Projects

The following are examples of projects that Natural Solutions have completed.

Policy and Planning

Thames-Coromandel District Council (2010) – Ecological assessment of the Natural Character of the Coromandel Peninsula.

Auckland City Council (2009) – Report on the implementation of a change in policy for rates remission on covenanted land with management plans.

Ministry for the Environment (2008) – Peer review of the Indigenous Biodiversity Guidance Note for the Quality Planning website.

Thames-Coromandel District Council (2008) – A guide for staff assessment of natural feature certification under the Conservation Lot Rule of the District Plan.

Environment Waikato (2006) – Ecological and planning implications for coastal wetlands with projected sea level rise - a pilot Study in Coromandel Harbour.

Department of Conservation (2003) – Preparation of a metadata inventory for all coastal-related resources in the Waikato Conservancy.

Goldstone Property (2003) – Ecological overview of the implications of a proposed change in District Plan zoning on a private property at Omokoroa.

Ecological Assessment

Private Landowners (2000 - 2010) – Ecological assessments for subdivision development proposals under the Thames-Coromandel District Plan.

Environment Waikato (2009) – Ecological assessment of the natural features on Pungapunga Station against Key Ecological Site criteria.

Environment Waikato (2009) – Assessment of ecological effects for consent application to control saltwater paspalum with herbicide in Wharekawa Harbour.

Ports of Tauranga (2004) – Dive monitoring of sea bed levels alongside a translocated boulder bank in Tauranga Harbour.

Otorohanga District Council (2003) – Intertidal survey and ecological assessment for a proposed seawall at Aotea Village.

Thames-Coromandel District Council (2001) – Intertidal ecological survey for a proposed wharf redevelopment at Whangapoua Harbour.

Restoration Management

Queen Elizabeth II National Trust (2003 - current) - Coromandel representative for the establishment and monitoring of open space covenants on private land.

Tauranga City Council (2004 - 2009) – Prepare an AEE and consent application for saltwater paspalum control at Matua Estuary, and undertake the weed control work.

Orua Wetland Estate (2008) – Design a wetland restoration management plan for a Hot Water Beach subdivision and supervise the implementation.

Pungapunga Station (2008) – Develop an animal pest management strategy for the property at Whangapoua.

Department of Conservation (2007) – Develop with landowners a brown teal (pateke) habitat enhancement plan at Port Charles.

Pacific Estate (2007) – Design a riparian planting plan for the lowered Taputapuatea Stream Esplanade Reserve at Whitianga and supervise the implementation.

Department of Conservation (2001 - 2007) – Survey, control and eradication of environmental weeds on mainland and island sites.

Forest & Bird (2006) – Prepare an AEE and floodplain restoration management plan for the lower Kauaeranga River in Thames.

State of the Environment Monitoring

Department of Conservation (2000 - 2010) – Assist with population monitoring for several kiwi listen surveys on Coromandel Peninsula.

Environment Waikato (2000 - 2010) – Survey and mapping of estuarine vegetation communities in harbours throughout the Waikato.

Environment Waikato (2009) – Part of a team assessing sites of Significant Natural Areas within the Thames-Coromandel District.

Department of Conservation (2004 - 2006) – Landscape survey of environmental weeds in the northern Waikato Conservancy.

Forest & Bird (2002) – Listening survey for remnant kokako populations in the Kaimai-Mamaku State Forest Park.