The council has received $1.5 million to help fund restoration work at Cashmere Stream. Photo: Newsline / CCCA Christchurch stream which was once teeming with freshwater fish and was an important food gathering area for Māori has received a funding boost. The Government has given Christchurch City Council a grant of almost $1.5 million through its freshwater improvement fund to help restore Cashmere Stream. Over the past few years, about 2500 native trees have been planted along the headwaters of the stream by the Cashmere Stream Care Group to help improve the health of the waterway. The work is part of a $50 million investment by the council into stormwater treatment, wetland creation and floodplain management infrastructure around Cashmere Stream.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 13, 2021 22:52 UTC