Funding from New Plymouth District Council will make kiwi easier to track in Kaitake.
The $3000 grant was given to the Kaitake Community Board, which brought the tracking equipment to help care for the environment. The gear was then gifted to the Kaitake Ranges Conservation Trust.
The Kaitake Ranges, inland from the coastal town of Ōākura, are part of Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki/Egmont National Park. As well as the mayor and councillors representing four wards and the district, five community boards give smaller communities another voice on issues that matter to them and keep an overview of council services.
They are the Kaitake Community Board, Clifton Community Board, Inglewood Community Board, Puketapu-Bell Community Board and Waitara Community Board.
Kaitake Community Board represents the centres of Ōmata, Ōākura and Ōkato, as well as a large rural population around communities such as Tataraimaka, Pitone and Hurworth.