Tutira Regional Park

1. Tutira Regional Park Development of a Park Management Plan

2. Iwi Significance ‘...the shallows of the lake were paved with mussel-beds—kakahi, the flavour of its eels was unsurpassed. They were speared in the lakes, they were caught in enormous numbers in eel-weirs—patunas—or in whare tunas built along the edges of streams. In the forests of the interior, pigeon, tui, and kaka abounded; they were captured by means of decoy birds, or snared by natives ambushed beneath selected trees.’ Herbert Guthrie-Smith ‘Tutira’ Chapter 8 Oporae Te Hata-Kani Te Rewa

3. Herbert Guthrie-Smith Tutira: The Story of a NZ Sheep Station If the following pages—if in fact, this whole volume—has a value it is because of insistence on the cumulative effects of trivialities. This chapter will attempt to impress upon the reader’s mind details, each one of them insignificant in itself, but far from futile when in totality conjoined and harmonised. That an appreciation of tardy natural processes and apathy as to distant results should be general, is however, hardly to be wondered at. Only to a small number opportunity is offered of marking and tracing them; only a trifling minority continue in long enough occupation of any one area, fully to be cognisant of their marshalled immensity. This dearth of long views is part of the price paid by humanity for the brief existence of its individual units. (Chapter 36)

4. Land Management Vegetation Clearance (Maori & European) Sheep Station (& Cattle Grazing) Soil Erosion Willow Planting

5. Recreation:the development of a Park • Fishing • Camping • Walking • Education • Interaction • Communication • Heritage • Culture • Research • The HBRC Regional Parks Network

6. Future... Create a Shared Vision Determine ‘Key Moves’ Identify Management Objectives Identify ‘Who’s In’ Create Management Plan