Volunteers were busy on Saturday planting native plants to enhance Waimate's Black Hole, along the Waihao River. The restoration of a popular Waimate swimming and picnicking spot got a kick-start with help from the community on Saturday. READ MORE:* Community drive to restore swimming hole* Not enough being done for swimming hole* Grave concerns for swimming hole"We would like to remove most of the willows and get native trees. He said they had planted cabbage trees, flax, and kōwahi as well as other native plants. "We got all the area that was sprayed out planted in native plants so it was good actually."

Source: Stuff October 14, 2018 00:22 UTC