As part of a 20 year vision to remove pine trees from the Manukau foreshore, Te Ngahere was contracted to carry out an ecological assessment of removing a number of pine trees from two different sites within Wattle Bay and Sylvania Esplanade.

•  identification of ecologically important vegetation
•  identification of invasive weed species that threaten the proposed site
•  list resident bird species in the area
•  determine what pines (if any) need to be retained due to their importance to resident fauna
•  recommend site rehabilitation methodologies including weed control
   techniques and appropirate native species for revegetation
•  Inspect the site during tree removal operations to ensure that
   ecologically important vegetation is protected