Dam repairs and maintenance, preserving and improving wildlife haven.

The dam at no.7 is in need of repairs and maintenance to keep it safe. Otherwise it will need to be decommissioned, drained. That would be sad as the large pond is home to longfinned eels and native fish such as the banded kokopu, and a haven for ducks and occasional shag and kotoku visitor. The wetland, where the dam drains, is home to frogs, weka anad pukeko.

Works: 1. lowering the spillway and making access to overflow pipe and dam tap 2. Examining and repairing blocked overflow pipe and seized dam tap 3. removing trees from dam bank 4. Restoring bank contour after tree root removal 5. Restoring water outflow route to reconnect with channels leading off of the property 6. Restoring and improving dam surroundings. Addressing run off causing erosion, killing weeds, replanting native bush where pine's removed to improve habitat.