 16:28:21 GMT 12
DOC TO CLOSE ALL TRACKS IN GOLDIE BUSH SCENIC RESERVE FOLLOWING WAITAKERE RANGES RAHUI
More bush tracks are set to close in support of an iwi-imposed rahui over Auckland's Waitakere Ranges.
The Department of Conservation was set to temporarily close all tracks in Goldie Bush Scenic Reserve from Sunday.
The move followed an unofficial ban imposed over the 16,000ha Waitakere Ranges by Te Kawerau a Maki in December last year.
It was seen as a last resort against kauri dieback disease which, in just five years, had spread from 8 per cent to 19 per cent of the park's kauri, with infection rates concentrated around where people walk.
DoC has agreed to include public conservation land to the north of the Ranges, known as Goldie Bush Scenic Reserve, in the rahui.
Closure signs were set to be placed at track entrances and DoC said it would be an offence to use the tracks while closed......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12014433
More bush tracks are set to close in support of an iwi-imposed rahui over Auckland's Waitakere Ranges.
The Department of Conservation was set to temporarily close all tracks in Goldie Bush Scenic Reserve from Sunday.
The move followed an unofficial ban imposed over the 16,000ha Waitakere Ranges by Te Kawerau a Maki in December last year.
It was seen as a last resort against kauri dieback disease which, in just five years, had spread from 8 per cent to 19 per cent of the park's kauri, with infection rates concentrated around where people walk.
DoC has agreed to include public conservation land to the north of the Ranges, known as Goldie Bush Scenic Reserve, in the rahui.
Closure signs were set to be placed at track entrances and DoC said it would be an offence to use the tracks while closed......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12014433