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Project Twin Streams Celebrates Ten Years

2013 marks the ten year anniversary of Project Twin Streams, an Auckland Council and community led environmental restoration project that has seen local communities in West Auckland working together for healthy streams and strong communities.

Originally established to address flooding and water quality issues in Waitakere City, the project has engaged local residents by partnering with four local community organisations to bring back to life 56kms of stream banks and along the way has also created walk and cycle ways, works of art, community gardens, a Maori medicinal garden, a flax weaving garden and more.

Auckland councillor, Penny Hulse, says that the real success of the project has been working together with communities and building sustainable partnerships.

“In addition to improved water quality in Waitakere streams and a substantial reduction in weeds and waste, Project Twin Streams has achieved many wonderful outcomes for our local communities and won a number of regional, national and international awards along the way”, says Ms Hulse.

“There have been over 700,000 native trees and shrubs planted with almost half a million of those by volunteers. Through the walk and cycle ways communities have re-connected with each other and the stream; through education, community planting and arts projects, people now think more about the streams and see their value as a recreational and community resource”, she says.

Project Twin Streams could not have had the successes it has had without the support of the people of West Auckland and it thanks each and every volunteer for their contribution. If you would like to find out more or to volunteer visit www.projecttwinstreams.com or www.facebook.com/projecttwinstreams

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