Rangiwahia Scenic Reserve

$925 donated

Given by 12 generous donors in 3 years

The Rangiwahia Community Committee aims to fundraise for more stoat traps & materials for maintaining the track and improving signage.

Manawatu / Whanganui

The reserve is a 130-acre remnant of the bush that used to cover the region in pre-European times and is home to a large variety of ancient native trees and native birds.

There are now two well-defined and well-marked walking tracks within the reserve, which are primarily for pest-control projects but are able to be walked by the public. They are The Reserve Track and The Reserve-Lookout Track. We support the Department of Conservation's Predator-Free 2050 principles.

Access is straightforward with the car park situated 200 meters down Mangoira Street, off Rangiwahia Road and just south of Rangiwahia Village.

The Rangiwahia Community Committee takes pest control within the reserves very seriously and continues to support the volunteers undertaking this project to rid the reserve of pests to allow birdlife to flourish and protect trees such as the northern rata from possum damage.

Tree labels mark specimens along the Reserve Track.

Information signs and maps are placed along the longer Reserve-Lookout Track.

The committee wishes to raise funds for 20 more stoat traps for The Reserve-Lookout Track, materials for maintaining the track, such as rope for safety on steeper sections, steel standards for the information signs within the reserve and a larger information sign for visitors at the car park.

Use of funds

The funds will be spent on:

1. Purchasing 20 Trapinator Stoat cages containing DOC200 traps plus accessories, such as bait lure.

2. An information sign at the car park.

3. Materials such as steel standards for information signs

4. Rope

Other page links

www.irongates.co.nz/rangiwahia-scenic-reserve.html

Rangiwahia Scenic Reserve Update 15 July 2024

This is an update on what is happening at the Rangiwahia Scenic Reserve. Earlier this year we completed a signage programme, which included replacing 35 temporary signs with permanent ones. Many thanks to CEDA of Palmerston North for their support and guidance through this project. Our rope-rail project is completed and visitors have provided such positive comments in our visitor's book. We continue with track maintenance, and our pest-control programme has resulted in the reserve having one of the highest bird counts in Manawatu. Your Give-A-Little donations have enabled us to purchase a further four traps. However, we do need more for the longer track. This is why we would like our Give-a-Little page to continue. We thank you all for your support and kind comments. A final word. In January this year, a lady reported seeing the white fantail in the same area that it was first sighted in December 2022. Photo below. Apparently, from what we have read, white fantail are a sign that pests are under control.

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