The creation of a living environment second to
none where those who choose to make Kinnoull their home will be nurtured by its wild beauty.
To allow Kinnoull Station to
revert to native bush creating an ecological corridor that will one day link the
coast to Zelandia. This
ecological reserve will enhance the environment through improved water, soil
values and biodiversity.
The vegetation comprises native and low fertility grasses and gorse, which provides a protective habitat for native seedling regrowth. Tauhini is present on the upper slopes while deeper in gullies there are considerable areas showing reversion to indigenous second growth natives, principally whiteywood and punga.
The property is well recognized for its strong persistent winds in exposed spaces and dry summers.
The only land clearance allowed in each title is a one hectare house site on each block. This gives certainty that no one can clear the hillsides that form the view that each owner will have and there will be no boundary fences - to maintain a non-fragmented look.
The Kinnoull lifestyle allows you to fulfill the dream of living next to a dynamic coastal environment where nature's bounty is respected. Explore for yourself the wildlife, history and geology of the South Coast:
Activities in Taputeranga Marine Reserve
The seals at Red Rocks
Red Rocks Reserve
The gorse provides a protective habitat for native seedling regrowth. This will be more pronounced on lower shady faces but will slowly progress up the slopes as shade and ground moisture conditions increase.
The exposed ridge tops will revegetate more slowly due to the wind intensity but will develop into blankets of more dense shrubby woody vegetation such as leatherwoods.
In a property like this, a reversion timeframe of about 30 years will change the visual appearance of the property immensely and evidence of this can be seen now. The best example of this locally is to be seen in the hills to the north around Porirua where a similar change has been noted over the last three decades.
The Benefits of allowing reversion are many and diverse.
The first is increasingly
reduced amounts of surface run off during storm events. The increased height of vegetation will act as an intercept mechanism
that breaks the intensity of the impact of rain drops and semi-regulates the
discharge lower down the stem of plants into the ephemeral waterways. In some ways it is acting as a large sponge, regulating discharge on
saturation.
The benefits will be
increasingly noticed during storm events where siltation through runoff will be
minimized, thus improving the deposition of detritus into the Karori Stream and
ultimately the marine environment.
Linked with this more regulated
runoff and reduced sedimentation is also the quality of the water.
With increased vegetation and sediment entrapment comes less fine
material in the watercourse. The time frame is not immediate but increases exponentially with time.
With revegetation, particularly
to native scrublands, comes an increase in the natural biodiversity.
This initially applies to the subterranean fauna but rapidly spreads to
birdlife, which then speeds up the spread of native vegetation seeds. The successful Zealandia to the north exemplifies this.
This contributes to the visual impact. The Porirua example of a
native vegetative background providing a pleasing landscape is a classic.
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