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The Bottom Car Park

The car park at the foot of the walking track, where the moa stands.

Planting under way0.4 hectaresBlock 1

Plants going into the ground, working bee by working bee.

A gravel and grass car park at the foot of a hillside, with the slope rising behind it into rough grass and scrub.
“The bottom carpark looking up into the area to be planted.”Ma Kōtukutuku – Ancient Cape Wanbrow Trust

How far we have got

Already carries cover
38%
Planted by the project
1%
27 m² of the 0.3 ha of bare ground here.
The 1 surveyed blocks behind this place
  • Block 10.41 ha · flat-sloped · 38% already vegetated

    Lower half 1st gully - includes the bottom carpark

    27 m² planted so far.

Where we are now

The lower half of gully 1, flat to sloping, including the car park at the foot of the walking track. A first patch of planting has gone in a few metres from the sculpture.

What it becomes

Cover on the gully floor either side of the track, in place of mown grass.

Why it is in the plan

The heavy-footed moa was installed and blessed here in November 2025, the walking track starts here, and it is the easiest ground in the project to reach with a trailer full of plants.

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