Hinewai Reserve manager Dr Hugh Wilson looks over the damage caused after recent flooding in the area. The downpour flooded houses and knocked out power in the peninsula’s eastern bays, and triggered extensive slips which wiped away local roads. Biologist Hugh Wilson has managed Hinewai Reserve, a 1250-hectare nature reserve restored from gorse-speckled farmland, for the past 35 years. CHRIS SKELTON/Stuff Slips in Hinewai Reserve from the recent flooding. Eventually, though, new plants will grow and a new ecosystem will spring up.”CHRIS SKELTON/Stuff Dr Hugh Wilson at Hinewai Reserve, where recent flooding has scarred the landscape.

Source: Stuff December 22, 2021 04:10 UTC