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Dairy farmer Andrew Booth replants and nurtures his family farm, restoring farm water waterways and creating new wetlands with volunteers from the Mangakahia community.

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Kei te whakatō rākau, kei te tiaki hoki a Andrew Booth (he kaipāmu miraka) i te pāmu o tōna whānau. Kei te whakarauoratia ngā arawai, kei te hangaia hoki ngā repo hou e rātou ko ngā ringa-tūao nō te hapori o Mangakahia.

He’s fenced off 5km of the Mangakahia River and planted 15,000 seedlings.

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This project is part of Te Taiao | Nature at Te Papa.

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