Biodiversity Highlights What makes the Orari-Opihi-Pareora Zone unique. ..

Biodiversity work in the region Here you can read about what is happening in the Orari-Opihi-Pareora Zone and the work being done in the area of biodiversity. ..

Get Involved Ways you can help to manage the threats to our native biodiversity. ..

The Orari-Opihi-Pareora (OOP) Zone extends from the Pareora catchment in the south to the south bank of the Rangitata River in the north, and inland to the Two Thumb Range.

There are a variety of habitats ranging from the mountains to the sea. High country tussocklands, alpine herbfields and sub-alpine forests occur in the foothills. Pockets of podocarp and broadleaf dominated forests reside in the steepest valleys and occasionally as remnants on the downs and plains. Freshwater wetlands are scattered throughout the zone, some provide habitat for weaving species traditionally used by Māori.

Threatened Environments in the Orari-Opihi-Pareora zone

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