Blogs
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International Student Volunteers—May 30-5 June, 2015
International Student Volunteers is a US based organisation which gives young people the opportunity to combine volunteering with adventure travel. ISV operates tours in six countries, including New Zealand. The focus is on conservation and learning about environmental sustainability and over 310 universities around the world recognize ISV projects for academic credit. This week a…
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Green ‘S’ Force Planting Day—24 May 2015
Today our friends from the Green ‘S’ Welfare Force were back for another planting day. Originally they were supposed to come on both Saturday and Sunday but we had torrential rain all day on Saturday so we cancelled the planting. Sunday’s weather was marginally better—windy with showers. Nevertheless a great group of 15 Green ‘S’…
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Murrays Bay Intermediate School—19 May 2015
Today David Walker, science and sustainability teacher at Murrays Bay Intermediate School in Auckland, brought out a group of twenty five Year Seven and Eight students for a day of planting and exploring. Also accompanying the group today was parent Gretel Roberts. This is the fifth time students from Murrays Bay have been out to…
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Green ‘S’ Force Planting Days—16-17 May 2015
We are very happy to once again have the Shah Satnam Ji Green ‘S’ Welfare Force assisting us with our restoration planting. This is the third year in a row that the group has planted trees at CUE Haven and we really enjoy working with them and appreciate all their hard work and selfless service.…
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Avondale College TFS Planting Day—13 May 2015
Year 12 and 13 horticulture students from Avondale College in Auckland have been planting at CUE Haven since 2009 as part of the Auckland Council’s Trees for Survival (TFS) programme. Today a great group of 49 students and staff members Hannah, Helen and John joined us for a day of planting and exploring. Avondale College…
