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+64 3-304 8501

Hinewai Reserve

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Long Bay Rd, Long Bay 7583, New Zealand

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Hinewai Reserve is a private nature reserve on Banks Peninsula in New Zealand.

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Description

Hinewai Reserve started off as a 109 ha block of farmland bought by the Maurice White Native Forest Trust in September 1987 and is now 1230 ha of gorse and regenerating native bush.

The reserve was completely forested in pre-human times but, as with much of Banks Peninsula, the forest cover was severely reduced, especially after European settlement. The transformation from open pasture and gorse to native vegetation has occurred rapidly. The reserve includes 20 walking tracks open to the public, including part of the Banks Peninsula Track.

The reserve is managed for the Trust by botanist Hugh Wilson, who hand-writes and illustrates a newsletter about the reserve, Pīpipi, which the Trust publishes several times a year.

One-third of the reserve was burnt on 13 July 2011, possibly due to a lightning strike.

References

Hinewai Reserve Wikipedia


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