CoastBlitz Komene

The Komene 13B Maori Reservation is an area of coastal wetland and adjacent sand dune that is a nationally rare habitat in New Zealand. It plays host to an ecosystem which has been identified to hold significant biodiversity values.
The Komene 13B Maori Reservation Trustees and the local community have implemented several campaigns to protect and enhance these values of biodiversity:
• Pest management – targeting stoats, weasels, feral cats, hedgehogs, ferrets and rats
• Planting programmes designed to enhance the dune and wetland areas
• Planting rare plants
• Control of pest plants
Human disturbance and the presence of dogs can have a negative impact on threatened bird species at the Komene 13B Maori Reservation. This area is a popular place to walk dogs. To reduce the impact on threatened bird species dog owners are required to keep their dogs on the leash until they get to the high tide mark or on the beach at dawn and dusk when penguins are active. less ↑