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Friends’ Planting Day–August 28
Our friend Mauricio wanted to celebrate his birthday in an unusual fashion. He asked us if he could bring a group of friends out to plant trees! Today we were joined by Mauricio and friends – Ana, Andres, Binaifer, Claire, Fiona, Jessica, Whiter, and our neighbour Maria. Countries represented included Colombia, Ecuador, India, Korea, Macau, New…
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Conservation Volunteers Make Another Big Contribution—August 22-25
A great group from Conservation Volunteers NZ spent a short four day week at CUE Haven but made a major contribution to our tree planting efforts. The team was led by Peter Hannon of Conservation Volunteers and included Timm, Anja and Angelika from Germany, Yamato and Kana from Japan, and Jieun and Taegyu from Korea. Timm and…
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ISV International Student Volunteers—August 15-18
International Student Volunteers is a US based organisation which gives young people the opportunity to combine volunteering with adventure travel. ISV operates tours in eight countries, including New Zealand. A typical tour consists of two weeks of conservation projects followed by two weeks of adventure travel. The focus is on conservation and learning about environmental…
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Conservation Volunteers—August 8-12
The planting efforts at CUE Haven made another big jump ahead as a great group from Conservation Volunteers spent a week planting trees with us. The team was led by Dawn Gasparro of CVNZ and included Timm, Angelika and Maria from Germany, Roxanne from Belgium, Jean-Baptiste from France and Oscar and Albert from Spain. The team…
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A New Welcome at CUE Haven–July 10
Up until now, guests arriving at CUE Haven were greeted with an open field alongside the drive up to the house. But that has changed thanks to the efforts of a great team from the Mt Eden branch of the Satya Sai Group who volunteered to come up to do a day of planting. It…
