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Wednesday 2 October 2013

Rotorua Business Featured




For those of you who missed it, a Kaharoa business on the outskirts of Rotorua was the feature story in last week’s Country Calendar on TV1 on 28th September. 

Diane Coleman and her business, Treeline Nursery were the star attraction with Landcare Okareka in a supporting role.

Diane won the Enterprising Rural Women Award 2013.  Her story is a reminder that finding a niche market, providing quality products and great teamwork will pay off.   Interestingly all of her staff are women, other than her husband.

Treeline Nursery grows native plants.  The seeds are harvested from good quality stock in the bush and the details of each species are known and tracked.  This is important, as certain conditions require plants with certain strengths.  These plants are used extensively to regenerate stream margins, to improve lake water quality by reducing farm runoff and to provide native habitat for the birds and bees.

Diane has created a successful business that supports sustainable environmental goals.  She provides good quality native plants, adding to the increase in bird song, regeneration of native fish and the over-arching goal of improving lake water quality for the many diverse communities in the Rotorua Te Arawa Lakes catchment.

Both the Rotorua District Council and the Bay of Plenty Regional Council are customers.  These councils actively support community groups like Landcare Okareka in the planting of native species in their community.  The BOP Regional Council assists Landcare Okareka with a Biodiversity Management Plan with additional assistance from the Rotorua District Council Parks and Reserves Department.

The Okareka walkway is a great example of this.  Most recently, planting happened around and above the sewerage pump station and the Lake Okareka Scenic reserve on Okareka Loop Road.

See the show here http://tvnz.co.nz/country-calendar/s2013-ep28-video-5590988 

Any community group that wishes to clean up an area and has a project they would .ike support with can contact either www.boprc.govt.nz or www.rdc.govt.nz.



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