7 September 2021
| Timestamp | Visual information | Audio information |
|---|---|---|
| 0:00:00 | Aerial footage of Maungatapu underpass [Text] Hairini Wetland: Investing in New Zealand |
[Light music plays] |
| 0:00:07 | Aerial footage of Maungatapu underpass open day | [Narrator] The 120-metre long Maungatapu underpass opened in Tauranga in 2018, improving safety and reducing congestion for people in the area. |
| 0:00:16 | People removing existing planting | Around 7,700 square metres of wetland had to be removed during construction, with plans to offset with by restoring |
| 0:00:23 | Plantings next to the Maungatapu underpass | two nearby wetlands: Te Pahou and Tongaparaoa. |
| 0:00:28 | Three people talking with orange hi-vis jackets on | In 2019, Waka Kotahi teamed up with Te Rōpū Aonui Hou, |
| 0:00:33 | Two people watering plants with a hose | a collective of three hapū—Ngāi Te Ahi, Ngāti Hē and Ngāti Ruahine—to start this work |
| 0:00:40 | Jason Murray | [Jason Murray] It’s a real privilege to be replenishing plants to the mainland. For us it’s about enhancing the mauri of those areas. And that’s really important, because it allows whānau, especially from those areas, to reconnect. |
| 0:00:59 | Grassy area in Hairini | |
| 0:01:03 | [Narrator] They'll have planted more than 60,000 native plants by the time this project ends in 2022. | |
| 0:01:09 | Native plants in Hairini | Most of the plants are sourced from Te Akakura Native Nursery on Matakana Island, to preserve the whakapapa of local species and create employment opportunities. |
| 0:01:18 | Jason Murray | [Jason Murray] The native nursery was established initially as a two-pronged attack, which was to create employment opportunities on the backend of the downturn in the forestry, mill industry on the island. |
| 0:01:31 | It also helps inspire our younger ones to look after the land, which is really important for our hapū and iwi over here, because if we don’t look after our land and our moana, then what have we got? So that’s a really important thing for us. | |
| 0:01:53 | [Text] Over the next three years, $1.4 billion will be invested on projects transport activities in the Bay of Plenty | [Light music plays] |
| 0:02:02 | Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency and New Zealand Government logos |
Hairini Link project
2021–24 NLTP Te Moana-a-Toi | Bay of Plenty regional summary
