Renaturing Katikati
Our urban environment in Katikati has magnificent reserves, esplanades and walkways that embrace our river, estuarine and harbour margins. They benefit the wellbeing of our community in so many ways.
Restoring healthy habitat and protecting these spaces to support a wealth of insect and bird life is a collaborative community effort.
Volunteers bring the energy, effort and determination to make a difference in our shared ‘backyard’. These include the Renaturing Katikati volunteers who meet weekly to care for the Haiku park river reserve. Other residents make time to help with seasonal planting and weeding sessions. There is a pest-busting team who are focused on rats, mustelids, hedgehogs and feral cats.
We are very fortunate to be able to support the volunteer effort with our Katikati Environment Activator (KEA), a part-time role charged with planning, communication and coordination.
Projects in Urban Katikati
KK Quarry public meeting
A public meeting organised by Project Parore to inform and discuss the proposed expansion of J. Swap's Katikati quarry was held on the evening of 23 April 2025. A report prepared by David Peters, chairperson of Project Parore, details the korero that took place. Attended by approximately 60 people, including the Honourable Jan Tinetti MP, Councillor Anne Henry, Chair of Community Board John Clements, Chair of Tauranga Forest and Bird Richard James and Forest and Bird’s Regional Conservation Manager Dr Chantal Pagel. Apologies were received from Mayor James Denyer, Councillors Rodney Joyce and Alan Sole, and Kate [...]
Remembering Rosalie
Award-winning and respected journalist and conservationist, Rosalie Smith (QSM) of Katikati has died, just short of her 94th birthday (16 April 1931 - 5 April 2025). In 2021, Rosalie donated the carved New Zealand Guild of Agricultural Journalists and Communicators Rongo Trophy she won in the 1980s back to the guild. The wooden figure represents Rongo, also known as Rongo-mā-Tāne, the major Māori god of agriculture and cultivated plants, particularly kūmara, and is associated with peace and prosperity. Rosalie won the award in the 1980s for a series of articles she wrote about the kiwifruit industry, following [...]
Pest control
Project Parore has a network of bait stations and traps around the Uretara estuary and harbor margin on reserve land.
