OpinionOpinion byDr Erik van EyndhovenThe Country·21 Aug, 2026 05:45 PM5 mins to readDr Erik van Eyndhoven is the country lead for The Nature Conservancy Aotearoa New Zealand.David Easton has created a wetland and restored native bush on a converted former orchard in the Tasman District's Moutere catchment. Photo / Hudson Dodd, The Nature Conservancy Aotearoa New ZealandDr Erik van Eyndhoven is the country lead for The Nature Conservancy Aotearoa New Zealand.In the Moutere catchment in Tasman, we’ve seen more than 200 landowners fence off paddocks, dig wetlands and put natives back in the ground.
Families like the Eastons, who turned part of a former orchard
