Assessment of Environmental Effects for the Whangaehu River Bridge, Te Araroa Trail
- Author
- Singers N for Singers Ecological
- Year
- 2024
- Journal / Source
- NSES Ltd report 22:2024/25
- Publisher / Organisation
- Te Araroa Trust
- Summary
- The Te Araroa Trail is a continuous 3,000 km walking track from Cape Reinga to Bluff. From Whanganui the trail currently follows State Highway 3 to Turakina township requiring walkers to hike alongside a main highway. This assessment of environmental effects (AEE) is part of a project to realign the trail along the west coast from near the Whanganui airport to Koitiata township, at the mouth of the Turakina River. This will require development of a bridge across the Whangaehu River and access through the Whitiau Scientific Reserve, located on the true right side of the river. Whitiau Scientific Reserve is located on the north side of the Whangaehu River, approximately 12 km southeast of Whanganui and is managed by the Department of Conservation. The reserve is a nationally significant area of Holocene age coastal dunes and associated dune plains and wetlands. The report is missing a lot of Ogle's work on Whitiau, and doesn't mention Sebaea ovata.