Volunteers work throughout Campbells Bay every week controlling pest plants and planting new native trees. These are some of our restoration areas.

The main valley

Most of our energy is spent on the main valley bush between Park Rise and Aberdeen Road. Volunteers have spent thousands of hours on weed control, planting to enhance the stream and bush, fencing the stream to keep dogs out, improving the tracks and carrying out predator control.

Campbells Bay stream at Huntly Road

We have improved the riparian planting around the stream and near the beach to provide a buffer for the stream and improve inanga spawning sites. Inanga are one of our whitebait species. These lay their eggs in streamside grasses at high tides so a healthy stream edge is very important for their survival.

Park Rise Bush

Park Rise Bush is the 5 hectare bush remnant between the top of Park Rise and Kowhai Rd.  CPBS has been working on the restoration of this area since 2010, funding contractor weed control, working on volunteer weed control, and planting hundreds of native plants.

Kowhai Road restoration

This area, immediately above the golf club workshop, was once a mass of wattle, privet, gorse, kikuyu and other junk. Over a three year period the Bush Society controlled these weeds and planted the area, with volunteers keeping the weeds under control while the seedlings grew. It is now in maintenance mode with regular visits to control pest plants.

Pupuke Golf Course

The Bush Society is working with the Pupuke Golf Club to reduce the weed burden around the fairways and in the plantations of the golf course and improve water quality coming off the course. Some of the work we have done includes:

  • weed control and planting at the 14th tee and edge of 14th fairway
  • installing a seat at the 14th tee in memory of the Chamberlain family
  • weed control along the edge of all the fairways
  • weed control and planting around the fence near the 11th green
  • weed control and planting behind the 8th tee/Park Rise accessway
  • removal of all wattles from the golf course and replanting
  • removal of approximately 50 large monkey apple trees and replacement planting
  • weed control and planting of the Kowhai Rd restoration project
  • Park Rise Bush restoration and track
  • weed control around the 15th tee area and replanting
  • planting along the edge of the 15th fairway
  • weed control around the 16th tee area and replanting
  • weed control around the 4th tee area with some replanting particularly of kumerahou
  • paying for contractor weed control and planting in the plantations near the 17th, 4th, 8th and 5th fairways
  • planting the edge of the 7th fairway on the edge of Park Rise bush
  • removal of the dead gums in the 17th fairway plantation and in the 4th fairway plantation 2016
  • weed control and planting in the 5th fairway block above Park Rise Bush
  • planting near the 18th tee and also around the bush near the 16th green
  • planting the rough between the 12th and 14th fairways

Greville Reserve

While not strictly within the CBUS boundary we have put a lot of effort into this reserve. We paid for the removal of hundreds of monkey apple trees and for a contractor to control weeds such as ivy and climbing asparagus. Volunteers have spent many hours on weed control and planted hundreds of native plants.

Campbells Bay School Community Forest

CBUS volunteers are actively involved in maintaining the Community Forest. We fund contract weed control and visit to weed and plant the 2 Ha forest several times per year.