Jobs for Nature programme in Mangaiti has started

 

At 7am on Monday 4^th October, we welcomed the Jobs for Nature crew to their first day on the job. This has been a long drawn out process, with covid continually causing delays. The week before, DOC approved our covid management safety plan which gave us the all clear to finally get started.

There are three organisations that we must acknowledge and thank for their support, without which this project would never have got off the ground. Go Eco with their administration infrastructure to support the employment of staff, Ngāti Wairere whose Hapū covers the Mangaiti Gully and Hamilton City Council who are the legal guardians of the gully.

The full welcoming ceremony, which we originally planned, was skuttled by level 3 lock down. Notwithstanding covid, we are hopeful that we may be able to resurrect this in the near future and have a community open day, when the public would have an opportunity to meet the crew and discuss our future plans for the next three years.

The JFN Crew will be focusing their work in Zone 2 of the gully.