-Mr Dave Lott, of Waiau, shows some of the trees that volunteers have wired to the banks of the Waiau River to arrest erosion. The river, moving closer to the Waiau township at every flood, is now about 500 metres away. A deep channel,cut by floods on the north side of the river near the Waiau. Bridge, has undermined .willows and formed a steep bank. Volunteers have done about 350 metres of protection work on the Waiau and Mason;Rivers. Willows and poplars will be planted between the channel and township. " —Photograph by ANNETTE DEW.
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94-Mr Dave Lott, of Waiau, shows some of the trees that volunteers have wired to the banks of the Waiau River to arrest erosion. The river, moving closer to the Waiau township at every flood, is now about 500 metres away. A deep channel,cut by floods on the north side of the river near the Waiau. Bridge, has undermined .willows and formed a steep bank. Volunteers have done about 350 metres of protection work on the Waiau and Mason;Rivers. Willows and poplars will be planted between the channel and township. " —Photograph by ANNETTE DEW. Press, 1 August 1989, Page 1
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