£2,750,000 Scheme To Check Waipaoa Erosion

The Government has decided to proceed with a scheme, estimated to cost £2,750,000, to check erosion in the upper reaches of the Waipaoa River.

The Government's contribution will be about £2,300,000, and that of local authorities concerned will be in the vicinity of £500,000.

The scheme will involve the acquisition and reafforestation of a large area of land in the heart of the catchment area, which was inspected recently by Cabinet ministers, and at the time was illustrated in "Photo News" of May 28.

The scheme will also include remedial measures to check the flow of debris in the river valleys, notably that of the Te Wereroa, a tributary of the Waipaoa, and in the upper Waipaoa itself.

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In the foreground: eroding slopes. In the background: the debris-choked valley of the Te Wereroa.

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A ministerial party inspecting eroding hillsides in the area. At right, one of the Catchment Board's trial plantings