Letters to the Editor

We are frustrated with the council who are not responding to our requests, emails and use of their 'Fix It' app. They are no longer spraying the blackberry by the Taruheru Awa which is having a major effect on our conservation efforts.

Ten year olds have a voice too!

Dear Editor,

Saint Mary's is a Green-Gold Enviro school, and we want more fresh water river creatures in our awa. But there is one problem; there is long grass down near the Rerenga Awa and big blackberry bushes have grown. Some of the people from our school have emailed the council, been to visit the council and used the ‘Fix It’ app to tell them about it but they didn’t reply. The school has already cleaned up the awa, and we need to plant more native trees there. But we need the council to mow the grass and take out the blackberry bushes. Our school has already done our part so now we need the council to do theirs. We want more fresh water creatures in our awa, and native birds in our trees. Freshwater creatures only like the rivers by shady places. Because the sun just beams onto the river, it makes the water hot, right? The creatures don't like places that are hot. They only like shady places like under trees. So come on council - do your bit!
Yours sincerely,
Selina

Dear Editor 

We are trying to attract native birds and insects to our Rerenga Awa. We are planting native plants down by the river to give it shade and to make it clean so native freshwater creatures can swim in it. But we need to plant more. Unfortunately there is a ginormous patch of blackberry in the way. People at our school have tried to contact the council using email and the Fix It app to ask them to spray the blackberry and they haven't even replied. We can't do anymore planting and we are fed up with it.

Yours sincerely,

Ezra