Article – David Hill – Local Democracy ReporterThe Kaikura District Council is organising a community planting day for its coastal reserve, Phowera Park, following the adoption of a master plan for the park last year. The Kaikōura community is being called on to help transform a former pine forest by joining a native planting day. The reserve has been renamed Pōhowera Park, after the banded dotterel or pōhowera seabirds which nest in the area. The master plan included a five-to-10-year planting programme to replant 10ha of coastal bush, and opportunities for new tracks, frisbie golf and an enclosed dog park area. Volunteers can meet at the Pōhowera Park car park, turn opposite the South Bay Golf Course.