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Conservation Volunteers Make Their Mark on CUE Haven—June 13-17 2011
The week of June 13 saw major changes at CUE Haven thanks to the efforts of a wonderful team from Conservation Volunteers. The group was led by John Busson, NZ team leader for Conservation Volunteers and included Polly from England, Marie from France, Su Yeon, Su Kyoung and Taeseung (Ted) from Korea, Kjell from Germany…
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Avondale College TFS Planting–June 10, 2011
On Friday June 10, for the third year in a row, students from Avondale College came out to CUE Haven for a tree planting through the Trees for Survival Programme. It was a memorable day. According to the weather service, rain was supposed to develop overnight and the forecast for Friday was “rain, heavy at…
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St. Kentigern School TFS Planting–June 9, 2011
A high point of each planting season has become the St. Kentigern School Trees for Survival (TFS) planting day. The very first trees planted as part of the CUE Haven revegetation project were planted by St. Kentigern students in August 2008 and Denise Coleman, the science teacher, has brought a group of boys out every…
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CUE Haven Logo Launched
For a long time we have been considering a logo for CUE Haven and it has been a challenging task. In addition to being aesthetically appealing, we wanted the logo to incorporate some elements of native NZ trees and convey the meaning behind CUE Haven. An iconic NZ tree is the Silver fern Cyathea dealbata…
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Contact Energy Volunteer Planting Day–June 1, 2011
We couldn’t have asked for a better day for planting than this past Wednesday when ten volunteers from Contact Energy came out to CUE Haven to help with this year’s planting. Contact Energy is one of New Zealand’s largest public companies. They are a generator and retailer of electricity, natural gas and LPG. The team…
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