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Friends of Maara Roa / July 2022

Maara Roa is a forest restoration project at Cannons Creek Valley near Porirua. Its purpose is to restore the Bush back to what it was before the people who ruined it came. The project started in 2000, after some gorse fires destroyed yet more sections of native bush. A small group of people met to see if something could be done to stop it. The Friends of Maara Roa grew from that.

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    • July/August 2022 newsletter
      • Friends of Maara Roa (FMR): 22 years bringing biodiversity back to the Cannons Creek catchment Working bees are every fine Saturday; meet at 9.30 am in the carpark at the back of Porirua College.  The nursery group meets every Thursday from 10 am to noon, in the grounds of Aotea College in Okowai Road. Website: ... Read more
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      • Maara Roa (Cannons Creek lakes towards Duck Creek pathway), Cannons Creek, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5025, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)


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      • What lives in Cannons Creek? There are three kinds of fish, longfin eels, and freshwater crayfish, along with a wide variety of plants, insects and bacteria in Cannons Creek.    But there are no signs of possums, rats, cats or rabbits, giving us hope that years of pest control has reduced the numbers of these predators. ... Read more
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      • Cannons Creek, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5025, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)


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