OPINION Volunteers dig in for planting day

• Published date: 03 August 2022

Planting native sand binders, spinifex and pingao reduces sand blowing onto Morgan St and we were thrilled to see that last year’s plants are now well established. The planting days are a joint initiative between Whanganui District Council and Castlecliff Coast Care, beginning last year and set to continue with about 10,000 plants to be added over winter

The council is funding half the cost of the plants, plus some establishment fertiliser. Castlecliff Coast Care is receiving $30,000, over three years, from trustees of the Tai Shan Foundation via The Gift Trust, to buy plants for this project and for future projects working with Whanganui Hapu collective Te Mata Puau.

Castlecliff Coast Care is also supported by DoC and local firms Four...