Holcim (New Zealand) Ltd has announced that it will create a wetland and bird sanctuary on eight hectares of land at Cape Foulwind to help recognise 50 years of operations at its Westport Cement Works.
 
Managing Director Jeremy Smith announced the wetland project at a 50th celebration function held on Saturday evening
 
The wetland will be created on Holcim land at the end of Lighthouse Road, Omau, adjacent to the northern carpark of the Cape Foulwind walkway, on a site used for quarrying up until the 1960s.
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