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scrub/shrubland (24.9 ha), mixed shrubland (exotic-native) and areas recently revegetated with natives (26.9 ha). (Section 8 has maps of vegetation cover for each geographic sector.) The native vegetation generally has the following characteristics: • Plant communities are young and simple in structure and composition • Broadleaf and podocarp species and associated seed sources are absent from the Town Belt • There is a well-developed naturalised flora with some major weed infestations. Ecological connectivity: For the health and resilience of forest areas, size, shape and connectivity are important. In general, an optimal forest patch will have a low edge-to-area ratio (eg circular or square, rather than linear or convoluted). It will also be large enough to ensure an intact ‘core’ (where the core is an inner area not influenced by edge effects such as increased light, wind and weeds). These elements can be addressed through restoration and revegetation priorities. An optimal forest patch will also be close enough to other forests to sustain seed dispersal and seedling recruitment. Research and modelling in New Zealand indicates that if optimal forest patches (‘sources’) are interspersed by habitats receptive to seed germination (‘sinks’) then ecological functions such as podocarp recruitment can be sustained 21 . The Town Belt, because of its size and location, can provide ecological connectivity between sectors of the Town Belt as well as between the Outer Green Belt to the west and south and Miramar Peninsula and the east harbour reserves to the east. 5.3 Issues and opportunities 5.3.1 Restoration Restoration is an important tool to ensure ecological health and resilience. Restoration may enhance an area (eg restoring podocarp species to a forest remnant), it may buffer an area (eg improving the shape or size of a forest remnant), or create ecological connectivity (eg revegetation of a riparian area). Priorities for restoration activities are developed at a city-scale in accordance with the Biodiversity Action Plan (2007), but should also recognise specific opportunities for the Town Belt. Opportunities for ecological enhancement planting will need to be assessed on a case-by-case basis and should be informed by ecological research. In the case of the Town Belt it will also be dictated by the speed and location of pine-tree removal. Restoration work to fill gaps in the connectivity of forest reserves is important. 5.3.2 Pest management Effectively managing pest plants and animals is also fundamental to the ecological health of the Town Belt. Pest plants, or weeds, are an issue throughout the Town Belt and are a particular concern for small, isolated reserves. Common weeds in the Town Belt are tradescantia, blackberry, Japanese honeysuckle, climbing asparagus, eleagnus, sycamore, and karo. Gorse and broom are also common, but these species can act as a nursery for the regeneration of native plants. Pest-plant control is particularly important in areas where large trees have been removed and during the early stages of regeneration. A good example can be seen on Te Ahumairangi where 10ha of pines were removed in 2005. The majority of the area was not replanted but natural regeneration was encouraged through intensive weed control. The results of the programme 21 Meurk, C. and Hall, G. 2000. Biogeography and ecology of urban landscapes. In: Urban biodiversity and ecology as a basis for holistic planning and design: proceedings of a workshop held at Lincoln University 28-29 October 2000. eds G.H.Steward & M.E. Ignatieva. Christchurch: Wickliffe Press. Draft Town Belt Management Plan October 2012 35
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8.3 Sector 3 Aro Valley/Polhill Gul
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8.3.2.2 Formally remove from the To
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• Wellington Renouf Tennis Centre
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Mitchell St Sector 3 Aro Valley/ Po
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Open ridgetops and spurs Native for
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8.5 Sector 5 Macalister Park 8.5.1
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A more unifying cohesive vegetation
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8.6.3 Landscape and ecological mana
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Newtown Park in the 1890s (S C Smit
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Sector 6 - Golf Course / Mt Albert
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Sector 6 - Golf Course / Mt Albert
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8.7 Sector 7 Newtown/Crawford Road
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conditions agreed with the Crown. P
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Sector 8 - Hataitai Park Landscape
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Table 8: Town Belt additions and bo
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Town Belt between Mount Victoria an
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8.9.4 Recreation Mt Victoria is mai
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Sector 9 - Mt Victoria Management a
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9.2.6. Manage and maintain discreti
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9.5.2 Signs 176 a. No signs or hoar
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178 (i) no practicable alternative
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180 Encroachments into the Town Bel
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182 encroachments, botanical enhanc
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Appendix 1 Town Belt and Basin Rese
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thereby granted which may be reason
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Appendix 2 Land Schedules Land cove
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Land protected under the 1873 Town
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Name & Location Area Comprised in D
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left to lie fallow. The garden area
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Moera: Moe-ra (Moe-i-ra 54 or Moe-i
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Waitangi Tribunal, Te Whanganui ā
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Appendix 4 Town Belt historical out
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aesthetic possibilities of the “r
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uilding leases grew, prompting the
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The plantation years Public agitati
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Resource use To many of the early s
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Other communications uses have incl
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5. Citizen action The Town Belt has
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