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Forest & Bird Warkworth Branch—4 November 2018
Today our friends from the Warkworth branch of the Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society were back at CUE Haven helping us pot up seedlings. F&B members joining us today included Hueline, Lawre, Raewyn, Roger and Rosemary. Also joining us today was our new neighbour Mark, and environmental scientist, Charmaine and her daughter Manaia. Charmaine…
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Lisa’s Wish Visit—19 – 22 October 2018
This past weekend was a long weekend in New Zealand as we celebrated Labour Day. Our good friends the Knapman-Smiths – Ian, Neil, Rosemarie and kids Cort and Nikita—who established the Lisa’s Wish Grove, decided they wanted to have a full on Labour Weekend and made a huge contribution to CUE Haven and the Lisa’s…
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Kiwi Aversion Training for Dogs—7 October 2018
Since 2013 there have been kiwi in the area thanks to the efforts of our neighbours, Gill & Kevin Adshead at Mataia. Kiwi are New Zealand’s national bird and being flightless, are seriously endangered by introduced predators. Farm dogs and hunting dogs may encounter kiwi in the wild and need to be trained to avoid…
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Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award Gold Residential—1-5 October 2018
This week a great group of Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award (DoEHA) gold award participants made a lasting contribution to the CUE Haven landscape The group arrived on Monday morning and included Domenic, Jaime, Jana-Marie, Jasmine, Joshua and Sarah. Christine, who had previously done her residential at CUE Haven was the team leader. Also joining…
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Visit by Unitec Ecology Students—4 September 2018
Since 2010, Mel Galbraith, senior lecturer at Unitec in Auckland, has been bringing students in his Ecological Restoration class to CUE Haven to give the students a chance to do some first hand observations of a restoration project in progress. Because we have been planting since 2008, they can readily see different stages in the…
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