14/08/2026
It was a pleasure to be involved in this awesome Jobs for Nature project - check out the different in the wetland restoration we assisted with back in 2024
Another one of our Jobs for Nature projects has reached its completion with the Tasman Wetland Restoration wrapping up at the end of June.
Since 2021, this project has sought to support Tasman’s most vulnerable and ecologically important water bodies scattered across the District.
Over the project’s duration, we’ve exceeded our goals by enhancing and building more wetlands than originally planned.
This includes constructing 10 new wetlands, beating the original target of seven, while enhancement work in 50 natural wetlands has protected and improved native vegetation communities across Tasman.
Including;
• 9,156m of fencing completed
• 468ha of w**d control
• 82,964 natives planted
• 41,500 work hours, including from landowners, community days and contractors
We restored natural hydrological regimes at Wharariki, Mangatāwhai/Black Valley, and another at St Arnaud.
However, our work and collaboration with iwi, landowners, and the community has delivered more than raw numbers and targets.
The upskilling of staff in both cultural competency and restoration capability has also exceeded expectations and made a fundamental investment in this skillset within the top of the south.
More than 270 tamariki and rangatahi were engaged in education activities involving iwi leadership or partnership and the integration of mātauranga Māori alongside freshwater science.
Tasman wetlands projects have been made possible through the Ministry for the Environment’s Freshwater Improvement Fund with in-kind contributions from Tasman District Council through our Catchment Enhancement Fund.
