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Riverbank planting

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Riverbank planting

Federated Farmers Taranaki president Peter Adamski explains details of riparian (riverbank) planting to a group of dairy farmers in April 2009. Riverbank planting, complemented by fencing, maintains water quality, in part by keeping stock away from watercourses.

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Ron Lambert, Taranaki region – Changing the environment, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/25280/riverbank-planting (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ron Lambert, published 23 February 2010, updated 1 August 2015.