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Expect the Unexpected—14 August 2016
Just when we thought we were finished with the bulk of our pioneer planting work, nature decided to rearrange our plans. Last Wednesday, we had one of those 100 year storms. We got over 150 mm of rain in a 24 hour period and there was a lot of flooding and road closures. Because of…
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Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award Residential—11-15 July 2016
This week we hosted the eighteenth DoEHA Gold Award residential. The July residential can be challenging because it is in the middle of winter and it can be wet and messy. But the weather mostly cooperated and we had a great group of students who got a lot done. The group arrived on late Monday morning…
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Exploring CUE Haven Waterways—6 July 2016
Auckland Council’s Wai Care is a water quality monitoring, education and action program for community groups, individuals, businesses and schools across the Auckland region. Waicare staff support and enable local communities to be active in the protection, health and management of local waterways and catchments. Since 2012, Waicare staff have been conducting water quality tests…
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Lucas’s Birthday Party—18 June 2016
A couple of months ago a young boy named Lucas visited CUE Haven with his family. Lucas very much enjoyed exploring CUE Haven and asked if he could come back to celebrate his tenth birthday with his friends and also help with planting trees. We thought it was a great idea and today Lucas came…
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The SFS Centre for Rainforest Studies—14 & 16 June 2016
The School for Field Studies (SFS) is a US-based global organisation that provides university students interested in ecology and environmental studies the opportunity to study overseas. Students studying at the SFS Centre for Rainforest Studies, based in Australia, have the opportunity to visit New Zealand to learn more about New Zealand’s temperate rain forests. For…
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