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Project Taranaki Mounga
Taranaki Iwi Leaders Hui
10 February 2016
Ko Taranaki tōku whakaruruhau
Protecting our mountain for our wellbeing
Photo: Jeremy Beckers, Top Guides ©
Project Taranaki Mounga
SECURE
Pests will no longer threaten the park
RESTORE
Revitalise lost and depleted wildlife
TRANSFORM Resilient fully-functioning ecosystems
SUSTAIN
Inspire, engage & equip to sustain benefits
We will uphold the mauri or lif e -f orce
of the Mounga
Project Taranaki Mounga
A landscape-scale project
“MOUNTAINS TO THE SEA”
Kaitake
Pouakai
Ngā Motu / Sugar
Loaf Islands
Mt Taranaki
New Plymouth
Key Project Partners
Iwi of Taranaki
The NEXT Foundation
Initial consortium
Department of Conservation
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Regional trusts councils and agencies
Corporate sponsors & other philanthropists
Taranaki Community
K e y s tak e h o l d e r s wh o h av e in d ic ate d
strong interest in partnering
Questions, Risks, Opportunities
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$24 million dollar project over 10 years
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Interim 18 month set up phase
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Roles & Responsibilities
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Communication processes
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Lead Interim Director, Interim Chair
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Governance & Management Structure
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Advisory Groups (Iwi, technical, community)
Other issues?
K e y s tak e h o l d e r s wh o h av e in d ic ate d
strong interest in partnering
The NEXT Foundation
PHILANTHROPIC INVESTORS
• A “strategic investor”, on behalf of the Neal and
Annette Plowman - creating a legacy
• Vision: “to create a legacy of environmental and
educational excellence for the benefit of future
generations of New Zealanders”.
• Invests in educational and environmental
projects throughout New Zealand
• Also supports Project Janszoon and the ZIP
Project (Zero Invasive Predators)
• www.nextfoundation.org.nz
The Tomorrow Accord
PARTNERSHIP AND COMMITMENT
The NEXT Foundation’s investment
– Game-changing conservation interventions for
biodiversity gain and community engagement
NZ Government’s commitment
– Ensure projects are well supported
– New Zealanders gain benefits
– Biodiversity outcomes are maintained
DOC’s roles
MANAGEMENT & GOVERNANCE
Funding
– DOC will continue to operate “business as usual” plus
a full investor in the transformation project
Contracted to Project
– To deliver the project objectives - to boost
biodiversity outcomes, provide technical expertise
Governance role
– DOC will be represented at the governance level
NEXT roles
MANAGEMENT& GOVERNANCE
Funding
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Committed to an initial 10 year investment subject to
the success of the interim period
Management
– Lead Interim Director to facilitate 18 month set up
phase
Governance role
– NEXT will be represented at the governance level
IWI roles
MANAGEMENT& GOVERNANCE
Mana whenua
– Iwi will continue in their role as kaitiaki and tangata
whenua in their own right and will engage with the
Crown, agencies, authorities, corporate and
community as partners to the project
Governance role
– Iwi will be represented at the governance level
Project opportunities
Project Objectives
1. Eradicate / control pests from the Mounga
2. Species recovery
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4. Oranga Mounga Oranga Tangata – Education & health
outcomes
We will protec t and resto re our
mountain together
Project phases
Start Up
An 18-month interim phase with review,
governance and management set-up;
partnerships, planning, plus tangible
outcomes.
10 Years
Implement, monitor, deliver, evaluate
20 Years
Extend, push boundaries, consolidate
We will create a legacy f or
f uture generations
Objectives
Eradicate goats from the National
Park
Objective 1
Eradicate pests from
the Mounga
Eradicate predators and browsers
Eradicate climbing asparagus and
other weeds
Objective 2
Translocate lost species back to the
Mounga
Species recovery
Strengthen threatened species
Vision
Protect Our
Mountain for Our
Wellbeing
Objective 3
Support creation of a
halo
Project development
Halo development
Mounga classroom
Objective 4
Oranga Mounga
Oranga Tangata
Healthy nature, healthy people
Community education and
awareness building
Capacity Building
Interim 18 month start up
After 18 months:
• Governance & Management roles and processes
established
• Programme review
• Robins re-introduced
• Goat eradication feasibility & plan completed
• Translocation strategy developed
• Seabird reintroduction feasibility & plan completed
• Improved pest reinvasion monitoring regime in place
(spring 2016)
• Predator trapping network extended to protect more whio
and kiwi
OBJECTIVE 1
Eradicate pests from Mount Taranaki
1.1 Eradicate goats from the National Park
1.2 Control predators and browsers
1.3 Eradicate weeds
Outcomes – forest regeneration, native species and
ecosystem services are secure
1.1 Eradicate goats
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Target – by 2023 (Yr 7), then surveillance only
Kaitake Range near-zero already
Feasibility study essential (Yr 1)
Develop new tools – satellite tracking
Tools and expertise transferrable
Outcomes – palatable plants will survive,
long-term costs reduced
1.2 Control predators / browsers
• Rat and possum control across the whole Park
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Plus extra ground-based rat control over 1-2000 ha
Stoat trap-line extensions to benefit whio & kiwi
Cat, weasel & hare research and control
A pest-free seabird colony
Understand rat reinvasion patterns
Perimeter protection – assess options, begin action
Outcomes – Intact forest canopy &
thriving native species
Stoat trapping boosts whio recovery
Potential to expand trapping
network – add cat traps and
expand the coverage
1.3 Eradicate weeds
Invasive Gunnera – eradicate before it establishes
Climbing asparagus
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Only established weed
Eradicate by year 5
Kaitake margin
226 ha treated
Few adult plants
A bad weed
OBJECTIVE 2
Species recovery
2.1 Translocate lost species back to the Mounga,
based on current knowledge, Iwi input required
2.2 Strengthen remaining threatened species
Outcomes – Lost or depleted species will be restored,
with regional and national benefits
2.1 Translocations
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Robin
Black petrels
Pāteke
Kākā
Kākāriki
Takahē
Kōkako
Bats
Translocations within 18 months
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North Island Robin – a test case
Vulnerable
Not rare
Highly visible
Appealing
By end of 2017
Iwi involvement
essential
Translocation within 10 years
Kōkako – possibly within 10 years, once
other projects established
Translocation beyond Year 10
Short tailed bats – in the 10-20 year plan
2.2 Strengthen existing
threatened species
74 kiwi released already
by DOC & Taranaki Kiwi Trust
Whio – a success story
Restored to the Mounga
• Whio restored
• Expand range
• Vulnerable to
cats & stoats
• Whio releases
• Monitoring
• 5-yearly census
• Rapid gains
Whio - success in 8 rivers
Halo
Taranaki rohe advantages
• Nationally Iconic
• Passionate people with shared values
• Potential to be ungulate-free
• Large, manageable with good infrastructure
• Potential for major biodiversity gains
• Easily accessible to 110,000 people
• Successful whio re-introduction
• Over 450,000 visitors per year
• Skilled, dedicated DOC staff
Iwi and the Mounga
Connection
Huge cultural significance & connection to the Mounga is
recognised and must remain a key part of the Project.
Shared values
What are they?
Opportunities What are they?
Working together f or the benef it
of Taranaki Mounga
Project Development – Initial Iwi
projects
Eradicate goats from the National
Park
Objective 1
Eradicate pests from
the Mounga
Eradicate predators and browsers
Eradicate climbing asparagus and
other weeds
Objective 2
Translocate lost species back to the
Mounga
Species recovery
Strengthen threatened species
Vision
Protect Our
Mountain for Our
Wellbeing
Objective 3
Support creation of a
halo
Project development
Halo development
Mounga classroom
Objective 4
Oranga Mounga
Oranga Tangata
Healthy nature, healthy people
Community education and
awareness building
Capacity Building
Contact the Department of
Conservation for more
information