Research
Current Research
Ohiwa Backdune Trials
Dune reshaping trial completed
Petone and Eastbourne dune trials
Contact us for more information re any of
these projects
Past Projects
- Development of reliable techniques for raising low-cost spinifex
seedlings for dune revegetation programmes - seed collection, handling
and germination techniques as well as vegetative propagation.
- Spinifex phenology - flowering and seeding studies
- Fertiliser requirements of existing spinifex and pingao cover on
coastal foredunes, Bay of Plenty
- Restoration of exposed sites - establishment of mixtures of spinifex
and marram grass on foredunes at Santoft, Rangitikei
- Restoration of exposed sites - establishment of natural sand-binding
plants on mechanically-shaped dunes in Oakura, Taranaki
- Restoration of exposed sites - establishment of spinifex and pingao
on unstable dunes at Te Henga/Bethells Beach, Auckland
- Establishment of indigenous plant communities on foredunes and
backdunes at South Brighton, Christchurch
- Restoration of indigenous plant communities on semi-stable and
stable sand dunes
- Propagation and establishment of Euphorbia glauca (shore spurge)
- Review of rabbit and hare control methods on sand dunes
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